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eschatonblog.com - 11/18/2008
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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.
mediabistro.com - 11/22/2008
Woodward Knocks Clinton SoS Choice
— mediabistro.com — Now that it's considered a foregone conclusion that Sen. Hillary Clinton will be the next secretary of... State, the chattering class is weighing in, including legendary reporter Bob Woodward. FishbowlDC has obtained an advanced transcript of this ... (more) Woodward Knocks Clinton SoS Choice

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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/13/2008
Transition Rumor Patrol: Political Office, Daschle's Role, Clinton For SoS?
— marcambinder.theatlantic.com — The rumors percolating through Washington and an attempt to set the record straight. Rumor: President-elect Barack Obama's... White House will include a political affairs office. Fact :  This is probably true , according to a close-in Obama ... (more) Transition Rumor Patrol: Political Office, Daschle's ...

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talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/21/2008
More on HRC as SOS
— 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 ... (more) More on HRC as SOS

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TPM Election Central:  Hillary Is Boxing Obama In. Or Is It The Other Way Around?

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A team player
Political Animal — ... well in Obama's cabinet -- a view that's markedly at odds with the "Clintons will undermine Obama from within" type commentary we keep hearing. Of course she's a team player. Didn't she prove that to the party over the last three months of the campaign, when she hit the trail in support of the Democratic ticket she wasn't on? Clinton wouldn't accept the opportunity if she weren't prepared to help execute Obama's foreign policy and diplomatic goals. It's as simlpe as that. As Atrios concluded , "I don't think I'm going to be able to worked up about Obama's personnel decisions ...

Hillary Is Boxing Obama In. Or Is It The Other Way Around?
TPM Election Central — ... Certainly it would be pollyanna-ish to imagine that no such strategizing goes on. But the Times account strikes me as somewhat overheated. As Atrios says, the Clintons drive the media insane. What this kind of speculation really shows, I'd argue, is the extent to which reporters are actually under pressure to report on the Clintons exclusively through the "Clintons scheming Lady Macbeth Machiavelli" prism. ...

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