Quantum of Solis 3

Cory Heidelberger rose to the challenge I issued in my recent post, and came up with his own soap opera explanation for the "Obama Hires Solis Doyle" story. 

And then it hits me (thank you, Dr. Blanchard, for the inspiration): Solis Doyle's appointment is proof that Chicago politics rules supreme. It's more than cronyism: it's a reward for a job well done. Solis Doyle's performance as Clinton's campaign manager was too incompetent to be believed. She knew what she was doing: she was the Obama machine's plant in the Clinton camp. They got to Solis Doyle in 2006, got her to burn up Clinton's Senate campaign money and then sabotage the great inevitable campaign in Iowa. Mission accomplished; now Solis Doyle can come in from the cold and openly work for the Chicago pals she's been helping all along.

Well done Cory!  That's much better than anything I came up with.  Of course, if it's true, Solis Doyle ought to be Obama's Chief of Staff. 

But leave it to intrepid reader Gene to come up with a plausible explanation.

Professor—it’s all about the Hispanic vote—nothing more—nothing less.  Gene

Well, ok.  Obama has legitimate reasons to be concerned about the Hispanic vote.  But this explanation is a lot like the Chicago politics explanation: it only tells us why someone like her was chosen, not why she was chosen.  Couldn't the Obama people have found an Hispanic to be the VP chief of staff who wasn't disastrously incompetent, and didn't alienate the Clinton people?  The Department of Mysteries will keep an open file on this one.