Mixed Message— apparently works

In this photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, seated left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, seated right, in Pyonggyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Others are unidentified.  Former US resident Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise visit to Pyongyang, holding “exhaustive” talks that covered a wide range of topics, state-run media said.

Bill Clinton’s visit to North Korea to negotiate the release of two American journalists has pundits talking: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/04/bill-clinton-in-north-korea/

Does his trip undermine Hillary’s public stands? Is it tantamount to negotiating with terrorists?

Update: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004000023

More Here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_journalists_held

What’s Bill got that Hillary doesn’t?