voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/14/2008
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Updated 1:30 p.m. By Anne E. Kornblut After an under-wraps meeting with President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago on Thursday, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is now considered a top contender for the role of Secretary of State in the Obama administration, several people involved in the process said ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/14/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News' Martha Raddatz reports: President-elect Barack Obama
met with Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., yesterday to Chicago
to discuss the possibility of the senator becoming Secretary of State. A source with knowledge of the transition process ...
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Details on Hillary-Barack Meeting
talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/14/2008
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
Secretaries of State don't usually last more than
a single presidential term. And sometimes they don't make
it that long. So, for the life of me, I do not understand why Hillary Clinton would want to give up what is in all likelihood a senate seat ...
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Don't Get It
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Remainders: Resignation
Ben Smith's Blog —
Nico Pitney reports Clinton was offered SoS, and is considering.
Chuck Todd makes the negative case for Hillary.
Kornblut says people involved consider her the "top contender."
Andrew Sullivan likes it because it means Clinton won't be "left to fester."
Jonathan explores the crippling consequences, in the Palin case, of campaign secrecy.
Dean's out of the running for HHS.
Obama spreads the campaign wealth around the campaign staff.
Ackerman profiles Susan Rice. ...
Hillary or Richardson
PoliGazette —
... One day after we reported that Sen. Hillary Clinton was in the running for Secretary of State in an Obama administration it has become clear that there are only two candidates left standing for the job: Clinton and Governor Bill Richardson. ...
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