talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/21/2008
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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 State, which I do, it's also that I want her to ...
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/26/2008
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From NBC’s Pete Williams If President-elect Barack Obama
nominates Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state, many...
legal scholars believe it would be the former law professor's first violation of the Constitution as president. Why? Because ...
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HRC, State -- and the Constitution
eschatonblog.com - 11/18/2008
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eschatonblog.com —
I don't think I'm going to be able
to worked up about Obama's personnel decisions generally, but...
I agree that the idea that Hillary Clinton might go "rogue" or need to be fired is just absurd. The Clintons just drive the media insane.
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SOS
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
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Hillary At State: Done Deal?
TalkLeft —
... I think this is right and I think it has been a done deal, subject to the Bill Clinton financial stuff, since last Thursday. Basically, when the President asks you to serve, you can not say no. I think a lot of the drama was folks on the Obama side hoping to torpedo the idea and hoping that Bill Clinton would provide the excuse. Bill Clinton knew this and made sure that it was perfectly clear that he would do whatever was necessary. On a related note, I agree with Josh Marshall on this: ...
Obama: Hillary At State Is the Change We Need
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... But pity the likes of drama king Josh Marshall who was quoted on CNN yesterday with the view that Hillary's efforts on health care and her presidential campaign were both " ...
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3bluedudes.com 11/18/2008 — Well, it is no secret I was an early supporter of Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy. Though I refrained from attacking Senator Clinton during the primaries [I did take a few shots and Carville & Begala, who I think need to take their show elsewhere -- anywhere elsewhere], I was always an Obama ...
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