Playing that part certainly wouldn't give him the power he would have as a super-negotiator or a jobs czar, but it wouldn't carry the considerable risk, either.
In The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg argued that Hillary Clinton could appoint her husband as "a super-negotiator" for the Middle East.
For one, if the so-called super committee of U.S. congressional negotiators fails to specify $1.5 trillion in future budget deficit cuts by Nov. 23, the nation's credit rating could be set for another downgrade.
In late 1984, Teller wrote to arms-control negotiator Paul Nitze citing progress with the Super Excalibur as a reason for holding up agreement at the Geneva arms talks with the Soviets.
The most likely scenario: The super committee locks up along partisan lines and, after the 2012 election, bipartisan negotiators deal with the tax cuts and the super committee's sequestration cuts, along with a basket of other expiring provisions, in one set of negotiations.
Clive Owen is a super-cool villain who robs a Manhattan bank, taking the staff hostage; Denzel Washington is the cop negotiator.
Mandela was a consummate negotiator.
Super powerful, super singular.
