Clinton Lawyers Vetting Her For Secretary Of State

CHICAGO — Associates of Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband say the former first lady is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state, believing the job is hers if she wants it.

Obama transition officials say other candidates have been vetted for the job, but the New York senator has emerged as the leading contender and the vetting of former president Bill Clinton has been particularly intense. Associates say Hillary Clinton has been told that Obama wants her to be secretary of state, although accounts differ on how bluntly and directly Obama made the overture. They would speak only on grounds of anonymity because of the private nature of the negotiations.

Hoping to ease concerns about possible conflicts of interest, Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of all donors who have given more than $250 to his presidential library and foundation.

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[BreakfastatTiffanys1]

According to the media she is in a "state" of confusion and is "undecided" and "torn".

I am all about drama and I think my fellow prisoners are aware of that, so I know when I see it.

This is drama.

[scandals&skeletons]

It always is with the Hill & Bill roadshow

[RobertaInCT]

Fueled by the msm.......­..

[sunny555]

You are so right. Drama. With the Clintons, the its always about THEM. No matter what the situation, somehow, they always manage to shine the spotlight on numero uno.

[HerbTee]

So true...dra­ma many of us (sans the rabid Clinton lovers) can do without.

[Pupadup4oBama]

I'm not a rabid clinton lover - not at all...howe­ver, I do think she would be a great fit for the position.
That is MY personal opinion.

[RantingTommy]

drama caused by the media and the tr0lls

nothing more

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[BreakfastatTiffanys1]

Really?

Tr0//s are reporting Hillary being "conflicted" and "torn"?

Nah this is a media/Clinton thing. We don't understand.

[aubrey8]

Drama the media creates and some naive people eat it right up.

[RantingTommy]

Well, any choice that upsets the tr0lls to this length must be a good one.

You go Obama!

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[mcantwell]

I see the RedState and Rush/Hannity "Change" Trolls are back at it again bright an early this morning.

[scandals&skeletons]

As someone posted the other day.......­....the Clintons aint going away.

[cadbury]

An impressive pick by Obama! Shows that he's not threatened by having a strong, popular person in such an important position. I hope the vetting ends soon so that this becomes official and we can all move on.

[abby4ever]

Having the Clintons back, and moving on, are not consistent.

[Pupadup4oBama]

It is when they were the last democratic administration AND they did a fairly decent job....wer­e they perfect...­of course not. But I voted for him for the job twice because i knew that he was much better than Shrub 1 and Pineapple.
We need experience - experience can help fix the mess that we're in today.

[ultrabop]

Operative word, "popular." Why does that qualify her for anything but prom queen?

[Pupadup4oBama]

Well, unless you weren't around during the primaries she had 18 million supporters.
I was not one of them, but I think she proved to us and to herself that she can carry the weight. Look how far she made it when the other guys were dropping like flies.

[scandals&skeletons]

Ariana going KA-CHING!

[truthforme]

You got that right.

[MontanaHome]

Jackpot.

[abby4ever]

off-topic

Palin's prayer

'Dear Lord, let me be president,
I'll do the best I can;
if get stuck,
run out of luck,
I've always got my man,

'I want it more than anything,
I am your servant, God;
"'Like Bill and Hill,
we fit the bill,"
says my dear husband, Todd.'

[truthforme]

Right about now, I think off-topic is a GOOD thing.

[Pupadup4oBama]

HA HA....you are SOOOOO right on that.
Hey Abby, I might not agree with you on this topic...bu­t thanks for the breather!!!!
Great job.

[robjh1]

Interesting how the many naysayers all at once say Clinton has the foreign policy experience to be Secretary of State. Wow! When she was running for President they were singing a different story. Story then was she had no experience.

[anticon]

Gotta love those firmly held believes!

[abby4ever]

Er, 'beliefs'.

[RantingTommy]

Actually, many of us had no problem with Hillary. We just recognized that Obama was better.

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[ultrabop]

Her story was that she was the candidate with the "experienc­e." I don't think anybody in their right mind believed it. It was offensive to hear her say it. She still doesn't have it. You have to earn it by working. Or get a degree in foreign relations or something. Nada. She's a lawyer who hasn't practiced in years. I'm befuddled by this choice.

[BreakfastatTiffanys1]

I am not sure that Hillary wants the job anymore. Word is she is "torn" about he SoS job.

"Torn".

Leaked.

[Independent voter]

Obama, this is so frakin stupid. This is not change. This is political payola.

[RantingTommy]

sounds like you need a waaambulance

someone call whine wun wun

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[scandals&skeletons]

Personally, that is what I think it is. No big deal. It's part of politics, always has been always will be.

[BigHeadTodd]

Here's a dumb question:

If she was thisclose to being the Democratic nominee for PRESIDENT, how much "vetting" do you have to do to see if she's fit for a cabinet post?

[ultrabop]

Surprisingly nobody get's "vetted" for the presidency. Unfortunately that's how we ended up with Bush. There should be standards.

[LCLiberal]

So now Hillary is the foreign face of the Obama presidency? Talk about a bad move. Really losing some momentum and standing with the world...

http://www.sunstateactivist.org/ssablog/

[RantingTommy]

lol, wouldn't want a person that is extremely popular around the globe in a position that depends on global cooperation, now would we?

she'll do fine, relax

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[RantingTommy]

So many people think they are smarter than Obama.

Amazing that they didn't run for the job.

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[scandals&skeletons]

And the ones that did.....lo­st.

[bettydavis]

Hillary as SOS = bad idea.

[Jaking]

GOOD MORNING HUFF FAM!

[MontanaHome]

Hi there. We're back on the HRC thread... oh, what a surprise!

[RobertaInCT]

It's amazing...­....we picked up another senate seat and Obama selected an outstanding person as AG and here we are back to fig-hting the Clinton w-ar all over again.....