Posted on 11/13/2008 9:10:01 PM PST by cdchik123
ABC News’ Martha Raddatz, Jake Tapper and Z. Byron Wolf report: Sen. Hillary Clinton, who was President-elect Barack Obama’s leading rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, is being considered for the job of secretary of state in the Obama administration, sources with knowledge of the transition process tell ABC News.
Discussions about Clinton, D-N.Y., being asked to accept the post are "very serious," an Obama source says.
Asked about the reports on the Cabinet post and another report that Hillary Clinton went to Obama’s home base of Chicago today, senior Hillary Clinton adviser Philippe Reines said, "Any speculation about cabinet or other administration appointments is really for President-elect Obama's transition team to address."
Pushed on whether she physically went to Chicago, Reines said only that she had no public schedule today.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has been considered a leading contender for the post. But last week, ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos reported on "Good Morning America" that Clinton also was in the running to be Obama’s secretary of state pick.
Though Clinton and Obama ran a contentious primary campaign for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, Sen. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, both campaigned for Obama in the general election campaign against the Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Asked if Hillary Clinton would consider the secretary of state job, a former official in President Clinton’s administration said, "I think so. What would you rather do -- be senator or secretary of state?"
This just CYA after they got burned for not vetting her for VP.
This just CYA after they got burned for not vetting her for VP.
That’ll have Putin rolling around the floor laughing, as well as all the Islamic dictators.
Hillary and Kerry would be equally ineffective, but Kerry would be more entertaining.
MSM Confirms what we already knew; PUMA Delivered, GOP didn’t…
MSM Confirms what we already knew; PUMA Delivered, GOP didn’t…
November 7, 2008 by PUMA Pundit
Earlier this week, we stated that as promised, PUMA delivered, a lot of folks thought we had lost our marbles. Well, it seems the MSM itself has validated our claim that the reason McCain/Palin lost the election is because the GOP base did not come out and vote.
Firstly, it seems despite all the hype of new voters coming out to vote, turnout in 2008 was the same as in 2004, or at best slightly higher:
A new report from American University’s Center for the Study of the American Electorate concludes that voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was the same in percentage terms as it was four years ago — or at most has risen by less than 1 percent.
The report released Thursday estimates that between 126.5 and 128.5 million Americans cast ballots in the presidential election earlier this week. Those figures represent 60.7 percent or, at most, 61.7 percent of those eligible to vote in the country.
and then this:
“A downturn in the number and percentage of Republican voters going to the polls seemed to be the primary explanation for the lower than predicted turnout,” the report said. Compared to 2004, Republican turnout declined by 1.3 percentage points to 28.7 percent, while Democratic turnout increased by 2.6 points from 28.7 percent in 2004 to 31.3 percent in 2008.
Exit polls however showed that:
Democrats who supported Sen. Hillary Clinton during the primaries overwhelming voted for Obama in the general election, 84 percent to 15 percent for McCain.
In other words, by conservative estimates, there are close to 3 million PUMAs (2.88 million to be precise ) for that is what 16% of 18 million is. More importantly, 2.7 million put country first and actually voted for John McCain / Sarah Palin.
Let’s recap. In 2004:
George Bush: 62,040,610 (an increase of 22.96% fpr the GOP)
John Kerrey: 59,028,444 (an increas of 16.99% for the Democrats)
in 2008 with all states reporting (NC and MO haven’t finalized numbers yet, but this is with 100% of precincts in both states reporting:
Obama has 65,002,864 (an increase of 10.12% for the Democrats)
McCain has 57,143,022 (54,443,022 if the PUMA vote is removed) (a decrease of 12.25% for the GOP)
All that was required to win the popular vote for McCain was a 1% increase in the GOP vote (620,000 more votes than 2004), and the PUMA vote of 2.8 million would have put him over the top.
I guess in the final analysis, the reason Obama won the election is because he played one hell of a mind game on the GOP base, a mind game that ensured a 12% decrease in the number of votes over 2004.
2 years max, + they’ll be replacing her.
I’d like to thank all the folks who couldn’t stomach voting for McCain. Thanks so much, you !!!*&^#%$#@s!
That's true, but also many GOP voters wouldn't vote for McCain.
Kerry will be all our enemies "goto" boy for nuclear materials, DU tipped RPGs and tank shells, and troop movement schedules.
NO WONDER she’s been so quiet since she lost.
I am sure the people who could not stomach voting for Mccain are VERY happy!
Well, I posted it at FR so I’m talking to the Republican version of the PUMAs. For some reason, I don’t see many vanities of the “Why I refused to vote for McCain” stripe lately.
Yup, it takes a woman like Hillary to fill ole Maddy’s seat.......
Better Secretary of State than sitting on the Supreme Court for the next 30 years.
Well, it’s one way to keep her out of the country...
I would be a little surprised if she takes this job.
Frankly, for a person whose entire campaign was wanting change, all he does is appoint Clintonistas and having this albatross and her hubby around his neck would serve him right. I look forward to finally getting a Senator in my State who earns their $$$$ working for it.
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