Obama weighs Clinton, Richardson as sec. of state
0 Comments Published November 15th, 2008 in Most Pepular, NewsWASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama has interviewed primary election rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Richardson for secretary of state, according to Democratic officials who revealed his secret meetings with both as he weighed the decision on folding former foes into his new administration. Obama met with Richardson late Friday afternoon, a day after conferring [...]
Hillary Clinton emerges as State dept candidate
0 Comments Published November 14th, 2008 in Most PepularCHICAGO (Reuters) – Sen. Hillary Clinton emerged on Thursday as a candidate to be U.S. secretary of state for Barack Obama, months after he defeated her in an intense contest for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Putting Clinton, wife of former President Bill Clinton, in the position could help heal whatever lingering divisions remain in the Democratic [...]
Officials: Sen. Clinton eyed as secretary of state
0 Comments Published November 14th, 2008 in Most Pepular, NewsCHICAGO – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the candidates that President-elect Barack Obama is considering for secretary of state, according to two Democratic officials in close contact with the Obama transition team.
Clinton, the former first lady who pushed Obama hard for the Democratic presidential nomination, was rumored to be a contender for the job [...]
Clinton to end campaign Saturday at noon
0 Comments Published June 6th, 2008 in Most Pepular, News, World NewsWASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton will end her presidential campaign Saturday at an event in Washington.
She will thank supporters and formally endorse rival Barack Obama, who clinched the nomination on Tuesday.
The campaign said in a statement Friday that the event will take place at noon at the National Building Museum.
The former first lady is expected [...]
Clinton says she’s open to being Obama’s VP
26 Comments Published June 3rd, 2008 in Most Pepular, NewsWASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton told colleagues Tuesday she would consider joining Barack Obama as his running mate, and advisers said she was withholding a formal departure from the race partly to use her remaining leverage to press for a spot on the ticket.
On a conference call with other New York lawmakers, Clinton, a New [...]
Bill Clinton hints at end to wife’s campaign
4 Comments Published June 2nd, 2008 in Most Pepular, NewsWASHINGTON (AFP) – Former president Bill Clinton dropped a hint Monday that the end might be nigh for his wife Hillary’s dogged campaign for the Democratic White House nomination, according to reports.
“I want to say also that this may be the last day I’m ever involved in a campaign of this kind,” the former president [...]
Seat all delegates, Clinton lawyer urges
0 Comments Published May 31st, 2008 in CNN News, Most Pepular, News, Top Stories(CNN) – A day before a Democratic panel is to determine how to seat the delegations of Florida and Michigan, the Clinton campaign’s chief lawyer said the committee is compelled to seat both delegations fully and not award Sen. Barack Obama any delegates from Michigan.
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s lawyer is set to make her case before [...]
Priest apologizes for mocking Clinton while at Obama church
0 Comments Published May 30th, 2008 in CNN News, News(CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama said he was “deeply disappointed” by a sermon at his church this week that mocked Sen. Hillary Clinton.
The Rev. Michael Pfleger, left, marches with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others last year in Barrington, Illinois.
A video making the rounds on YouTube shows the Rev. Michael Pfleger mocking Clinton for becoming [...]
Obama campaign used party rules to foil Clinton
0 Comments Published May 30th, 2008 in Most Pepular, NewsWASHINGTON – Unlike Hillary Rodham Clinton, rival Barack Obama planned for the long haul. Clinton hinged her whole campaign on an early knockout blow on Super Tuesday, while Obama’s staff researched congressional districts in states with primaries that were months away. What they found were opportunities to win delegates, even in states they would eventually [...]
Obama, Clinton supporters both say Clinton attacking unfairly
21 Comments Published May 21st, 2008 in CNN News, Most Pepular, NewsFrom CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Clinton and Obama supporters both said Clinton attacked unfairly.
(CNN) – Even in a state Hillary Clinton appears to have won by 35 points, a majority of Kentucky voters say the New York senator attacked Barack Obama unfairly.
According to the exit polls, 54 percent of voters said Clinton launched unfair attacks [...]