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Patterico's Pontifications: The Newest Senators
The Corner on National Review Online: Clintons Forever?
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE: The Clintons are like a bad rash
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com: Bill Clinton: Senate Replacement For Hillary?
Althouse: I love love love love the idea of Bill Clinton getting Hillary's Senate seat.
The Newest Senators
Patterico's Pontifications —
... runoff between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin.
3. New York State’s junior Senator replacing Democrat Hillary Clinton.
4. Delaware’s senior Senator replacing Democrat Joe Biden.
The Democrats are assured of holding Senate seats 3 and 4 but, interestingly enough, they seem to be focusing on legacies:
A placeholder in Delaware who will hold the seat for Joe Biden’s son Beau.
A Cuomo, Clinton or Kennedy in New York.
Democrats have won their most ...
Clintons Forever?
The Corner on National Review Online —
[image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Monday, December 01, 2008 [image] Clintons Forever? [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Just so the "Clinton haters" among us can have nightmares: Bill Clinton for Senate , until Chelsea can run ... ? 12/01 10:07 PM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us ...
The Clintons are like a bad rash
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE —
... Even "The One" couldn't bring that kind of change. Not only will we have to put up with Hillary as Secretary of State, but now there is a rumor that David Paterson, New York's Democratic governor may appoint Bill Clinton to Hillary's seat in the Senate. ...
Bill Clinton: Senate Replacement For Hillary?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Last week, a Washington Post editorial urged New York Governor David Paterson to "send Bill Clinton to the Senate."
CNN looks at the possibility, which is not entirely without precedent:
If that happened, Clinton would become the third former president to go from the White House to Capitol Hill.
President John Quincy Adams lost his re-election bid in 1828. Two years later he returned to Washington after winning election as a congressman from his home state of Massachusetts. He served in the House of Representatives until his ...
I love love love love the idea of Bill Clinton getting Hillary's Senate seat.
Althouse —
Please, Mr. Governor. Please make it Bill! Why do I love this idea so much? 1. She wanted his old job, but he'd be getting her old job. I love the narrative arc. 2. I love the idea of a former President going on to another government position -- instead of going about giving speeches or attempting to perform good deeds or playing the elder statesman role. Get back in there and do something. 3. It would be so entertaining having Bill in there mixing it up with the other Senators. Will his narcissism allow him to submit to it? Come on! Show ...
Gravitas: The Definition
Daily Pundit —
Bill Clinton mentioned for wife’s Senate seat - CNN.com
On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he asked his former rival to be his secretary of state.
That means the scramble begins to replace Clinton on Capitol Hill. Among those mentioned to take her seat as New York’s junior senator is her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
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Bill Clinton would bring gravitas to the job, and he obviously knows his way around Washington.
Yeah, gravitas is the first thing I think of when I think ...
Two-Fer
Jules Crittenden —
... They always did work as a team. Bill for Hill’s seat? CNN : (CNN)— After eight years as senator from New York, Hillary Clinton is trading places, moving from Congress to the incoming administration. On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he asked his former rival to be his secretary of state. That means the scramble begins to replace Clinton on Capitol Hill. Among those mentioned to take her seat as New York’s junior senator is her husband, former President Bill Clinton. At a news conference in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, after Obama announced her ...
Clinton for Senate?!
Pundits Blog —
... that, far from being a bad choice, Bill Clinton is the ideal choice to be senator — for reasons, strangely, ranging from the bequest that led to the creation of the Smithsonian to a comparison of the United States Congress to the House of Lords. The chatter has since been picked up by CNN . When Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) steps down — and she is indicating she would not do so until confirmed by the United States Senate — it will be up to Gov. David Paterson to appoint a successor. He may choose any New York resident constitutionally able to serve. Names bandied ...
