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Obama's camp leaked the story

dijamo — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:39:21 +0000

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Obama's camp leaked the story and invited Bill Richardson as additional pressure for her to take the role. If she declines, that asshat is next in line. It's a way to keep his competition close, make sure she's out of the way in the Senate so Congress is supplicant to him. She's pushing his agenda not her own and is off the national scene into foreign affairs.

I'll admit the vengeance is a nice touch and if she does accept I want a live feed from CNN of Richardson's reaction, but I still want Hillary in the Senate. If Bill Richardson uses the same diplomacy, tact, and honor in the Middle East that he did in giving his endorsement to Obama, looks like the Middle East process is in for a rough four years.

Obama leaked them both on

theone718 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:45:12 +0000

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Obama leaked them both on purpose. Either that or there are too many people in Obama's team.

Andrea Mitchell said she got

debbiedoesnothing — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:32:53 +0000

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Andrea Mitchell said she got the story of Hillary as potential SoS from two Obama staffers.

I have trouble picturing

The Old Grouch — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:01:31 +0000

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I have trouble picturing Clinton as a better Secretary of State than Richardson. One has dealt with world leaders in successful negotiations, including nuke reduction talks with the North Koreans, represented the US to the United Nations, and held a Cabinet post previously - and it wasn't Clinton.