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Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... Bill Clinton has reportedly agreed with the Obama transition team to disclose the list of donors to his charitable foundation to allow the White House to vet his future overseas trips and speaking engagements, in order to smooth the road to Hillary being nominated for Secretary of State. The potential for a conflict of interest from Bill's foreign dealings has been the major roadblock to a Hillary nomination, and Bill's apparent new agreements could go a long way in fixing the situation. ...

Hillary Is Boxing Obama In. Or Is It The Other Way Around?
TPM Election Central — ... So according to The Times, Hillary wants the job so badly that she's scheming to make it impossible for Obama to not offer her the job. But here's The Washington Post's version of events: ...

War and Piece — WP : Bill Clinton has agreed to a series of concessions requested by officials representing Barack Obama's presidential transition team, moving his wife one step closer to potentially becoming the next secretary of state. Aides to both Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) said that a formal job offer had not been made, but the former president's decision to disclose the identities of donors to his charitable foundation and to vet his future speeches and overseas activities with members of the Obama administration appears to have removed some of the biggest hurdles to ...

Bill Clinton takes big step for Hillary’s chances as SecState
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... One of the major stumbling blocks to offering Hillary Clinton a Cabinet post, especially State, has been the unanswered question of who donates to Bill Clinton’s foundation.  Ever since establishing it after leaving the White House, the former president has refused to disclose his donors, leading many to question whether any influence-peddling figured into the final days of the Clinton administration.  Now Clinton has agreed to open the books in what looks like a final step for Hillary’s appointment: Bill Clinton has agreed to a series of concessions requested by officials ...

The Strange Rehabilitiation of Hillary Clinton
The Stump — WaPo: Obama's consideration of Clinton for the top diplomatic post has puzzled supporters of other contenders, particularly Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, two men who endorsed Obama over Clinton in the Democratic presidential primaries at the cost of incurring considerable wrath from the Clinton camp. It also has perplexed rank-and-file Obama supporters who heard the candidate spend most of the primary contest critiquing Clinton's foreign-policy mindset. It has perplexed ...

Thursday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... for Attorney General. * Bill Clinton seems to be doing his part to help Hillary Clinton become Secretary of State. * Minnesota Public Radio posted ...