Bill Clinton: Obama Administration Role Possible

WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton says it was hard for his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, to decide to give up her Senate seat to become secretary of state in the Obama administration.

The former president told CNN in an interview aired Wednesday from Hong Kong his wife was "shocked" when she learned by reading newspaper articles that she was President-elect Barack Obama's likely choice for the nation's top diplomatic post. She's been a New York senator since 2001.

Deciding to give up her Senate seat "was hard," Bill Clinton said. "She adored being in the Senate."

Clinton says he'll probably be "a helpful sounding board" to his wife, but wasn't expecting any more involvement unless Obama "asks me to do something specific, which I'm neither looking for nor opposed to."

Comments

[williamg]

Just in case you were wondering, it seems Bush will be moving to Dallas:

Laura Bush confirms Wednesday that she and her husband will move to Texas's third-largest city after Inauguration Day -- though they don't have a place to move to yet.

Says she and her husband need to be careful with their holiday spending because "there might be a new house coming along."

http://thepage.time.com/2008/12/03/from-the-white-house-to-dallas/

[monicaangela]

Safety in numbers I guess ;)

[suzycolorado]

Dallas can have him. What contest in hell did it lose?

[hardybear]

My husband quipped that no other state will have him. Maine
just dedicated funds to a new fence just in case.

[MIMom]

Oh please. Watching their spending? Why, 'cause oil profits are down?

[booboo111]

Maybe he'll move near the book depository.

[andvoodoo2]

An international airport, lots of gated communities composed of BIG houses on large pieces of property, lots of business opportunities for Bush to m e s s up, world class shopping, etc. Yep, I can see that.

[Nancyann]

Oh Plllleeeea­aassseeeee Not Him Again!!!!!!

[JamesR.]

zzzzzzzzz

[BreakfastatTiffanys1]

GWB: "During I arrive as president.­"

GWB should lay off the booze and the pills before his interviews.

[GrouchoMarxist]

The booze and the pills are the only way he can get through an interview.

[StewieGriffinSays]

When Bush speaks, WE need the pills and booze.

[Grasshopper77]

heh. they always work for me.

[williamg]

Barack Obama Day

Commissioners in Alabama's Perry County approve a measure to close county offices the second Monday in November to celebrate their new annual holiday in honor of the president-elect.

[DyspepticDiogenes]

Oh goody....

I'll put that right up there with Kwanza and L Ron Hubbard's birthday on my calender..­..

[williamg]

lol

[LarsGruber]

and George W. Bush month!

[nellie]

Let's take it national!

[SENATORCALLENBOWE]

WE TOLD YOU THE CLASS OF THE NEW GENERATION WAS COMING, AND WERE JUST GETTING STARTED :) HOW DO YOU FEEL?

[ThunderclapNewman]

What?

We can't hear you.

[monicaangela]

The new GOP hope, sadly lacking ;(

[HittinItAndQuittinIt]

When I was younger, I tried to make the world recognize me also. The world did not care.

[GrouchoMarxist]

Is that the new Pepsi slogan?

[HittinItAndQuittinIt]

;)

[JamesR.]

Like a rolling stone.

[williamg]

Just in case you thought Townhall.com had a tiny bit of credibility left:

Today, the Townhall.com spotlight features a fundraising plea from a foundation that wants to prove, in court, that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States and is therefore ineligible to be president and therefore wants to do a whole lot of bad things involving amnesty, illegal aliens and the United Nations. Obama'd be the "Usurper in Chief." The birth charge is specious and has been convincingly refuted.

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/_townhallcom_is_a_mainstream.php

[HittinItAndQuittinIt]

I wouldn't have heard of townhall.com if you hadn't posted this.

[williamg]

They offer expert commentary by (don't laugh) Fred Thompson.

[GrouchoMarxist]

ROFL! I was wondering what happened to the tr0ll that kept telling us that the TRUTH about the birth certificate would be revealed Dec. 1.

He must be begging for donations on Townhall now.

[Mildmannered]

Maybe B. Clinton can be a special envoy to the Afghanista­n-Pakistan­-India region? Just a thought.

[CostaDelBarto]

That would undermine his own wife. I mean that's going to be her job assuming her nomination is ultimately approved.

If Bill is offered work, it cannot be in SoS matters.

[monicaangela]

How about we put her office in the region, and force her and her worse half to stay there until we get a peace deal from all concerned.

[andvoodoo2]

That idea was recognized on "This Week" as one that has been heard to be being considered.

[williamg]

New Gallup Poll:

Approval Of Barack Obama's National Security Appointments:

Hillary Clinton:
- Approve: 69%
- Disapprove: 25%

Robert Gates:
- Approve: 80%
- Disapprove: 14%

http://www.gallup.com/poll/112804/Obama-National-Security-Picks-Get-High-Marks.aspx

[BreakfastatTiffanys1]

I sure wish the GOPers had something to complain about.

[InfoWarriorNY]

That's exactly the problem isn't it. The GOPers are comfortable with the "new" regime

[scandals-n-skeletons]

They will make things up like always

[GrouchoMarxist]

That's why they're whining about Bill Clinton. They gotta have something to piss and moan about.

[nellie]

I think they should help Bush work on his legacy for the next 49 days.

[CheshireCat2]

Actually most are quite pleased with the choices so far.

[SCG]

lol

[CheshireCat2]

From Politico:
Clint0n could be named as a sort of super-ambassador on a specific issue like India, or on a broad topic like restoring goodwill for the United States abroad.

Super-embassador, you mean like SOS?

[StewieGriffinSays]

No. More like Special Envoy.

http://www.caii-dc.com/CAIIStaff/Dashboard_GIROAdminCAIIStaff/Dashboard_CAIIAdminDatabase/resources/ghai/toolbox1.htm

[Grasshopper77]

LOL! Yup, the folks running those Reichwing blogsites are a bunch of simpletons.

Aren't you swelling with pride to be a Huffer today? 8)

[CheshireCat2]

You are right about that. There are some frightening individuals out there.

[GrouchoMarxist]

Wow. Baseless speculation from a wingnut website. I'm convinced.

[CheshireCat2]

The article was written off of a CNN interview.

[Coinyer101]

i recommend bill clinton as ambassador fer 'redn*cks' fer obama members! we have no representation, after our overwhelm.­.......aft­er some of us voted fer barack! the only requirements is a dress-code [overalls and no shoes], and he must chew tabacker and spit. why should we pay the same for dental care as those who have 10x as many teeth as us? not fair!!!!


WHERE'S OUR CHANJE?

[Grasshopper77]

Good one Coin, you piece o' work! ;)

[monicaangela]

Well, let me see yere, yer chanje is yoo, yer chanje is yur vote fer beyroc cuz um sher it was the fust tam yer eber voted fer one uh dem.

[tbone99]

What a misleading headline.. ..Bill should do what he does best - schmooze - how about Envoy at Large?

[EdithF]

Who writes the headlines around here? The front page says "Bill: I'd Work for Obama Too," while the article says: Clinton says he'll probably be "a helpful sounding board" to his wife, but wasn't expecting any more involvement unless Obama "asks me to do something specific, which I'm neither looking for nor opposed to." While he is certainly not shutting the door on working for this administration, "I'm neither looking for nor opposed to" working for the administration has an entirely different tone than "I'd work for Obama too." Given that Bill is known for being a bit of an attention hog, the headlline was believable - but also really misleading. It fed into people's preconceived notions (including my own), which is unfortunate because it seems he was being very careful in his words.

[StewieGriffinSays]

Yet another

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/HittinItAndQuittinIt

[GrouchoMarxist]

The moniker has a familiar ring to it.

[ThunderclapNewman]

Thanks.

[HittinItAndQuittinIt]

ROFL! No, I'm new, but not a troII. Feel free to focus your aversion elsewhere.

[StewieGriffinSays]

Members HittinItAn­dQuittinIt is a Fan of (1)
DyspepticDiogenes

.
Not a tr0ll?

[wendynyc]

The Big Oil, NRA, Big Pharma, and all the rest "lobbyists" run our country.

So forget about the people's agenda.

[truthbewitya]

Sure. If Big Oil ran the country and Bush was in bed with Big Oil you wouldnt be seeing $48 a barrell oil and rigs being idled.

Thats whats so absurd about the Bush/Oil mantra.

[Kiku]

Huffpost,

This is front page? This is the best you can do - Bill saying he'll do what he can?

It's time to move off of the Clintons.

The gossip should end. It isn't news. Let's move to some real facts for a change...

How about what Detroit can do to fix itself (in 1989 a CRV got 60 mpg)? How about what Obama can do to lower availability of nuclear weapons? How about what the world is going to do on inaugeration day? How about inexpensive holiday gifts - origami for example - that people in a pinch can do.

This obsession is annoying, and continuing with this line makes your site boring and irrelevant.

[scandals-n-skeletons]

Yet here you are

[monicaangela]

You're right, time to find a new thread.

[monicaangela]

I agree!!!

[StewieGriffinSays]

Yet you took the time to log in, click on the thread, scroll to the bottom, compose a rather long comment and click "Post."

[Grasshopper77]

You say that so nicely and matter of factly.