Hillary at State? Why?

Whence do rumors and speculations like this arise? And, is this more due to stupidity of some pundits in the Beltway’s chattering class, stupidity of pundits in Beltway MSM, deliberate monkey-wrenching by non-media pundits or what?

First, from Hillary Clinton’s point of view. Especially with Biden as Veep, the Secretary of State is not going to have a lot of free rein. (That’s part of why another rumored candidate, Bill Richardson, won’t be going there either.) Second, beyond that, even, it does little to advance her political future, assuming she’s still looking beyond where she is now. Hell, It’s not even a novelty to be a female SoS any more.

I still say that she gets re-elected to her Senate seat in 2010, then makes noise about trying to become Majority (or Minority, as it may be) Leader.

Second, from Obama’s POV. He already passed on having her inside the tent as Veep, why would he want her at State? That train got left in the station in July.

My only other guess as to this rumor is that it was deliberately started from somewhere inside Clintonland as a shot across the bow, letting Obama know she expects to be “consulted” regularly.