Roadblock Number One to the Clinton Veep Offer
EmailVice presidential prospects are put through a very thorough vetting process.
And it makes me wonder. Would former President Bill and Senator Hillary Clinton even submit to such a process?
Bill Clinton has done some amazing things in his post-presidential life. The Clinton Foundation is now a leading international NGO (non-governmental organization) with staff and volunteers in 44 countries, working to combat HIV/AIDS and promote economic development worldwide, for instance. The Foundation says that 1.4 million people now have access to HIV/AIDS treatment at reduced prices because of its negotiations. And that’s just one example.
But he’s a complex man, as we all know, and I suspect Obama’s vice presidential vetter, Mr. Jim Johnson, (who didn’t catch all of Geraldine Ferraro’s family finance issues when he vetted her on the quick in 1984) might have questions about:
* Bill’s finances
* Donors to the Clinton Library (as yet undisclosed)
* Bill’s gazillionaire rat pack pals Bing and Burkle et al
* Bill’s trip to Kazakhstan
* Bill’s ties to the Saudis
* Anything about his personal life that might not stand the light of day…
You know, I haven’t even gotten to the vice presidential pick herself yet and already I can’t believe the former President would agree to sit down and answer any questions about these issues.
In fact, that might be a good "out" for the Obama team, as I’m sure has occurred to bigger brains than mine on said team.
- jpt
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JPT YOUR MISSING A WORD!
In fact, that might be a good “out” for the Obama team, as I’m sure **THIS** has occurred to bigger brains than mine on said team.
Posted by: Kate | June 4, 2008, 7:49 am 7:49 am
JPT HAS ABC LOOKED INTO MCCAINS VIETNAM RECORD ?
Posted by: Kate | June 4, 2008, 7:52 am 7:52 am
I think her first road block to VP happened last night when she lost a bunch of her supporters when she put herself over the issues again and I think one of the final straws for even her supporters.
Posted by: dl | June 4, 2008, 7:54 am 7:54 am
The Clinton’s arrogance will prevent them from submitting to the process. They seem unwilling or unable to ever admit mistakes.
I think the only way the Hillary Clinton can distance herself from Bill’s questionable associations is to distance herself from Bill.
Maybe that will be the big story. Hillary divorces Bill.
Posted by: jmc663 | June 4, 2008, 7:55 am 7:55 am
The Only road block was and is the giant ditch she dug with an ugly dirty racebaiting campaign that should see her kicked out of the party and the country!
Posted by: Kate | June 4, 2008, 7:58 am 7:58 am
Did anyone her she cnn this morning ?
they tried to find any woman to say they wont vote for Obama because Hillary losted and they couldnt find one! They all said they would vote for Obama no to McSAME it was a great thing : )
Posted by: Kate | June 4, 2008, 8:03 am 8:03 am
Hey McCain:
You’re NEXT! Barack is coming for you!
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
Posted by: Mickey | June 4, 2008, 8:04 am 8:04 am
I agree that being ungracious to obamas win was a massive mistake for her and her bargaining chips
she could have said “tonight my friend and college Barack Obama has recieved enough delegates to hit the magic number.” yada yada yada wonderful campaign, ground breaking yada yada yada praise for her, praise for obama and then end with
“i do not know what i want to do with the campaign yet, I think that no decision will be made tonight”
and then i would if i were her left out the hillary clinton.com line
i mean she didnt ask for money, but, you konw she was
Posted by: bhrandon | June 4, 2008, 8:04 am 8:04 am
I am VERY happy to see most bloggers whether HRC or OB supporters felt the same way I did last night. I was astonished that Hillary didn’t a least confirm that Obama has enough delegates to win. Then to go into primary mode and start saying how she was a better candidate was SO wrong. It was Obama’s night and she rained on his parade. SHAME ON YOU HILLARY. You would have expected more from Obama if you were in his place.
Posted by: newvoter | June 4, 2008, 8:09 am 8:09 am
I’m confused. Are you talking about Hillary or her husband in the VP spot?
Posted by: Danielle A. Engle | June 4, 2008, 8:15 am 8:15 am
danille…you are right, this is part of the scenario. Bill is a time bomb and can go off anytime. Where would he fit in if she was VP I don’t know. I feel sorry for Obama, because there will be tremendouse pressure on him to accept someone who he really doesn’t want.I pray for him
Posted by: newvoter | June 4, 2008, 8:19 am 8:19 am
It won’t matter who is VP is, BO will not win the GE!!
Posted by: uho | June 4, 2008, 8:21 am 8:21 am
Now, Pelosi remains the queen of Washington DC. She is the big winner.
Posted by: T | June 4, 2008, 8:23 am 8:23 am
uho…I read something VERY interesting this morning in my local paper.
Most of the primaries HRC won were “closed” meaning only Dems could vote. And most of the Primaries Obama won were”open” meaning everyone can vote. What do you suppose this means?
I guess you could construe that he will have a lot of power in the GE among Independants and Reps.
Posted by: formerhillary | June 4, 2008, 8:26 am 8:26 am
t
WE ARE THE WINNERS OF THIS ELECTION
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A REAL CHOICE THE POLITICS OF THE OLD OR THE FUTURE
WE HAVE A REAL CHOICE NOT A CHOICE BETWEEN BAD AND WORSE!
EMBRASE THE FUTURE
BARACK OBAMA 08 12
Posted by: Kate | June 4, 2008, 8:28 am 8:28 am
rock…don’t put words into my mouth. I said I thought YOU said it. I would never call anyone a cow. That is why I was surprised…YEZZzz
I don’t like Hillary but I don’t call people names. We are all human and have our faults
Posted by: truthtell | June 4, 2008, 8:29 am 8:29 am
I find it interesting from the standpoint that according to Obama’s “lay off my wife” comments, spouses are off limits. But now it appears that once again with BO, hypocrisy has reared its ugly head in that it only applies to him, and not any other candidates. Another reason why I will never vote for a hypocrite like BO, and once again, I am a lifetime Democrat, not a Republican poser who comes on these boards to troll. Those of you who think people like me are in the minority, or will “fall in line” in November, think again. I will take a moderate John McCain over ultra liberal Obama any day of the week.
Posted by: JRS | June 4, 2008, 8:29 am 8:29 am
As I recall he didn’t win very many primaries now did he? He didn’t win my state of Indiana which was open because all of my Republican friends were voting for Hillary. He won’t win my state any way. Indiana hasn’t carried a Dem president since before my time and Johnson was pretty much a sympathy vote because of JFK.
Posted by: uho | June 4, 2008, 8:30 am 8:30 am
The Clintons need to go home. She’s not Presidential material. She showed that last night. She has stooped so low as to send her surrogates Lanny Davis and Bob Johnson to sniff for the vp spot. Hillary how low can you go? OBAMA 08
Posted by: Jocelyn | June 4, 2008, 8:32 am 8:32 am
kind of an obtuse observation from an otherwise keen observer. It’s not that Bill Clinton is above the vetting process; rather, he lives the vetting process every day. Or did you not notice this month’s Vanity Fair?
Posted by: cordelia525 | June 4, 2008, 8:35 am 8:35 am
Hillary could do herself and the country a big favor by ousting Reid as senate leader. We’d not only have somebody who looks awake, we’d have a good shot at undoing the legislative roadblock the Pelosi democrats have created in DC.
Posted by: A | June 4, 2008, 8:41 am 8:41 am
Popular Vote (w/MI) 17,495,726 47.3% 17,790,119 48.1% Clinton +294,393 +0.8%
Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA* 17,829,810 47.4% 18,013,981 47.9% Clinton +184,171 +0.5%
Popular Vote (w/MI
Uncommitted to Obama)** 17,733,894 48.0% 17,790,119 48.1% Clinton +56,225 +0.1%
Regardless KAte, those 18 mill strong supporters of Hillary will not vote for BO.
Posted by: uho | June 4, 2008, 8:47 am 8:47 am
Although there are many hurdles to Hillary’s veep fantasy, I think you missed the most obvious hurdle. Could the Clintons ever concede to campaigning Obama-style. They both are far too likely to respond “and what way is that?” even though it is clearly a part of what made for him winning.
They’d have to change who they are.
Posted by: S. E. Croft | June 4, 2008, 8:50 am 8:50 am
uho said:
Regardless KAte, those 18 mill strong supporters of Hillary will not vote for BO.
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It’s pretty arrogant to believe 18 million people are really stupid enough to vote for McCain.
MAYBE 18 thousand. Maybe.
Posted by: jmc663 | June 4, 2008, 8:52 am 8:52 am
Krissy K wrote:
There is NOTHING wrong with what I said. Completely protected speech under our freedom of speech!
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There IS something wrong about what your wrote. It is morally appalling. But then again, it does fit in with the character of your candidate.
Posted by: jmc663 | June 4, 2008, 9:06 am 9:06 am
I find it interesting from the standpoint that according to Obama’s “lay off my wife” comments, spouses are off limits. But now it appears that once again with BO, hypocrisy has reared its ugly head in that it only applies to him, and not any other candidates. Another reason why I will never vote for a hypocrite like BO, and once again, I am a lifetime Democrat, not a Republican poser who comes on these boards to troll. Those of you who think people like me are in the minority, or will “fall in line” in November, think again. I will take a moderate John McCain over ultra liberal Obama any day of the week.
Posted by: JRS | Jun 4, 2008 8:29:41 AM
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EXACTLY!
Posted by: HP Boston | June 4, 2008, 9:06 am 9:06 am
Kate you need to take your toys & go home. If you are 28 you are the biggest baby alive. If you are offended move on.
Posted by: rockthebleachers | June 4, 2008, 9:15 am 9:15 am
THINK AND WRITE WHAT YOU WANT PERSON !
COULD CARE LESS ! EVERY THREAT OR HINT OF ONE IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY!
ITS NOT SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH!
Posted by: Kate | June 4, 2008, 9:18 am 9:18 am
I am lifelong democrat but I am left with no choice but to vote for McCain in November.
People might think that is ridiculous, but McCain, as a republican, is closer to the things that really matter to me than Obama will ever be.
Posted by: Mark | June 4, 2008, 9:20 am 9:20 am
carpenter NYC
Capitalism only works with a society that is tempered with the education of socialism.
I am a capitalist… but America has always been a capitalist society that understands not just the mistakes of a socialist society but it’s lessons.
without it we will become an empire and fall.
Posted by: dl | June 4, 2008, 9:49 am 9:49 am
. Obama is not, one of his senior advisers assured me Tuesday night, going to spend a lot of time in the next few months wooing Clinton supporters whose feelings may be hurting.
Makes sense to me. Why worry about 18 million voters? So it turns out the Obama campaign has some not too smart people on his campaign too. Expect a swift rebuke from Axelrod over this.
Posted by: rockthebleachers | June 4, 2008, 9:53 am 9:53 am
What Hillary wants…
she listed a bunch of things and then the one chance for those things to happen…a dem win… she didn’t support.
she in essence said the dem nomination was faulted so why should it be given creedence…
what Hillary wants is for Hillary.
all those issues she may want but not at the expense of herself…that is what her speech said last night…
(and I feel a little bad for her at this point there are a couple of stories that talk about this morning that she may now lose her Senate seat in NY…unfortunately because she has always had a low ceiling…but now she hurt her floor…like i have said a bunch of times I thought this would happen if she went down this road)
Now I get why Obama mentioned Bill Clinton last night the couple of times… she may have nothing left to lose besides their reputation and Bill’s legacy.
sad
she could have made it all different last night.
Posted by: dl | June 4, 2008, 10:24 am 10:24 am
that is his major appeal to the far left and College students….
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So how do you explain away his appeal to people like my 70 year old father, who hasn’t voted Dem since JFK?
Or the Upper Middle Class, college educated white folk, like myself?
I think one could argue education, intellect and life-experience.
Posted by: jmc663 | June 4, 2008, 10:45 am 10:45 am
All in due time!
Posted by: rockthebleachers | June 4, 2008, 10:52 am 10:52 am
Obama the Socialist. (FAR LEFT WING)
Listen to his speeches….. “BE ONE”
Read his own words, his books…..
His SOCIAL AGENDA will ruin us all
Like Cuba? Russia? China?….Well Obama is bringing it home to us….
ALL THE SAME, ALL AS ONE,
ALL DRONES…..
Posted by: carpenter.nyc | June 4, 2008, 10:57 am 10:57 am
jm – you must be worried if you went to check it out.
Posted by: rockthebleachers | June 4, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am
Strategy aside, popular vote aside, win/loss aside, the very least Mrs. Clinton should have given was an acknowledgment of last night’s very historical moment. Just an acknowledgment.
I voted for Bill, twice. I voted for her in NYC. I voted for her in my state’s primary. She lost me here.
Posted by: Suzanne | June 4, 2008, 11:44 am 11:44 am
Who are Obama and his staff to be worrying about the “vetting” of the Clintons?
They might want to take a look in Obama’s own backyard (or bedroom) first.
I’m sure that once the GOP starts digging things up on Obama and his charming wife, any potential problems from a V.P. candidate will be the LEAST of their worries.
Posted by: SandyB | June 4, 2008, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm
She had me, she lost me. It wasn’t about conceding, maybe there is a bigger plan. But last night was about giving props to an opponent, and I didn’t see it. It’s a basic we all teach our children.
Posted by: dixie | June 4, 2008, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm
Obama’s hope must be that nobody questions the ludicrous details of his positions on complex issues.
Originally, he said he’d have the troops out by the end of April, ’08. Now, he’s in for the long haul.
Originally, he said he’d meet with ANY of the heads of state of our enemy without preconditions. Now, he adds conditions.
A puppet on a string. A bag of hot air!
Posted by: A | June 4, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm
OBAMA’S PROMISE: A new kind of politics — not politics as usual.
THE REALITY: SOSDD
Posted by: A | June 4, 2008, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm
I think Obama should pick
Kathleen Sebelius and move
on. He should forget about
the sore loser.
He should stop praising
Ms. Clinton of which he’s
done enough of – so much
in fact it’s getting
excessively smarmy.
Posted by: anon | June 4, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm
I believe our country is in for a change.If Obama Barak wins the Presidency
We will be in for the change of our life.
Americans are so blind and so easily deceived.All the charisma that Americans crave he really gives it to them. They have turned a deaf ear to what is really going on.
The pastor has played a strong role in what is to become. Wait and see if he and all his followers don’t appear again If he is elected President. What will be Obama’s reasoning then? He will not need one the Change will come.
This has not one thing to do with his race. He is deceiving the American People
Posted by: jo | June 4, 2008, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm
I have been a supporter and volunteer for Obama’s campaign for over a year. I am a 48 year old white woman who has never been active in a campaign before and consider myself an Independent with liberal leanings. I also emphatically hope Sen. Obama will NOT choose Hillary Clinton as a running mate. I think she will hurt, more than help, the campaign. Contrary to what she claims, she has not been “vetted”. There is still the matter of Peter Paul vs. Clinton that has been getting next to zero media coverage. I believe in Barack Obama and admire his idealism, wisdom and strength of character, choosing Hillary Clinton as a running mate will be seen by many of us, as a sell out.
Posted by: Wendy | June 4, 2008, 3:24 pm 3:24 pm
Forgot to mention that, I dont think it would be wise for Obama to pick Hillary as a running-mate. If he picks her, he runs the risk of being over shadowed by Bill Clinton, think that’ll be to much for his ego to handle.
Posted by: CaptAmerica | June 4, 2008, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm
Are you kidding me? A thorough vetting process. What kind of process will Obama go through? That should be the concern. He has so many problems right now. The main one being he’s behind McCain in the polls. And it’s just going to get worse once his vetting process begins.
Posted by: Bea | June 4, 2008, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
So when does Michelle Obama’s vetting process begin?
Posted by: Stymmie | June 4, 2008, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm
Former Hillary…Or could it mean that the process was flawed and Republican’s picked our nominee and in the general will be voting McCain? McCain is ahead of Obama in the polls and Hillary has been ahead of them both for some time. Though Obama was second and slipped to third after the Wright’s my mentor or not, Rezco,What church?,Pflueger, bitter,grandma under the bus,black theology,troups out by 08 or 09 or 10,Isreal,talk to hamas, not talk to hamas,raise capital gains, lower taxes,reach accross the isle, I’m a dem, no a rep., no, who am I again? etc…..
Posted by: captaincrunch | June 4, 2008, 6:20 pm 6:20 pm
No Hillary for VP. Wall Street Journal reports Slimy Bill has refused to be vetted. Guess he has too many shady dealings.
Posted by: rhbate | June 4, 2008, 9:24 pm 9:24 pm