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The Lion is Back
Taylor Marsh —
... Meanwhile, Senator Hillary Clinton’s passion for the same subject is also relevant. However, we are talking about the Senate, a place where seniority rules, with the reality being that HRC doesn’t have it, seniority that is, and Teddy does. No doubt it’s one of the prevailing predicaments of Hillary’s current Senate reality. It’s got to make the secretary of state job all that more appealing. Whether the political and financial complexities surrounding the most powerful couple on the global stage can be reconciled to make this happens is another ...
Transition News 11/17
The Stump —
... Could Bill Clinton be
a hindrance to a Hillary appointment at the state department? ...
Will Bill Clinton sink Hillary's SoS hopes?
The Swamp —
... Obama and you're looking for a good excuse not to appoint Sen. Hillary Clinton to your cabinet, former President Bill Clinton is a godsend.
The Obama campaign has reportedly been spending time vetting the New York senator before any offer of a cabinet post, presumably Secretary of State, is made.
As part of the vet, Obama's transition team is attempting a full scrub of the former president's business dealings. But evidently, it's rough going.
As the Politico reports:
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is ...
Bill Clinton’s Shady Finances May Cost Hillary The Secretary Of State Position
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Politico:
Obama’s simply trying to co-opt Hillary, buy her off in order to keep her and Bill from remaining simmering, sneaky, undermining enemies for the next four years. So, really, we’re better off if she doesn’t end up with the post. Although, in reality, she’ll take the bribe but still keep a knife sharp enough to pierce the flesh between his shoulder blades always at the ready.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is President-elect Barack Obama’s first choice for secretary of State but his ...
Is Bill Holding Hillary Back from Secretary of State?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
...
President-elect Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton
Probably.
Bill’s finances have to be a shambles and a convenient excuse for Obama to choose Bill Richardson.
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Yes, Hillary Clinton is Obama’s first choice for Secretary of State
Sister Toldjah —
... … but in the continuing drama over this story, The Politico reports today that Team Obama have hit some snags on the vetting process of La Clinton’s hubster: ...
The Obama Clinton Saga Continues
Comments from Left Field —
... But with the 2008 elections behind us, of course the Obama/Clinton tensions are over now, right? That is if they were ever truly of the epic proportions seen among the mainstream media. Unfortunately, the latest buzz about drama surrounding the vetting of Mrs. Clinton and more specifically her husand in the filling of the Secretary of State role suggest that the Obama Clinton Saga will continue for at least a little while longer. ...
Bill’s Goods
Jules Crittenden —
... Hill’s SoS vetting is reportedly driving Bill crazy, and his vetting could cost her the job. I can think of a few questions I’d want on my Bill questionnaire. Starting with … “What is is, anyway?” They want to know where all his money comes from, which sounds like a pretty good question, too, given that the wife will be doing grip-and-grins on our behalf with all the world’s crowned heads for the next four years if she gets the job. Politico : Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is President-elect Barack Obama’s first choice for secretary of State but his aides are ...
HRC and CGI
Matthew Yglesias —
... This business concerning Hillary Clinton’s potential appointment as Secretary of State and the finances of Bill Clinton’s foundation seems like a real issue to me. There’s nothing to be done about the fact that the Clinton Foundation has, in the past, gotten large sums of money from foreign governments. But I don’t really see how you could have a Secretary of State whose husband was engaged in that kind of fundraising. Or, more generally, who’s involved in the kind of freelance foreign policy work that Bill does as head of the Foundation. I wrote ...
11/18: Netroots' Hopes Dashed
Blogometer —
... has decided to accept this client and conduct a survey in this fashion is not clear. I would hope, however, that any and all clients that need legitimate polling work conducted would take their business elsewhere. These clients include C-SPAN and Reuters, two organizations with longstanding and well-deserved reputations for accuracy and neutrality..." CLINTON: Why Does Bill Always Have To Complicate Things? Several liberal bloggers are concerned that ex-Pres. Bill Clinton 's financial ties to foreign governments could jeopardize Hillary Clinton 's ability to serve as ...
