Lieberman and Clinton

So to fill the vaccuum of recent the recent news cycle, two stories have floated to the top and are consuming most political coverage.
The first would be the mea culpa offered by Senate Democrats to their campaign nemesis Joe Lieberman, now it shouldn't come as a surprise for anyone that's seen the theme of the past couple weeks unfolding, there hasn't been an iota of retribution (that's reported) from the incoming administration against the former administration or their campaign rivals.
It bodes well for Obama, who has worked tirelessly since elected to project a transition that focuses on deliberation, caution and reconciliation, hoping to create enough good karma to have plenty of political stock going into a tough year.
Obama's going to need as many allies as possible when he begins to focus on mending the economic misfortunes of the country and delivering on the initiatives he spoke about in his campaign, and getting Joe Lieberman on his side, who also has cozied with many prominent Republicans, will make discussion at the big table a little less stressful when compromises need to be made.
The other story, probably much more prominent than the above story that has received most of the coverage and is at the front of many politico's minds is Obama's (probable, eventual?) choice of Sen. Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State, now this has already been discussed on this blog, so I'm just going to link two excellent articles that discuss this in good detail.
The first is Ben Smith from Politico's brand new story on the pick which basically goes over the pros vs. cons and sets the agenda for what the possible pick means for the future of a potentially united Democratic Party/Administration.
The second is a very poignanat article from The New York Observer that basically says in not so many words that the amount of coverage and reporting done on Hillary's potential pick is what will get her the job.