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gallup.com - 11/20/2008

Most Americans Back Idea of Clinton as Secretary of State

— gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll finds a majority of Americans (57%) in favor of Barack Obama appointing Hillary Clinton as the secretary of state in his administration. Thirty percent oppose it. zvkbdbioue The poll, conducted Nov. 18, was taken as ... (more) Most Americans Back Idea of Clinton as Secretary of ...

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Bill Clinton

Barack Obama

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time.com - 11/20/2008

Why Obama Wants Hillary for His 'Team of Rivals'

— time.com — To succeed at modern diplomacy, it helps to take the long view. As word trickled out that President-elect Barack Obama was considering Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, Clinton was on the phone with the President of Pakistan. Asif Ali Zardari ... (more) Why Obama Wants Hillary for His 'Team of Rivals'

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Barack Obama

Bill Clinton

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blogs.wsj.com - 11/19/2008

Law Blog - WSJ.com : With Rich, Libby and Holder in the News -- It's Like 2001 All Over Again

— blogs.wsj.com — holder With today’s news about Eric Holder (pictured, left) being candidate uno for the AG slot, it nearly guarantees we’ll soon be reacquainted with some names from the recent past, like Scooter Libby and Marc Rich. Back then, Holder, Rich and to a ... (more) Law Blog - WSJ.com : With Rich, Libby and Holder in ...

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Rich Lowry

Bill Clinton

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She Continues to Rise
The Stump — ... she won't be running State, or any other department. The little-known administrative role, created under Eisenhower, involves coordinating efforts between the White House and Cabinet. It usually goes to insider loyalists, like Christine Varney, who, before taking the job in 1993, served as counsel to the Clinton campaign and the DNC. (Varney is now on Obama's transition team.) I wonder how Clintonites will respond to Obama's continuing elevation of a woman that they love to hate? --Seyward Darby

It begins: Obama aides already sniping at Hillary anonymously
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... that she’ll be a terrible manager at State. Why? Just because of the endless infighting among her campaign staff that she did little to stop, and the fact that she’s still in debt six months after the primaries ended, and er, her minor strategic error in not preparing a ground game to defeat Obama in the caucus states in case she failed to put him away on Super Tuesday? Oh, and her inexplicable loyalty to tools like Mark Penn and Patti Solis Doyle, who used to spend afternoons watching soap operas instead of managing the campaign? No worries on that last point, if so: She’s ...