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Kerry vs. Clinton

By | 11.17.08 | 3:30 pm

I’ll admit to some professional shpilkis over the meeting between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and President-elect Barack Obama. After all, I published a piece on Election Day about how Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) was atop the short list to become Obama’s secretary of state — a list I had More…

BREAKING: Obama Reportedly Offers Clinton Secretary of State

By | 11.14.08 | 4:37 pm

Citing two unnamed Democratic officials, The Huffington Post reports that President-elect Barack Obama has offered Sen. Hillary Clinton the post of secretary of state. Stay tuned for updates.

Obama Fends Off Bush’s Embrace

By | 11.11.08 | 3:45 pm

And now comes the transition. After winning his historic victory last Tuesday, the nation’s first African-American president –and the first non-white chief executive elected in a white majority nation — President-elect Barack Obama has earned an interlude for celebration and relaxation.

But he has barely paused to breathe. Having reconceived More…

Memo to Obama: Welcome to Hard Times

By | 11.07.08 | 9:00 am

Given the reality of a credit crunch that shows few signs of easing despite the billions of dollars of government money thrown its way, an alternative to offering the new president-elect congratulations might be: “Welcome to hard times.”

The honeymoon period that most new presidents enjoy has probably More…

Obama’s Delicate Balancing Act

By | 11.05.08 | 3:26 pm

It would be lovely for there to be — if not a full honeymoon period — just a quiet reflective day or two to take stock of what just happened. Whatever the reason, a tanking economy and a wildly unpopular incumbent no doubt high on the list, America just voted More…

Candidates’ New Economic Plans, Take 2

By | 10.14.08 | 8:53 am

Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain announces his new economic plan today, just after his rival, Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, grabbed headlines on Monday with his new economic plan. I would expect at Wednesday night’s debate to hear the two argue over their new economic More…

Clinton’s Inner Fight Goes Public

By | 09.30.08 | 12:30 pm

All eyes were focused last week—or most of them anyway—on the bailout negotiations, more specifically on the shenanigans of Sen. John McCain as he sought to swoop in and be the white knight of the whole mess. Will he, won’t he, will he, won’t he go to the debates?

He More…

Palin and Clinton on SNL

By | 09.15.08 | 9:39 am

Sen. Barack Obama canceled his cameo on “Saturday Night Live,” saying it was “no longer appropriate” given the “unfolding crisis” of Hurricane Ike. But Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton showed up for the opening skit.

Standing next to Gov. Sarah Palin, Clinton said she was surprised to learn that “people suddenly More…

Clinton Die-Hard Slams McCain’s Sexism

By | 09.03.08 | 2:15 pm

Lanny Davis, die-hard confidante of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, former White House counsel, current Fox News contributor and G.O.P favorite — one of few Democrats appointed by President George W. Bush — slammed Sen. John McCain in unusually strong terms today.

Writing for FoxNews.com, Davis joined the chorus of More…

Bill Clinton’s Disappointing Exodus

By | 08.27.08 | 9:56 pm

DENVER–The world was his stage again. Sixteen years after William Jefferson Clinton accepted the nomination of his party, he stood here tonight before an audience he fully expected would be nominating his wife as the Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States. Instead, he was here, admittedly, warming More…