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Senator Hillary Clinton told CNN’s Lou Dobbs Wednesday night she has no interest in becoming Senator John Kerry’s running mate on the Democratic ticket this year. Dobbs asked Senator Clinton, point blank, “Do you want to be vice president?” Mrs. Clinton met the question with a chuckle, and responded, “No. I’m having a great time being senator, and talking to you about an issue that I care deeply about.” The “issue” Mrs. Clinton referred to was the subject of her interview with Dobbs, her effort to reduce the “exporting” of U.S. jobs. On Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton announced several proposals to...

Was John Kerry's easy path to the nomination a curse in disguise? WOULD JOHN KERRY have been better off not winning the Democratic presidential nomination so easily and so quickly? It's not an entirely idle or silly question. And the reason is that Kerry has emerged from the primaries with his candidacy and his record largely unchallenged. He hasn't been seriously vetted by the press. His image is undefined. All the public knows is he's been winning primaries and once served in Vietnam. Now, President Bush's reelection campaign will have a shot at defining Kerry.Democratic national chairman Terry McAuliffe got...