Obama Hints at Naming Clinton to His 'Team of Rivals'

re: Obama Hints at Naming Clinton to His 'Team of Rivals'

bissron — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:20:13 GMT

Simply brilliant. Offering McCain a possible job - one that lets him saber rattle without actually hurting anyone.

re: Obama Hints at Naming Clinton to His 'Team of Rivals'

KYJurisDoctor — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:50:21 GMT

An advise to Barack Obama: Just say NO to BILLARY Clinton!

re: Obama Hints at Naming Clinton to His 'Team of Rivals'

Mo Mule — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:20:59 GMT

Sullivan is so over the top,it's creepy. He has also been all over the place politically. Democrats should ask themselves why a conservative libertarian is so in love with Sen. Obama. I think the key is "in love".Sullivan is such a drama queen why anyone would take him seriously I will never understand. He might serve for a laugh now and then but other than that I don't know. I do know this ,if Sen. Obama thinks he can placate Sen Clinton's supporters by choising a women other than her he will find that he is mistaken.

re: Obama Hints at Naming Clinton to His 'Team of Rivals'

beatpanda — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:28:05 GMT

old news is old.

Obama has been drawing that comparison since his announcement speech, and he said sometime in 2007 that he would appoint Republicans to his cabinet.

re: Obama Hints at Naming Clinton to His 'Team of Rivals'

Andrew Romano — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:35:01 GMT

Hi beatpanda:

I admit that I was traveling when I posted this item, so I didn't have every available research tool (like, say, a newspaper database) at hand--or a whole lot of time. But my understanding is that while Obama has frequently mentioned Team of Rivals as a favorite book--as has Clinton--and has even cited it as a model for the sort of government he wants to lead, he's never answered a direct question about choosing Clinton as a running mate with a reference to Lincoln's Cabinet. Raising "Rivals" in that context is far more suggestive than simply saying you hope to follow in Abe's footsteps someday. In other words, this is the first time Obama has unmistakably implied that Clinton could be one of those rivals--to my knowledge.

Am I missing something, though? Happy to append an update if so.

re: Obama Hints at Naming Clinton to His 'Team of Rivals'

Redboy — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:28:22 GMT

No, Senator Obama. No to Hillary Clinton as your Veep choice.

She will not sit patiently through four to eight years of your administration. We now know that you would have someone very close to you (Vice President Clinton) who would be thinking, ASSASSINATION.

You have my permission to no longer consider her as a viable candidate for any office in the U.S. government and certainly not in your administration.

This woman, along with her husband, WILL "stab you in your back, sir."