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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What is Hillary saying when she announces that she is putting the white house [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)33. Syria and Iran are not settled. Ukraine is not settled.
And there's several other "not settled" situations where Clinton has not backed the Obama administration.
So if she can answer those not-settled questions, why can't she answer this not-settled question?
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cali
Sep 2015
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He is her former boss and there is a conflict if your most respected adviser takes a stand.
Renew Deal
Sep 2015
#19
Didn't stop her from being highly critical of this administration on foreign policy. n/t
ieoeja
Sep 2015
#45
Don't know other than those questions have already been answered one way or another.
Renew Deal
Sep 2015
#27
Except they haven't "been answered". They are questions about on-going situations.
jeff47
Sep 2015
#29
No. I don't know why she has to make a statement saying that she is going to make a statement
Renew Deal
Sep 2015
#40
she is reacting to public pressure for an answer to what she would do on an
roguevalley
Sep 2015
#61
Hillary "putting Obama on notice" publicly still strikes me as a little odd.
99th_Monkey
Sep 2015
#88
It was such a bizarre construct. Why she can't just give her position is beyond me.
morningfog
Sep 2015
#5
she's putting it on obama so she doesn't have to make one. She's tossed him in the ditch.
roguevalley
Sep 2015
#62
She is a US citizen, and has every right to say she is putting the WH on notice. As for what she
Zorra
Sep 2015
#7
This is a way to avoid stating way to avoid stating her position on Keystone while still looking
Mass
Sep 2015
#11
I Agree - It's A Deflection So She Doesn't Have To Make A Committment Either Way.....nt
global1
Sep 2015
#13
Got to shake it up a little, probably more bad FBI/email news coming out soon.
TwilightGardener
Sep 2015
#12
Complete guess - She is angry that John Kerry and President Obama did not play the roles she
karynnj
Sep 2015
#20
As usual, she's still evolving. The direction of her evolution is still undecided.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2015
#22
Thanks for posting that amazing graphic. I've seen it before, but I never tire of it.
RufusTFirefly
Sep 2015
#73
she's using him as her excuse to make a position known. YOU DECIDE, OBAMA! THEN I WILL!
roguevalley
Sep 2015
#66
Did she give notice when she flexed her muscles at Brookings a couple weeks ago?
frylock
Sep 2015
#65
In the world of DECENT people, you don't repay someone who appointed you to a high office by doing
Skwmom
Sep 2015
#93
sounds like she's under the impression that the white house answers to her
magical thyme
Sep 2015
#79
Why should a front runner commit to any remotely-controversial position?
Utopian Leftist
Sep 2015
#94
trying to sound forceful and tough while (as usual) refusing to express an opinion
Doctor_J
Sep 2015
#102