Obama, Clinton meet to talk about her future

[onehandle]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama met with his former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton to see if she would be interested in a role in his administration, two sources told CNN Friday. Sen. Hillary Clinton has been mentioned as a candidate for Obama's secretary of state, sources say.

Obama also will meet with the man he defeated in the general election, Republican Sen. John McCain, on Monday, the Obama transition team announced Friday.

Clinton went to the meeting because "she knew Obama wanted to talk about whether she would have a role in the administration," one of the sources knowledgeable about the meeting said.

Obama and Clinton met in Chicago, Illinois, at the request of the president-elect, the sources told CNN.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/14/transition.wrap/index.html

[TriMetFan]

1. I hope she say's yes, but.......

can NY find some one as good as her to take her place? Just asking since I don't live in State of NY.

[shadowknows69]

2. Oh I think we'll manage

Maybe we'll even pick a New Yorker this time.

[TriMetFan]

5. Well good luck finding a real New Yorker, since.....

most come from all over the world to live there.:-)

[shadowknows69]

10. Yeah, ok, I didn't

About 50 members of my extended family didn't. I guess none of us native NYers can get the job done huh?

[NashVegas]

9. Good Luck

First, you'll need to make it a downstater, to increase the chances the candidate has a higher education. Then, that candidate has to be someone who can relate to people north and west of Poughkeepsie and not treat them like provincials.

[shadowknows69]

11. Because none of us hicks Upstate ever went to a good college?

Don't like where you're going with this.

[NashVegas]

13. You Don't Have To Like It

It's just a fact. This is the state that repeatedly sent men like Gerry Soloman and Al D'Amato back to DC again and again. When young people upstate get their college degrees, one of the first things they do is LEAVE for someplace they won't have to sell dope as a supplement to their $25k income. That leaves the Rush listeners to do the majority of the voting in most cities.

[shadowknows69]

23. Of course that's true about every person up here

I defer to your omnipotence on the matter. :eyes:

[NashVegas]

26. You'd Do Better

To defer to a dictionary.

[shadowknows69]

27. I made what mistake exactly?

[Blasphemer]

34. Poor Mark Green... maybe he retired a couple of years too soon? nt

[Roland99]

3. Oh please leave her in the Senate...PLEASE!

*sigh*

[marshall]

6. I don't think she wants to stay in the Senate

But she can't just resign for no reason.

[shadowknows69]

12. Well she probably shouldn't have said she wanted to stay in the Senate

I want a liar as our SOS? Thanks, got one already.

[amdezurik]

14. whoa whao whoa there pardner

you are calling her a liar based on that guys GUESS? Is that really what you want to be remebered as?

[marshall]

18. I agree, I wasn't saying she lied about anything

I don't think she ever said she wanted to be senator for the rest of her life. She has played things very close to the vest, as many people do when they are moving up in their career.

I think this is the perfect opportunity for her to bow out gracefully from a job that she might not find as compelling as she used to.

[shadowknows69]

21. Um she said this in an interview I saw soon after the primaries

I don't remember the exact news show it was on but she said she didn't desire a position in the cabinet. Not my words.

[marshall]

24. She also said she didn't want to run for president "at this time"

I don't think she's every made a statement that was concrete enough to make it a lie if she quits the Senate and takes SOS. It's all couched as "I don't presently have any intention...." And I don't think that's a lie--everyone does that when they try to move up the ladder but don't want to burn bridges and diminish their options for a Plan B.

My supposition is that there's no reason for her to be a senator anymore--she's been there, done that, and she got all she can out of it. All she needs now is a graceful way to move on to the next stage.

[shadowknows69]

22. BTW I don't really give a fuck how you remember me.

And I was going on my own two ears hearing it from Senator Clinton in an interview.

[amdezurik]

28. OK, you asked for it then...

Link?

[shadowknows69]

29. Here's one from MSNBC

<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27178710>

[amdezurik]

31. do you know the definition of "probably" at all?

are you so addicted to parsing words to find or manufature some deeply buried "offence" that you can't pull your head out of your ass long enough to read your own link?

[aquart]

15. How wonderful that you are privy to her deepest thoughts.

Do you meet for coffee?

[Jackpine Radical]

4. I don't think they would go public with the existence of the meeting

if there hadn't been some subterranean dealing. They don't want to give the appearance of any kind of rift between this pair.

[aquart]

16. Why? The vote's in.

Honestly, I didn't think he was big enough to do this. I'm actually impressed.

[Jackpine Radical]

17. Why? Because there's no percentage in alienating a potentially large segment

of the party--also because it would be unlike Obama not to know the likely outcome of something before he does it.

[Acadia Blue]

7. She should replace Harry Reed

[bdamomma]

20. I think so too, she would be good replacement for Reid.

[desktop]

8. If she takes Sec of State she is just looking to retire in a few years

Giving up a powerful job in the US Senate that could last to the end of her life for a Secretary of State job that would last 4 to 8 years seems like a step down for her. As Secretary of State her only power is what the President gives her. If she takes the job, she is just looking to get out of it all politics and just retire in a few years. I would be surprised if she takes it, but I bet Bill would like the job.

[Blasphemer]

32. It does seem that way

and I have to say that if she leaves the Senate, it really reinforces the idea that the Senate bid was just a stepping stone to the Presidency. I could understand her leaving the Senate if the were going to be in charge of Health Care Reform since that is her "baby" but to be SoS? I just find that odd.

[CANDO]

19. Some of my thoughts....

Is P/E Obama considering her for State so as to have her "inside" his administration because that would decrease the chances of a primary challenge from her in '12? And for her, she may consider being State to bolster her credentials for a run in '16 considering Biden wouldn't likely run because of his age then. Of course Hillary would be older then also, but not as old as Biden. I should have done my homework on their ages, but Biden is older than her if I'm not mistaken.

[sunnybrook]

30. you are right

I think only 5 years dif

[shadowknows69]

25. Clinton doesn't see political role beyond Senate

<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27178710/>

Just to prove I wasn't making up the Clinton not wanting a post story.

vid was unrelated sorry deleted

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