Hillarysworld

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/31/hillary-tv-show-clinton-defense-secretary-rumors-offer-more/

Set here in Washington, however, we have a drama series playing that's not likely to be canceled anytime soon. Though made for television, this political show airs in real time, with assorted character arcs, high production values and changing hairstyles to ride the zeitgeist. As it has so many times before, the story I like to call "Hillary!" has been again renewed for the viewing pleasure of the American public.

This paragraph is followed with a repeat of the rumors that Hillary may take on Robert Gates's job as Secretary of Defense when he retires, or that she will replace Biden as BooBoo's veep in 2012.

But this is a fun article, so I'm going to quote the fun stuff:

The star of "Hillary!" knows what the people want and what keeps them coming back. The drama has been running at least 25 seasons so far.

Back when we were young, the pilot featured one Hillary Rodham of Chicago, a bespectacled, outspoken young woman who went East for an education at a Seven Sisters college and then onto Yale Law School. The archetype of a new kind of American womanhood, she and her peers expected the power establishment to make them feel at home. The plot twist in the first season was a classic conflict cliffhanger between head and heart: would she follow the sweet-talkin' and good-lovin' Bill, her law school boyfriend, home to benighted Arkansas? What about her brilliant career?

Suspense hung over the summer. But Bill was way too fabulous a character to let go. He had to stay in the picture. You'd need Aaron Sorkin to create another as colorful, and so several early seasons featured our bright young lawyer working in Little Rock married to an ambitious political wunderkind.

Over the twists and turns since, from a young mom in a headband to an "I'm in it to win it," candidate she has been a woman of the people. "Hillary!" managed to look like a different person in each of these phases, yet she somehow stayed in character, too.
Americans like to watch women re-invent themselves – (think "Madonna," the other long-running series on a smart girl from the Midwest) – but, I hate to admit, at first White House "Hillary!" was a room-emptier. That year, my favorite character forgot first ladylike limits and tried to lead Congress into battle for health care reform. It was the closest her show got to cancellation.

Then when Bill strayed and was flayed in an impeachment circus, the star of "Hillary!" won the hearts of her public. People felt her pain and wondered if she'd leave Bill. High as the tension ran, this drama could not live without the stakes between them. But the balance of power between "Hillary!" and her husband shifted notably in her favor -- she got bigger scenes and better scripts.

Her story arc rose as she played "Senator Hillary!" She fit nicely with the Senate's clubby ensemble cast and tried not to act like the smartest girl in the chamber. The show was renewed, leading in nicely to the next chapter: "Hillary! Runs for President."

Talk about glass ceiling-cracking times in Nielsen history. "Hillary!" played the righteous 21st century woman who ran like hell for president and almost won the Democratic nomination. At the end of the 2008 she was re-cast as the good-girl loser who gets the guy ... to ask her to be Secretary of State. Currently, in keeping with a plot twist of "soft power" in foreign policy, the star has a touch more glamour, with longer locks and bolder colors. She's spending more time on the set in make-up and wardrobe.

No longer needing the support of Bill, "Hillary!" went to a White House state dinner unescorted in the most recent season finale, setting up a few flurries for the fall. Whatever happens, the show will go on and on.