What Kind of "Inspector" is Hillary Clinton? (w/Poll)

I was watching 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' earlier tonight on MSNBC and he was interviewing Dana Milbank, reporter for the Washington Post.  They were discussing Hillary Clinton's claim that Barack Obama was unqualified to be President of the United States.

Keith played the video of Obama addressing a crowd in Mississippi earlier today in which he (Obama) essentially mocked Hillary's claim that he was ready to be Vice President but not for the top job, when most people believe that the VP choice should be someone who is ready to be President were something to happen to the serving President.  

After playing the video for his guest, Keith looked a bit puzzled and wondered as to how the Clinton Camp could explain this convoluted logic.

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Milbank, trying to provide a possible answer and pretending to speak on behalf of the Clinton Campaign, explained it this way (and I'm paraphrasing): Obama is someone who has passed the written test at the DMV but yet to learn how to how to negotiate curves and perfect the art of double parking.

And... that Hillary's the only DMV Inspector on duty that day.

Which got me thinking: what kind of inspector is Hillary Clinton?  DMV Inspector Clinton? Surely, she's better than that!  

So, here's the question of the day: which famous inspector in popular culture and imagination does she most resemble?

Is she like this guy... famous for his piercing intellect and power of deduction, along with the uncanny ability to solve crimes that few others could?  After all, everyone loves Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the bumbling detective who can usually do no wrong -- at least in the end

Regardless of his rather limited ability, he successfully solves his cases and finds the correct culprits, even if this success is achieved entirely by accident...

He is immensely egocentric and self-important; despite his many failings, he is seemingly convinced that he is a brilliant police officer destined to succeed and rise through the ranks of the Sûreté.  Despite this, Clouseau does appear to show some awareness that he is not the most competent or intelligent person, as he is notably embarrassed by and quick to brush aside his more extreme acts of clumsiness with phrases such as "I know that," and attempts to appear elegant and refined regardless of what calamity he has just caused.

Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau and the Pink Panther

Or, does Hillary resemble the suave (though not entirely ethical) Vichy Inspector Louis Renault who was known for "playing both sides" in Casablanca?  Oblivious to the fact that there were illicit activities and gambling going on in Rick's Cafe, he was "shocked, shocked" nonetheless when it suited him to feign outrage.  And he always had a desire to "round up the usual suspects" no matter who the culprits were.  What a guy!

The Café Americain remains an enclave as a result of the trust between Rick and the French Inspector (Renault), their code of honour among thieves. Trust and faith are essential ingredients for an enclave to survive; yet the other side of the coin should also be stated clearly: faith means a suspension of disbelief, a relaxation of critical
analysis.  Virtual—if not all—enclaves are maintained by the decision to turn a blind eye, to purposefully ignore aspects of reality.

Rick Blaine, Inspector Renault, Victor Laszlo, and Ilsa Lund at the Café Americain in Casablanca

Finally, who can forget Inspector Javert from Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and one who ruthlessly pursues Jean Valjean for decades, with his eyes firmly on the prize. As everyone knows, it doesn't end well for Javert, who commits suicide by jumping into the River Seine

Javert serves as Valjean's nemesis throughout the novel, continually threatening to expose his past and bring him under the control of the law. In his exaggerated, nearly fanatical devotion to duty and his lack of compassion, Javert represents a punitive, vengeful form of justice.

Jean Valjean Spares Inspector Javert's life in Les Miserables

Come to think of it, there is a bit of all three famous inspectors in Hillary Clinton. Given that she was the inevitable nominee all of last year, her Clouseau-like campaign strategy has backfired.  Perhaps it's time to replace Kato (Mark Penn).  At times, she has displayed all of the ethics of Inspector Renault by cozying up to people who should be her natural political enemies -- the same ones who doggedly pursued her husband when he was President.  And, at other times, she has been relentless (at least to her many supporters) with the determination of Inspector Javert in pursuit of the 2008 Democratic nomination.  All along, I'm sure she's been hoping that her political fate is not the same as Javert's in Les Miserables.  

So many other inspectors, so little time to decide.  What do you think?  Are there any other famous inspectors that I didn't mention?

Your turn now.