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Hillary Will Meet Ousted Honduran President in Washington
By Matthew Lee U.S. officials say Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to meet ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya this week. It would be the highest-level contact the Obama administration has had with Zelaya since he was deposed last ...
Clinton urged Obama to talk tough on Iran
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged President Obama for two days to toughen his language on Iran before he did so, and then was surprised when he condemned Iran's crackdown on demonstrators last week, administration officials say. ...
A Hillary-Obama rift in the making?
By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air A Hillary-Obama rift in the making? Jim Geraghty points out an unusual item from Reuters yesterday, in which the State Department announced that Hillary Clinton would not accompany Barack Obama to Moscow ne...
The Incredible Shrinking Hillary
By Dick Morris Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is finding that her job description is dissolving under her feet, leaving her with only a vestige of the power she must have thought she acquired when she signed on to be President Obama’...
Hillary Clinton acted on concerns of husband’s donors
By Sharon Theimer Secretary of State appointee Hillary Rodham Clinton intervened at least six times in government issues directly affecting companies and others that later contributed to her husband's foundation, an Associated Press review ...
Hillary Clinton challenged in key Cabinet role
By Christina Bellatoni President-elect Barack Obama is set to name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his secretary of commerce on Wednesday morning, finalizing more Cabinet selections as a government watchdog group challenges the eligibility of one ...
Hillary Clinton to face tough questioning over husband’s fundraising activities
By DAPHNE RETTER and ANDY SOLTIS Hillary Rodham Clinton will face tough grilling about her husband's foreign fund-raising before she becomes secretary of state, the top Republican on the Senate committee that will quiz her said yesterday. Sen. R...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton?
We may soon be calling Hillary Rodham Clinton "Madame Secretary." President-elect Barack Obama is considering the New York senator and former first lady for secretary of state - an appointment that would go a long way toward healing the wound...
Could Hillary Clinton still come back?
The internet is buzzing today with the rumour that Barack Obama's gaffe-prone running mate Joe Biden will drop out of the race for health reasons - to be replaced by Hillary Clinton. John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate ...
Bill Clinton: Hillary Never Wanted to be Obama’s VP
ABC NEWS - Despite saying she would accept the offer to be vice president, Hillary Clinton never really wanted to be Barack Obama's running mate, her husband former President Bill Clinton told ABC's The View. "Not really, she didn't,&...
Hillary Clinton tells Ohio supporters: ‘No Palin’
Campaigning for Barack Obama in battleground Ohio Sunday, Sen. Hillary Clinton signaled out Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin by using a slightly revised applause-line delivered at last month's Democratic convention. Clinton told a...
Clinton keeps mum on Palin as Democrats are lost for words
By Anne Davies If Americans are hoping for the political equivalent of the roller derby between the Democrats' leading female voice, Hillary Clinton, and the Republicans' vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, they're likely to be disa...
To Combat The Effect of Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton Will Campaign For Obama
NY POST - With the presidential race in a dead heat, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been enlisted to blunt the formidable impact of GOP running mate Sarah Palin by stumping for Barack Obama in Florida tomorrow. The Alaska governor's powerhouse speech...
Sarah Palin brings the Hillary Clinton era to an end
By Anne Applebaum TELEGRAPH - She wasn’t going to “stay home and bake cookies”, she was going to reform the health-care system: if we elected her husband, we were thus going to get “two for the price of one”. With those ...
Senators urged to back Clinton for new role
By Steven Stanek The Hillary Clinton diehards are still at it. Even with the presidency and vice presidency out of reach and despite Mrs Clinton’s full-throated endorsement of Barack Obama at last week’s Democratic National Convention, a...
Hill Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned
By Charles Hurt NY POST - Hillary's got to be seething. Picking political unknown Sarah Palin for the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket is opening old wounds for Barack Obama and the Democrats, a top adviser for Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday. ...
Bill and Hillary, at last, leave the stage
By Roger Simon POLITICO - The Clintons have left the building. Finally. Bill Clinton did his bit for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, just as Hillary had done her bit the night before. And now, at long last, they ar...
Bill Clinton Vows to Do `Everything’ He Can for Obama
By Kristin Jensen and Catherine Dodge BLOOMBERG - Former President Bill Clinton said Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is “ready to lead'' and vowed to do everything he could to make sure Obama wins the White House in Novembe...
Clinton Supporters Say ‘Speech Didn’t Heal’
By Eli Saslow WASHINGTON POST - Hillary Rodham Clinton's most loyal delegates came to the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night looking for direction. They listened, rapt, to a 20-minute speech that many proclaimed the best she had ever delivered, hoping...
Pelosi Tells Disappointed Clinton Supporters to Avoid ‘Victim Politics’
By TERRY MORAN and CHRISTINA CARON ABC NEWS - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will kick off the Democratic National Convention by making one thing clear: The Democratic Party is united behind Sen. Barack Obama. During an interview Sunday with "Nightli...
Hillary Clinton supporters still trying to derail Obama nomination
SCRIPPS HOWARD - A massive e-mail and Internet campaign is under way aimed at derailing the nomination of Barack Obama and making Hillary Clinton the party’s standard bearer next week at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. “It&#...
Hillary Clinton is NOT out of the race yet!
By Les Kinsolving WND - As of July 31, the Democratic National Convention was still in need of one-fourth of the estimated cost of the Denver convention – amounting to 10 million of the $40 million. Moreover, Washington Examiner political colum...
Ralph Nader Predicts Obama Will Pick Hillary Clinton As Running Mate
By John F. Harris POLITICO - Count Ralph Nader as unimpressed by the crop of supposed finalists to be Barack Obama’s running mate. “I don’t think he’s that dumb,” said Nader, commenting on widespread speculation that Oba...
Dem Delegates Favor Clinton as VP, but Obama-ites Cool to the Idea
CQ POLITICS - Barack Obama is on the cusp of naming his running mate and a lot of the speculation is centering around Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh and Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine. At least, those are the three that rated photos ...
Clinton Head Fake? The Lingering What-If Question
By Patrick Healy NEW YORK TIMES - No power brokers in the Democratic Party are openly campaigning for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as their vice-presidential nominee this year, and even Mrs. Clinton’s closest aides have stopped talking her up...
Half of House Dems may vote Hillary at DNC, Says Rep.
By Ben Smith POLITICO - Rep. Loretta Sanchez says she’s happy for the chance to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Democratic National Convention — and she predicts that as many as half of the Democrats in the House could join h...
Hillary Clinton’s Name WILL Be Placed in Nomination at Dems Convention
ABC NEWS - A deal has been brokered between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that will allow Clinton's name to be placed in nomination at next week's Democratic nominating convention, sources close to the Clinton camp told ABC News. ...
Clinton Camp Riven by Dissent
By Patrick Healy While Senator Hillary Clinton campaigned for president by offering herself as a sure-handed, competent successor to President Bush, her campaign team of highly paid advisers was riven by back-biting, poor management, and conflict...
Top Clinton Adviser Wanted to Go After Obama as Lacking American Roots and Values
By Jake Tapper ABC NEWS - Having obtained hundreds of internal emails and memos, Joshua Green of The Atlantic has a fascinating piece about the internal fighting at Hillary Clinton HQ. Yes, they're still leaking to make each other look bad....
Hillary Clinton advised to portray Obama as foreign
By MIKE ALLEN POLITICO - Mark Penn, the top campaign strategist for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), advised her to portray Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as having a “limited” connection “to basic American values and culture,̶...
