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submitted by trippie48 14 months ago, from nytimes.com
Caroline Kennedy, the woman who would be New York’s next senator, is sure of one thing. Among all the hopefuls seeking to succeed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, she said on Saturday, there is no better choice. “I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I would be the best,” Ms. Kennedy said, sitting... More
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submitted by riverdrops 15 months ago, from boston.com
President-elect Barack Obama is asking supporters again to help Hillary Clinton, his former rival and now his choice for secretary of state, pay off her campaign debt. Obama had asked his backers soon after he and Clinton joined forces last summer. The appeal is more urgent this time because... More
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submitted by rodeox 15 months ago, from usatoday.com
She'll bring global star power, a long-standing commitment to improving the status of women and children around the world and muscular promises of military action when U.S. interests are crossed. The question for Hillary Rodham Clinton, slated to be named secretary of State on Monday by President... More
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submitted by rodeox 15 months ago, from nytimes.com
Democratic leaders in the Senate are prepared to give Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton a still-undefined leadership role there if she does not become Barack Obama’s secretary of state, Democratic officials close to the situation said Thursday. More
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submitted by rodeox 15 months ago, from iht.com
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama spoke of sitting down for talks with Iran, an idea that Hillary Rodham Clinton publicly criticized. So the idea that Obama might choose Clinton as secretary of state might seem incongruous. But foreign policy advisers to both Clinton and Obama said... More
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submitted by agabriel 16 months ago, from huffingtonpost.com
President-elect Barack Obama offered Sen. Hillary Clinton the position of Secretary of State during their meeting Thursday in Chicago, according to two senior Democratic officials. She requested time to consider the offer, the officials said. More
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submitted by rodeox 16 months ago, from politico.com
Several Obama transition advisers are strongly advocating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) for secretary of State, a move that would create the ultimate “Team of Rivals” cabinet, according to officials involved in the discussions. President-elect Obama has narrowed the possibilities for... More
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submitted by eooties 16 months ago, from boston.com
While a few skeptics still suspect she secretly wants Barack Obama to lose Tuesday, Hillary Clinton publicly is going all out for the man who bested her for the Democratic nomination. Today, she is scheduled to meet with Obama's volunteers and staffers in Pittsburgh, attend a rally in St. Charles... More
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submitted by trippie48 17 months ago, from boston.com
Senator Hillary Clinton announced today a new grassroots effort to get her supporters to fall in behind one-time rival Barack Obama. “As we continue to read the headlines about our troubled economy, the stakes of this election only get higher. Today I am asking all of you to hit the phones... More
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submitted by bafficio 18 months ago, from swamppolitics.com
Embedded in the new Newsweek poll - the one which, like others lately, portrays a dead-heat between John McCain and Barack Obama among voters surveyed nationally - are some measures of how McCain running mate Sarah Palin has helped the Republican Party's presidential ticket. More
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submitted by trippie48 18 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Friday she thinks Barack Obama regrets not making Hillary Rodham Clinton his running mate. Palin praised Clinton's "determination, and grit and even grace" during the Democratic primaries, sounding an altogether different note than when she... More
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submitted by eooties 18 months ago, from latimes.com
A Democratic Party riven by the long primary season took another step toward unity Thursday, as Barack Obama and Bill Clinton sat down in Harlem for a takeout lunch and an extended conversation aimed at forging a new alliance. More
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submitted by blueheat 18 months ago, from boston.com
Speaking briefly with reporters before their private lunch today in New York, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton voiced optimism about Obama's chances in the fall. The two leading Democrats, whose relationship was less-than-warm during Obama's tough fight with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.. More
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submitted by grandie4 18 months ago, from reuters.com
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has gained huge support among white women since naming Sarah Palin as his running mate and now leads Democrat Barack Obama among those voters, according to a survey published on Tuesday. More
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submitted by agabriel 18 months ago, from washingtonpost.com
MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign. More
