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usatoday.com - 12/1/2008

Hillary Clinton's test at State: How she'll work with Obama

— usatoday.com — Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama appear together during a rally at Amway Arena in Orlando on Oct. 20. Associates say the two have mended fences. (more) Hillary Clinton's test at State: How she'll work with Obama

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motherjones.com - 11/19/2008

Obama's First Drama: Hillary Clinton

— motherjones.com — I was agnostic on the matter of Hillary Clinton's possible appointment as secretary of state--until last night. If Barack Obama, the president-elect, wanted to pull a Team of Rivals play, that had seemed fine to me. And placing Clinton in Foggy ... (more) Obama's First Drama: Hillary Clinton

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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/18/2008

Clintons Cooperating With Obama Vetting; Clinton's Real Choice

— marcambinder.theatlantic.com — The vetting of Hillary Clinton is ongoing, delicate, sensitive and private -- but not, according to people with direct knowledge of the work, acrimonious. Despite press reports about former President Bill Clinton's resistance to turn over ... (more) Clintons Cooperating With Obama Vetting; Clinton's Real ...

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Wizbang — Doesn't Barack Obama, a graduate of Harvard Law School, know the constitution? From the Washington Post - Even if the vetting problems involving former president Bill Clinton's finances can be resolved, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton may face another roadblock on her way to the secretary of state's chair. It's called the Constitution of the United States, specifically, Article One, Section Six, also known as the emoluments clause. ("Emoluments" means things like salaries.) It says that no member of Congress, during the term for which he was elected, shall be named to any office ...

Clinton's eligibility, III
Stubborn Facts — ... The WaPo has finally woken up, and interest in the blogosphere has become bipartisan. Prof. Calvin Massey at the Faculty Lounge contemplates the purpose of the clause in a post ...

Obama to nominate Hillary as Secretary of State Monday despite Constitutional prohibition
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... It is sad to see President-elect Obama, a former lecturer on Constitutional Law, show such a lack of respect for the Constitution.Perhaps Senate Democrats will stand on the same principals as the 10 Democrat Senators who voted    against Senator Saxbe's fix. Back then, Senator Robert C. Byrd said, "the Constitution was explicit and 'we should not delude the American people into thinking a way can be found around the constitutional obstacle.'" What will Bryd say about a Hillary fix? ...

Obama Ignores Constitution Prohibition Against Hillary Being Secretary of State
Flopping Aces — ... of State. But it does make an interesting first test of how serious Barack Obama will be about taking the Constitution’s actual words seriously. We know he thinks the Constitution should be viewed as authorizing judicial redistribution of wealth. But we don’t know what he thinks about provisions of the Constitution that do not need to be invented, but are actually there in the document. You think the Democrats will stand firm against this tactic, as they did in 1973? I highly doubt it seeing how much hypocrisy we have seen come from the ...