nytimes.com - 11/19/2008
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If Hillary Clinton gets to be the Mistress of Foggy Bottom, Bill Clinton’s guilt over his primary tirades would be alleviated. >
washingtonindependent.com - 11/21/2008
nytimes.com - 11/21/2008
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The next administration will be a valedictocracy —
rule by those who graduated first in their high
school classes. If an enemy attacks the United States during a Harvard-Yale game, we’re in trouble. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: The Insider’s Crusade
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, ...
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Daily Kos —
... Maureen Dowd: If Hillary Clinton gets to be the Mistress of Foggy Bottom, my forlornness when I'm not writing about the Clintons would be alleviated. ...
Geffen redux
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
... "Clinton Inc" to Maureen Dowd early in the primary process, now returns to MoDo's column to offer his endorsement of HRC for SecState: ...
How's My Drinking?
Whiskey Fire —
... An Open Letter to Barack Obama:
As an unashamed Edwards and then Clinton supporter during the primaries, I have developed a profound respect for your intellectual and political gifts. Thus I am hopeful that the frantic internet rumors about Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State are just that: rumors.
Why, you ask, would someone like me *not* think HRC should be Secretary of State? It is no reflection her abilities, certainly, nor on yours.
It's just that my liver can't take it.
I remain, Respectfully yours, Molly Ivors ...
MoDo likes Hillary for State
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Maureen Dowd: One person who famously opposed Hillary’s presidential bid thinks she’d make a great secretary of state. “She’s smart and tough, a lot better than any of the old hacks like Holbrooke, Albright, etc.,” says David Geffen. “Barack Obama is going to run policy, and Hillary will be an effective communicator. It also takes Bill out of the game. It completely turns him into an ally — and probably a help to both of them. I think Obama is very smart to get as many smart people into the room as he can, to bring in Rahm and keep Lieberman and get Hillary ...
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Source: Bill Clinton agrees to vetting —
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Fmr. Pres. Bill Clinton has agreed to several concessions in Hillary Clinton’s vetting for Secretary of State.
(CNN) –- A major obstacle in Hillary Clinton’s path to becoming President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of state may be out of the way, ...
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