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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. ...
It’s All About Me
By Kathy Shaidle FRONTPAGE MAG - How can a self-congratulation double as a paean to someone else? That was the question observers asked of Hillary Clinton’s bout of rhetorical self-preoccupation last night. Her speech, bumped out of prim...
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 doesn’t seem to be high on Obama’s list
By Adam Nagourney IHT - When Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton abandoned her bid for the presidency and endorsed Senator Barack Obama in June, she made clear that she was interested in becoming his running mate, and Obama and his associates signaled res...
Hillary Clinton Not Being Vetted By Obama Team, Says Advisor
Hillary Clinton’s former communications director told FOX News she is not actively being vetted by Barack Obama’s running-mate search team — but he said that doesn’t mean she’s been overlooked. The two former rivals have...
Barack Obama doesn’t rule out Hillary Clinton for vice president
By Peter Nicholas Barack Obama told a potential donor to his campaign that Hillary Rodham Clinton is on his list of possible vice presidential running mates, but that her husband's status as a former president makes matters "complicated."...
Hillary Clinton will be Obama’s running mate. Wanna bet?
By Joel Stein I'm up $178.60 on this election. Sure, $100 of that is because I bet my mom that Barack Obama would beat Hillary Clinton, and $50 was because I bet her that John Edwards would drop out before Super Tuesday. And although some would s...
Hillary for Veep? Check Back Later
By Blake Dvorak So can we close the book on Barack Obama choosing Hillary Clinton as his running mate? Almost, but not quite. Despite the lingering animosity between the two camps; despite the fact her presence on the ticket would undermine Mr. Obama...
The Biggest ‘Fuck You’ Ever?
By Jason Horowitz A former bundler to Hillary Clinton just called in to tell me that Barack Obama's selection of Patti Solis Doyle as chief of staff to the campaign's eventual vice presidential nominee is the "biggest fuck you I have ever...
No Hillary Clinton For VP?
From NBC/NJ’s Mike Memoli and NBC’s Domenico Montanaro Here’s something we didn’t initially think of… The Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut’s take on Solis Doyle being named to chief of staff for a potential VP...
Polls suggest Hillary Clinton as Obama’s running mate might have mixed impact
By Alan Fram Lots of Democrats love Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yet plenty of Republicans, conservatives and all-important independents can't stand her, suggesting possible pitfalls for Barack Obama should he make her his vice presidential runn...
Hillary Clinton Disavows Push To Put Her on Ticket
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday disavowed a campaign by some of her supporters to press Senator Barack Obama into selecting her as the Democratic party's vice presidential candidate. Clinton said the supporters were acting on their own...
Senate Dems say Hillary Clinton leadership spot doubtful
By Manu Raju Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) imminent return to the Senate does not mean she will be greeted with a newly created position within her conference’s leadership, Democratic leaders said Thursday. Clinton has not sought...
Hillary Clinton says if it helps Dems, she’s open to veep
By BETH FOUHY and DEVLIN BARRETT Hillary Rodham Clinton has told congressional colleagues she would be open to becoming Barack Obama's vice presidential nominee, saying she would consider it if it would help Democrats win the White House. Clinton...
Hillary Clinton says she’s ready to be Obama’s VP, Say Lawmakers
Sen. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday told New York lawmakers she is open to being the running mate of Sen. Barack Obama, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, two of the lawmakers told CNN. Rep. Charles Rangel, a senior member of the New Y...
Hillary Clinton Baggage Too Much for Obama
By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann There is a growing effort by the Clintons — led by Bill — to convey a sense of entitlement for Hillary's newly minted vice presidential ambitions. The theory seems to say that she has earned the desi...
Choose Hillary or Lose, Warns Bill Clinton
By Anne Davies The former president Bill Clinton has upped the ante in the final days of his wife's primary race, saying Hillary Clinton has been treated disrespectfully and warning the Democratic Party that it has less chance of winning if she i...
Earth to Hillary: No Prize for Second Place
By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann There is a growing effort by the Clintons — led by Bill — to convey a sense of entitlement for Hillary's newly minted vice presidential ambitions. The theory seems to say that she has earned the desi...
Say good night, Hillary. And go away.
By Michael Goodwin SICK. Disgusting. And yet revealing. Hillary Clinton is staying in the race in the event some nut kills Barack Obama. It could happen, but what definitely has happened is that Clinton has killed her own chances of being vice presi...
Talk of Hillary Clinton as No. 2 Grows
By PATRICK HEALY and JEFF ZELENY While Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers insist that she is determined to win the Democratic nomination, friends of the couple say that former President Bill Clinton, for one, has begun privately contempl...
Can Clinton muscle to a VP nod?
By Roger Simon It is possible to muscle your way into a vice presidential nod: You have something the nominee wants, and he has to give it to you. The question is: Does Hillary Clinton have that kind of muscle? Her victories in states such as Ohio, ...
No Vice President Position for Hillary
By: Dick Morris & Eileen McGann It would be an act of terminal insanity for Barack Obama to name Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential candidate. It would not help him get elected; it would drag all the Clinton controversies into the gen...
Could Clinton land the VP nomination?
By Carl Bernstein Friends and close associates of both Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are now convinced that, assuming she loses the race for the presidential nomination, she is probably going to fight to be the vice presidential nominee on a...
Clinton Campaign Acknowledges $20 Million Debt
Anne E. Kornblut With her campaign falling ever deeper into debt, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton spent a rainy Mother's Day seeking votes ahead of Tuesday's primary here, turning a deaf ear to calls for her to leave a Democratic presidential con...
