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President Obama’s endorsement of a Joe Biden White House run will be conditional on having a “final say” over his choice for vice president, according to Ed Klein, author of the Hillary Rodham Clinton biography “Unlikeable.” “Barack Obama would like to see Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts and an African-American, run on the Biden ticket,” Klein told John Catsimatidis on AM 970 radio Sunday. Patrick, who served as assistant attorney general under then-President Bill Clinton, grew up in Chicago, Obama’s former stomping grounds. He succeeded Mitt Romney as governor of Massachusetts. Klein said that the first family is...

Clinton is the candidate we need in 2016: One who reminds us politics is about coalitions, not savior figures Hillary Clinton's campaign for president is not going to be Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. How could it be? The Obama of 2008 was a transformative figure and his campaign became a cipher for so many who hoped for a liberal politics that transcended the ugliness of the Bush years, that injected hope and optimism and real change into the body politic. The tears I shed the night Obama won were copious and real, and it's nearly impossible to imagine such a...

Retire Comfortably on $2,000 — It’s Possible! Read More Here. Hillary Clinton walked out of a meeting with President Barack Obama when he confronted her about using a private email server, according to bestselling political writer, Ed Klein, author of "Unlikeable: The Problem With Hillary."

BOOK: Three Shocking New Interviews Reveal Hillary Doing Foundation Work In Office Edward Klein Author, 'Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. The Obamas' 10:07 PM 10/05/2015 The following are excerpted from “Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary” “Oh, F*** off, Bill” “I worked for Hillary and saw a lot of what was going on,” a college student who interned at Foggy Bottom during Hillary’s last year there said in an interview for this book. “One of my jobs was to go into the conference room that’s adjacent to the secretary’s office and gather up papers that were used by Hillary, Cheryl, Huma,...

A think tank founded by GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich collected at least $37 million over the past eight years from major health-care companies and industry groups, offering special access to the former House speaker and other perks, according to records and interviews. The Center for Health Transformation, which opened in 2003, brought in dues of as much as $200,000 per year from insurers and other health-care firms, offering some of them “access to Newt Gingrich” and “direct Newt interaction,” according to promotional materials. The biggest funders, including firms such as AstraZeneca, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Novo Nordisk, were...

Sunday, September 05, 2010 Email to a Friend ShareThis Advertisement The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 24% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-seven percent (47%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -23 (see trends).

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Last night, President Bush spoke with passion and clarity about the war on terror and the road ahead – and John Kerry’s credibility gap grew larger. He called the war a “mistake” but said that our troops in Iraq aren’t dying for a “mistake.” How can he lead a war he doesn’t even believe in? Also note the poll story in here: on the questions pertaining most closely to the voters’ choice in November – who voters agree with, who they trust as Commander-in-Chief, who they trust on the situation in Iraq, and who is tough enough for the job,...