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Clintons Cool to Obama After Hillary Snub

Insiders say he wouldn't promise her a Supreme Court seat

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(Newser) – Bill and Hillary Clinton are doing little to help elect Barack Obama because the Democratic nominee “balked” at promising Hillary a Supreme Court judgeship, insiders tell the New York Post. “Hillary wants an assurance that if she shows loyalty and goes out there like a good soldier, she will be rewarded with a nomination,” a source said; Clinton reps denied it.

Bill, who has been calling John McCain a “good man” and a “friend,” did such a bad job stumping for Obama on David Letterman's show that Chris Rock, who came on after him, remarked, “Boy, is it me or [Clinton] didn't want to say the name Barack Obama?” Sen. Clinton’s rep emailed the response: “Absurd. Nonsense. Rubbish. Hogwash. Malarkey.”

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., holds hands with her daughter, Chelsea, as she speaks, and her husband, former President Bill Clinton listens at a rally in South Dakota in June.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., holds hands with her daughter, Chelsea, as she speaks, and her husband, former President Bill Clinton listens at a rally in South Dakota in June.   (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
In this July 2, 2007 file photo former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaign at the Iowa state fairgrounds in Des Moines.
In this July 2, 2007 file photo former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., campaign at the Iowa state fairgrounds in Des Moines.   (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, file)
"Absurd. Nonsense. Rubbish. Hogwash. Malarkey," a Hillary Clinton rep wrote the Post in response to reports that she was doing little to help Barack Obama because of a Supreme Court snub.   (AP Photo)
Sen. Barack Obama sits on the stage with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton during the memorial for Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, in Cleveland, Ohio Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008.
Sen. Barack Obama sits on the stage with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton during the memorial for Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, in Cleveland, Ohio Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, greet supporters at her South Dakota and Montana primary night event in New York on Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, greet supporters at her South Dakota and Montana primary night event in New York on Tuesday, June 3, 2008.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Hillary wants an assurance that if she shows loyalty and goes out there like a good soldier, she will be rewarded with a nomination for the Supreme Court should a seat become available. - Unnamed source

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