Could Hillary Clinton Replace Joe Biden? [View All]

Source: Atlantic Wire

Heather Horn Heather Horn – Tue Aug 10, 9:52 am ET

WASHINGTON, DC – The idea that Hillary Clinton would make a good vice-presidential pick for Obama in 2012 is gaining steam. The Wire covered Sally Quinn's op-ed on the topic back in June, and former Virginia governor Douglas Wilder's case for Clinton in Politico last week. But could it really happen? The debate is on:

* She Doesn't Want the Job "Would Clinton want to be vice president?" Asks P.J. Aroon at Foreign Policy's Madam Secretary blog. "Based on what she has said when asked about any presidential ambitions for 2016, it seems like she's ready to transition out of government after serving as secretary of state." Aroon reviews the quotes.

* Of Course She Does, retorts Newsweek's Howard Fineman. "Listen, I've covered Hillary for a long, long time," he says on the Chris Matthews Show. "It's Hillary. It's who she is. She's watched Barack Obama. I think in her mind she's saying he's done some good things but there are things I would have done much, much better. ... And if it's possible to work out the deal to get on the ticket, absolutely she would take it in a second."
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* What's More, She's Needed, argues New York Magazine's John Heilemann on the same show. "Right now, with a white approval rating in the mid-thirties, having won forty-three percent of the white vote," Obama could use some help, he says. "Having her on the ticket would be a huge advantage with those voters and would inject a huge amount of energy into the ticket that you would never get with Biden."

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Maybe this is some deal Hillary and Obama made before the election: instead of giving her VP immediately, give her Sec of State to add some breadth and gravitas to her resume, then put her in as VP at half time to tee her up to run for president.

Or she is lobbying for it behind the scenes.

Or this story is right wing bullshit because they're mad all their anti-Hillary talking points went to waste.