Posted on 02/04/2015 2:47:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
President Barack Obama once mulled whether to make Hillary Clinton a Supreme Court justice, according to his top former adviser.
The Daily News reported Tuesday that former White House official David Axelrod said Obama considered offering Clinton the job after defeating her in the presidential primary six years ago. Axelrod made the claim in his new book, "Believer: My Forty Years in Politics."
The 2008 primary contest was highly charged and at times bitter. Now facing the general election as the Democratic nominee, Obama needed Clinton's supporters to rally behind his candidacy.
At the time, Obama was said to be considering Clinton as a potential vice president. However, that move risked undercutting his own campaign, which long argued Clinton wasn't the right fit for the White House. Some supporters urged Obama to offer Clinton a Supreme Court position instead.
"In exchange for this delicate dance, Obama ought to promise her whatever she wants, including if not especially the first shot at a Supreme Court seat. Shed be a great justice," Salon columnist Thomas Schaller wrote.
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One chipmunk per court.
Funny everytime she runs for POTUS, she gets an appointment.
She does not need the job. The statue of limitations has already run out on Whitewater.
It’s time someone got the files on her and put her blackmailing arse in the slammer for good. BO too.
That photo has been well researched and 100% debunked as not Stevens.
He appears to have made it a rule that all of his nominees will be women, since he passed up two opportunities to select Alcee Hastings.
I think Axelrod means VJ was considering what to do with Hillary.
Well, she DOES belong in court. Just not that one.
He may want to consider polonium for that.
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