observer.com - 11/17/2008
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Why would Barack Obama invite Hillary Clinton into a serious discussion of her potential appointment as Secretary of State without reaching his own conclusions about the risks and benefits of that possibility? That seems frivolous and foolish, neither of which describe the manner in which the ...
mediamatters.org - 11/17/2008
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mediamatters.org —
How to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Of course, Clinton has not been tapped for the
position, but a number of pundits, in what may be a Beltway first, have wondered out loud about how Clinton would be/could be fired as Secretary of State. ...
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How to fire Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/17/2008
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
Former president Bill Clinton addresses an audience in
Kuwait on Nov. 16, 2008, at a symposium hosted
by Kuwait's largest bank. (Stephanie Mcgehee/Reuters) By Anne E. Kornblut Former president Bill Clinton's business and international work is being ...
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All Eyes on Bill Clinton
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Clinton Aides Comfortable With Bill's Vetting, Worried About Press
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... In conversations on Monday, officials noted that Bill Clinton has long expected that much of his work during the past eight years would be opened to public scrutiny if his wife were to win the presidential election. Moreover, they added, the former president already had made the lion's share of his financial record public -- including every paid speech he has delivered since leaving the White House -- in accordance with congressional disclosure laws that impact his wife. But there still exists the possibility that a post-presidential arrangement, whether through Clinton's ...
Clinton Aides Comfortable With Bill's Vetting, Worried About Press
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... In conversations on Monday, officials noted that Bill Clinton has long expected that much of his work during the past eight years would be opened to public scrutiny if his wife were to win the presidential election. Moreover, they added, the former president already had made the lion's share of his financial record public -- including every paid speech he has delivered since leaving the White House -- in accordance with congressional disclosure laws that impact his wife. But there still exists the possibility that a post-presidential arrangement, whether through Clinton's ...
Sorry, Folks, No 'Exasperation' Here
Taylor Marsh —
... Evidently there are some who just can’t stand a qualified woman running the world.
But it’s Bill who is most assuredly the
focus, especially for the media, traditional and new.
Joe Conasan adds some
of the more sane analysis: ...
Transparency And The Clintons
TalkLeft —
Joe Conason brings some sense and facts to the discussion: The concerns about the Clinton Global Initiative and Bill Clintons other activities seem slightly overblown (as Ive noted before). Every paid speech he has delivered over the past eight years is recorded in his wifes Senate disclosure forms. Nor have donors to CGI been concealed, either, as any journalist who attends its meetings or examines its Web site should be able to determine. The countries that have donated funding to the Clinton H.I.V./AIDS Initiative are also a ...
Globetrotting for Dollars
The American Spectator —
... Predictably, as Hillary's potential nomination by Obama recently
gained steam, the New York Observer's resident Clinton
apologist Joe Conason
wrote that concerns about Bill Clinton's philanthropic
activities "seem slightly overblown." Conason notes correctly
that Bill's financial data is provided on Hillary's publicly
available Senate disclosure forms, but gets his facts wrong when
he writes that the names of donors to the foundation haven't been
concealed. ...
The Better Angels of our Nature
The Democratic Daily —
... John McCain met with Barack Obama today, (and is reportedly offering the Secretary of State slot to Hillary Clinton) and it can either be a sad grace-note at the beginning of another vicious season of polly ticks, or it can be the harbinger of what we might become. ...
Yesterday is Tomorrow
The Democratic Daily —
... future problems and focus on trivial issues of dogma and ideology.
Whether we realize it or not (because the recession deepens by the day) the days of plenty have passed away for a time. And we sit in this limbo of war-that-is-not-war, dangerously extended and building up murderous hostility each day. Shouting names at one another, or throwing a hissy-fit because our priorities are not shared by all is a luxury we can ill afford.
John McCain met with Barack Obama today, (and Obama is reportedly offering the Secretary of State slot to Hillary ...
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pajamasmedia.com 11/16/2008 — November 16, 2008 HOPE AND CHANGE! "I'm actually beginning to think had Hillary won there would be fewer Clinton retreads coming on-board." Plus, from The New York Times: "The selection of Mr. Emanuel and other veterans of President Bill Clinton’s ...
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The New York Times writes that Bill Clinton perhaps remains the last obstacle to Hillary Clinton being named as Obama’s secretary of state. “President-elect Barack Obama’s advisers have begun reviewing former President Bill Clinton’s finances and ...
Obama team vetting Bill Clinton, sources say —
CNN Political Ticker 11/17/2008
CHICAGO (CNN) – Two Obama transition officials confirm they have begun taking a look at former President Bill Clinton’s finances and post-presidential dealings as part of the early vetting process into whether or not there’s any negative ...