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Bill Sank Hillary's VP Chances: Plouffe

Clinton was still in contention in June: new memoir

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 29, 2009 12:43 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Obama campaign seriously considered Hillary Clinton for vice president, but ultimately the perception that her husband was "too big a complication" combined with bad memories from the primary campaign to sink her chances. Barack Obama “said if his central criterion measured who... Read full story »

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