Report: Clinton Camp Fabricated Initial Obama "Offer"
In the New York Review of Books, Elizabeth Drew sheds some more light on the behind-the-scenes wrangling between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over...
In the New York Review of Books, Elizabeth Drew sheds some more light on the behind-the-scenes wrangling between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over...
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics
NEW YORK — For years, Hillary Rodham Clinton set aside her own considerable ambition to promote her husband's political career. Now, as Preside...
Washington Post | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics
There is possibly no person President-elect Barack Obama considered for secretary of state who is more reliably pro-Israel than Sen. Hillary Rodham Cl...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama is leaning towards appointing former deputy national security adviser Jim Steinberg as his Deputy Secretary of State, a well-connected De...
The Huffington Post | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics
The New York Times reports that one factor in Hillary Clinton's decision on moving to the Cabinet is a disappointment with the Senate: The uncertain...
NY Times | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics
Hillary Rodham Clinton, a first lady turned senator turned almost-president, is now transforming herself again, this time into the nation's top diplom...
Washington Independent | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics
With Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) almost certain to become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state, some foreign-policy experts in t...
Talking Points Memo | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Advisers to Bill and Hillary Clinton believe they've given the Obama transition team much if not all of the all the information on Bill's post-preside...
CNN | Steve Clemons | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton? Secretary of state? What is Barack Obama thinking? This rock star president-elect may either be confused, deluded and self-destructi...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
The New York Observer reports: Bill Clinton said he'd do "whatever they want" with respect to the vetting process and information he'd have to discl...
Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
I was agnostic on the matter of Hillary Clinton's possible appointment as secretary of state--until last night. If Barack Obama, the president-elect,...
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
CHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library, a s...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics
Over at the Weekly Standard, McCain campaign blogger Michael Goldfarb explains why Republicans should be cheered by the prospect of Secretary of State...
Robert Guttman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics
Why get involved with the Clintons when there are much better choices to be considered? Shouldn't the new president-elect be forming his own team of Obama loyalists?
Bart Motes | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics
The Guardian is now reporting that Hillary Clinton will accept Obama's offer to become secretary of state. My immediate question was, what would Hillaryis44.org have to say?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics
Aides and advisers to the Clintons feel comfortable that the vetting of Bill Clinton will not disqualify Hillary from becoming Secretary of State, and...
Harpers | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics
It looks like Barack Obama has offered Hillary Clinton the post of Secretary of State and she's mulling over whether to take the job or not. Obama's a...
Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics
On Wednesday, the call came in from Chicago: President-elect Obama wanted to meet with Sen. Clinton, in private, the next day. According to Democrati...
NY Times | Maureen Dowd | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics
It's a cool idea, Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. At long last, the feminist icon would represent the feminist ideal of getting a room of her ...
ABC News | George Stephanopoulos | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics
Last week I reported that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was in the running to become Obama's secretary of state. Today we learned that the President-e...
AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton's globe-trotting business deals and fundraising for his foundation sometimes put his activities abroa...
Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
Obama will not choose her because she's a woman. He will choose her because she has shown visionary leadership on two of the critical international (and moral) questions of our age.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media
As you know, today is Friday, and Hillary Clinton's been to Chicago, and Barack Obama's transition team is in Chicago, and so everyone who's got an an...
HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama offered Sen. Hillary Clinton the position of Secretary of State during their meeting Thursday in Chicago, according to tw...
HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
On Friday, political chatter focused around reports that President-elect Barack Obama is thinking about naming Sen. Hillary Clinton as his Secretary o...
The Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics