After Concession Speech, Reporters Wonder: Where's Hillary Clinton?

Washington Post:

After a year and a half directly in the spotlight, where has Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gone?

"They're currently taking some time off as a family," said one spokesperson.

"Sorry Charlie, she's enjoying some well-deserved R & R," said another adviser, Philippe Reines.

Clues suggest Clinton has been at home in Washington and Chappaqua, speaking by phone to superdelegates -- but not yet going back to her office in the Senate. There is nothing on her official calendar of appearances, and her husband does not begin hitting the public circuit again until next Tuesday, with a speech at Radio City Music Hall (the former president was supposed to give a graduation speech in California this Friday, but had to cancel due to a campus labor dispute that threatened to put him in the position of crossing picket lines).

Chelsea Clinton has dropped further from view: Her Facebook page was no longer visible on Wednesday, and at least one recently "friended" person could not find her on the site.

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Comments

[SEQUOIABISON]

She is baking cookies with Tammy Wynette and having a tracking devise installed somewhere on Bills body.

[StillAmused]

Memo To Working Press:

There's a mentally-imbalanced, white-haired guy out there, hopping around with one foot in his mouth, threatening to suck the U.S. into a suicidal conflict with Iran... and he's RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!

Do your effin' jobs for a change!

[nancydrew2]

I for one am eternally grateful not to see her and hear her every day. She destroyed herself...by herself. I hope she takes some time and reflects on the evil campaign she ran.

I know about sexism and she was not a victim of it. Nor was the media out to get her. Nope she and Bill did it all with the way they ran their campaign. It was full of lies, mismanaged, they overspent and pandered to a segment of the population they pretend to care about.... but they just wanted to use. Quite repulsive really, and I didn't feel this way about her in the beginning.

I sure wouldn't trust her to surround herself with a responsible and honest cabinet and I sure wouldn't give her the keys to the government coffers.

So yes, she needs some time off to ponder and reflect...not get even. But she is probably still working behind the scenes for a devilish upset at the convention. Those two deserve one another.

[foreffectivegovernment]

I also hope Hillary Clinton is resting up from this long campaign. It had to have been very taxing even for a strong leader like her.
If I were her, I would be holed up in a bunker, under the bed, and hiding from the Republicans, African-Americans, Eggheads, Media, and miscellaneous other groups that tried to destroy her. I would be afraid of physical harm by one of the nuts that believed all of the vile character assassination that was used against her.
Lucky for the Democratic Party and those of us who chose to support her, she will rise from the ashes to assume her rightful place and continue to bring about the changes that I want in this Country in spite of the above listed groups.

[marignymitch]

She hunkered down in an undisclosed bunker, revising her enemies list and bill of divorcement and writing her victory speech for November.

The sexist media forced her to do this!

[JackND]

Since the main reason she had to stay with Bill just collapsed, maybe she's starting divorce proceedings...

[joeinvt]

I heard (on HuffPo) that she's out there creating anti-Obama web sites and generating malicious rumors about Michelle.

[ebm]

She should get back to work in the Senate. After all our taxes are paying her salary.

[Nonamnesiac]

She deserves whatever time she needs.

[MaeScott]

I hope Hillary is taking it easy, getting some well-deserved rest.
She earned it.
She'll be back soon enough.

[Stagehnd1]

Hope not!!!

[Stagehnd1]

Who cares!!!! I'ts been nice not hearing her voice and dealing with her bulls**t.

[ggmome]

Well, they aren't stomping for Obama!

[Triciann]

I notice there's a group advertising on Huff Post asking women not to vote for Obama. This is sad. Obama campaigned honestly and won the nomination. Some may feel upset that again a woman will not be President but we should remember a few things.

Hillary Clinton would not have got as far in her political career if it hadn't been for her husband. The majority of women in the work place have earned their positions without this type of spousal help. The Clinton machine played a big part in her winning several states. In other words she did make use of the "old boys' network".

Women must ask themselves are they doing other very capable, deserving women out of the opportunity to become VP. Women who would be far more suited to that position. Hillary Clinton is a very capable woman and has a strong political future. The VP spot could be constraining.

It won't be decades before there is a woman President and that woman will be the best individual for the job at that time and she will have earned that positon through her own endeavors; just like any man should have to do. There are plenty of women with the ability and tenacity to achieve it.



Too many women have rallied around one women and seemed to have lost sight of the bigger picture.

[Purcy]

Triciann,

"Some may feel upset that again a woman will not be President but we should remember a few things....Hillary Clinton would not have got as far in her political career if it hadn't been for her husband."

You must be a republican and I think you're a guy...either that or you are a frustrated (very) comedian.

[Beninn]

I am a living, breathing 60s feminist who knows many other women of all ages, and there isn't one thing that Triciann wrote that I and they don't know to be a fact.

Hil'lary Clin'ton was a good and supportive (driven), 'corporate' wife who dabbled in corporate law and flirted with progressive social programs off and on over the years because it came with the role of First Lady.

There isn't one program, not one piece of legislation, that you or anyone can point to and say, "Hil'lary Clin'ton did that".

Please, if you can't take off the blinders then stop promoting the fallacies because we've had enough and the world can't take any more. It's time for truth.

[jpcline004]

can't she have a few days or weeks to relax? I didn't expect her to stay on the campaign trail.

[londongal]

I hope she's taking some much needed time off.

I don't agree with GrammyinPA's assertion that Olbermann and Matthews "destroyed her". That's a bit much. What destroyed Clinton's campaign was the delegate lead that the Obama campaign racked up after Super Tuesday. After all, from the beginning of the primary campaign season, it was all about the delegates. Nothing else. Remember?

Anyway, I'm still an admirer of Hillary Clinton, and happen to think she did a better job on her own terms -- even without Bill.

BTW, I'm an independent who will back a Democrat this Fall because McSame isn't going to work for me. Among other issues I have with McSame -- he's not progressive -- too backward thinking, particularly when it comes to Iraq.

I'm a military spouse, and I strongly believe that the troops should come home. There is no clear definition of "winning" or "success" in Iraq. The Iraqis must charter their own destiny now. McSame's stance on Iraq is the absolute deal breaker for me.

[Beninn]

She IS Bill!

Where were you during this campaign? There isn't anything that he said that she didn't agree with. As a matter of fact, she echoed him until the media started reporting that other politicians were wincing at his words and thinking that the blood must have been cut off from his brain for a time during the bypass surgery.

The point is, she saw nothing wrong with his comments, what he said, and it took a negative reaction to cause her to cease, "Hmmm, that's not ok?"

That's a SOCIOPATH!