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A Hillary-Obama rift in the making ?
Hot Air ^
| July 01, 2009
| ED MORRISSEY
Posted on 07/02/2009 1:28:06 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Jim Geraghty points out an unusual item from Reuters yesterday, in which the State Department announced that Hillary Clinton would not accompany Barack Obama to Moscow next week. The nations chief diplomat will stay home while Obama pursues nuclear reductions with Russia, one of his big diplomatic projects, one in which observers would presume that the Secretary of State would have substantial involvement:
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; soshillary; tm
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To: Windflier
I'm sure he's watching his back already. I have no doubt that Hillary is scheming every minute of every day, how to undermine or betray Obozo.Hillary needs to make sure her "injury" heals so she can continue getting ready for 2012.
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posted on
07/02/2009 3:22:53 PM PDT
by
paulycy
(Liberal DOUBLE-STANDARDS are HATE crimes.)
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To: Windflier
One thought was that he could make her 'go away' by sending her outside the country often. But, we did just see her disagreeing with him over Iran so she is speaking up.
An interesting article;
Hillary Clinton Grinding Away In Obama's Shadow.
LINK
Some snippets;
The challenge is one that nearly all Cabinet officers face in the modern presidency. It is that a grand title -- and in Clinton's case, a fancy blue-and-white Air Force plane at her disposal -- does not automatically translate to policy influence. Such outsize personalities as Alexander Haig and Colin Powell have found themselves at State essentially playing with a toy phone.
George Stephanopoulos pressed her to describe "What is your role, exactly?" She answered vaguely about being "chief diplomat" and eventually answered, "The president asked me to lead the effort on food security."
"Between her consideration and her final confirmation she had lost some authority and power as all of these envoys were appointed," "Once she did get confirmed, though, what we have seen is a steady increase in her authority and control as we have seen envoys seeming to now work with her."
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posted on
07/02/2009 3:42:49 PM PDT
by
potlatch
( Those who cry 'appease, appease' Are hanged by those they tried to please.)
To: RobinMasters
Obama wants all the limelight for himself on this trip. Maybe he’s afraid that Hillary would counsel him not to sign away all the US nuclear weapons, as Putin flatters him and tells him he’ll be a historic peace maker.
To: RobinMasters
Oh, I don't know....maybe SCHADENFREUDE....bwawawawawawa...!
86
posted on
07/02/2009 3:48:15 PM PDT
by
hummingbird
(If Obama wins, I'm already sick of his first four years.)
To: Carley
Bubba is doing a fundraiser for Carolyn Maloney who is running against Gillibrand for senate in NY. O has ordered Maloney NOT to run against gilli.
This is very interesting. I read that Schumer wanted Gillibrand to have a clear field, so he called the White House and asked them to use their influence. Steve Israel got a call from Obama to drop out, whereas Maloney only rated a call from Biden.
So now it seems there is a split in New York politics between Schumer and Obama on one side and the Clintons on the other. Maloney is after Hillary's old consulting agency Penn, Schoen, and Berland Associates to help in her campaign.
To: BusterBear
No doubt that bubba and bubbette think the primary was stolen from them.
They’re right!
Now the fun begins. Chicago mafia against the Arkansas mafia.
Time to duck and cover.
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posted on
07/02/2009 4:01:35 PM PDT
by
Carley
(OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
To: Nonstatist
If his popularity tanks, shell run against him in 2012. Wont that be amusing! Oh yes! And it's very plausible.
89
posted on
07/02/2009 4:03:43 PM PDT
by
Jean S
To: BamaDi
I totally agree. Of the two, I do believe that Hillary would have been the least destructive to the country...
To: Churchillspirit
If the Clintonistas should happen to find The Kenyan's COLB.......WOW!!
WOAH!!!
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posted on
07/02/2009 4:36:13 PM PDT
by
hummingbird
(If Obama wins, I'm already sick of his first four years.)
To: Carley
Further, there is that story in the National Inquirer about Michelle drinking too much. This smells like the clintons.
Is the National Enquirer the one with a Clinton attorney on staff?
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posted on
07/02/2009 4:39:12 PM PDT
by
hummingbird
(If Obama wins, I'm already sick of his first four years.)
To: potlatch
Hillary:
"The president asked me to lead the effort on food security." Man, is that stickin' it to bozo, or what?
There's some substantial palace intrigue going on between the Clintons and the Obamas, you can bet on it.
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posted on
07/02/2009 4:47:10 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: hummingbird
Yup, paper owned by a clintonista
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posted on
07/02/2009 4:49:04 PM PDT
by
Carley
(OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
To: Windflier
Lol, I agree. The Clintons have power in places so he has to be wary.
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posted on
07/02/2009 4:50:31 PM PDT
by
potlatch
( Those who cry 'appease, appease' Are hanged by those they tried to please.)
To: Windflier
What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall in either of their battle bunkers.
Absolutely! But I don't think it is checkmate yet; it is check, for sure, IMHO.
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posted on
07/02/2009 4:51:18 PM PDT
by
hummingbird
(I love references to Chess!)
To: Windflier
Man, is that stickin' it to bozo, or what? No, it's sticking it to us. This is very disturbing news, especially after the machinations of Lloyd Bensten. No wonder the California Central Valley has been shut down over delta smelt.
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posted on
07/02/2009 5:06:20 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(Indolence is the enemy of a republic.)
To: Carley
Yup, paper owned by a clintonista
Thanks, Carley...oh, the intrigue! Worthy of Shakespeare!
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posted on
07/02/2009 5:15:54 PM PDT
by
hummingbird
(I love references to Chess!)
To: dblshot
He does seem like the type that would abuse women.
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posted on
07/02/2009 5:28:26 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("......a herd of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.")
To: kabar
Very unusual for SecState not to accompany the President on such a trip. Maybe Hillary doesn't like rap music.
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posted on
07/02/2009 5:41:39 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The Last Boy Scout)
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