qando.net - 11/14/2008
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O bama could make worse *cough* John Kerry *cough* selections : Several Obama transition advisers are strongly advocating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) for secretary of state, a move that would create the ultimate “Team of Rivals” Cabinet, according to officials involved in the ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/18/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
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 ...
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HRC and CGI
talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/21/2008
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
On CNN this afternoon Wolf Blitzer quoted some
critical stuff I wrote yesterday about making Hillary Clinton...
the Secretary of State. So I wanted to add some context. It's not just that I have doubts about the job Clinton might do as Secretary of ...
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TigerHawk —
... . Whatever one thinks of Hillary, she is no dove by the standards of modern Democrats, and neither is she easy to intimidate or charm. There is no evidence that she is (among Democrats) particularly inclined to wish that America be popular, as opposed to successful. While she ...
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