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December 2008
- Will Bill Replace Hill in Senate?
  
  CNN | 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
  
  (Newser) - Bill Clinton is one of the possible choices to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate when she becomes secretary of state, CNN reports. Other top contenders include New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Robert Kennedy Jr, or Caroline Kennedy. New York Gov. David Paterson, who will appoint Clinton’s replacement, has yet to indicate any favorites. More »
November 2008
- Bill Reveals Donors to Clear Path for Hillary
  
  Associated Press | Nov 29, 08 10:20 PM CST
  
  (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday, said Democratic officials. To clear the way for his wife to take the job, former President Bill Clinton agreed to disclose the names of every contributor—more than 200,000 in all—to his foundation. He'll also refuse donations from foreign governments to the Clinton Global Initiative, his annual charitable conference. More »
- Give Bill Hillary's Seat
  
  Washington Post | Nov 26, 08 8:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - With so many pols jockeying for Hillary Clinton's potentially open Senate seat, David Paterson needn't agonize over the decision: Just give it to her husband, write Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac in the Washington Post . It would give Bill "a fitting day job," be a boon to mid-meltdown New York, and "offer a refreshing reverse twist on a tradition whereby deceased male senators, representatives or governors are succeeded by their widows." More »
- Clinton's Great, But Not a Fit at State
  
  Washington Post | Nov 19, 08 10:25 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton would probably do a good job as secretary of State, but giving her the post would be a mistake, writes David Broder in the Washington Post. “It’s not the best use of her talents, and it’s certainly not the best fit for this president.” Obama needs a diplomat to carry out his will, “an agent, not an author.” More »
- Bill's $500K Kuwait Speech Shadows Hillary Vetting
  
  Daily Beast | Nov 19, 08 5:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Bill Clinton hailed the prospect of Hillary becoming Barack Obama's secretary of state in a speech to a group of Kuwaiti bankers Sunday, and the $500,000 he pocketed for the talk highlights the kind of complications that have ensnarled his wife's vetting process, reports the Daily Beast. Clinton, who also gave advice to the president-elect in the speech, regularly rakes in more from an hour's speaking than a secretary of state makes in a year, and often from players with important federal government links. More »
- Report: Clinton Will Be Secretary of State
  
  Guardian (UK) | Nov 17, 08 9:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton will accept Barack Obama's offer to become secretary of state, the Guardian reports. The president-elect's team does not anticipate problems arising from an ongoing examination of the records of Bill Clinton's foundation, clearing the way for Obama's fiercest primary rival to embody his stated ambition to assemble a bipartisan administration. More »
- Bitch vs. Ditz: '08 Campaign Was a Setback for Women
  
  New York | Nov 17, 08 11:21 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin shattered the glass ceiling in politics, but the broken shards sharply undercut the feminist movement. “In the grand Passion play that was this election, both Clinton and Palin came to represent—and, at times, reinforce—two of the most pernicious stereotypes that are applied to women: the bitch and the ditz,” Amanda Fortini writes in New York . More »
- To Vet Her, Obama Looks at Him
  
  New York Times | Nov 17, 08 7:41 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama’s lawyers are looking into Bill Clinton’s international endeavors, afraid they might create conflicts of interest if Hillary lands the secretary of state job. Clinton works closely with foreign governments and officials on philanthropic projects, and more problematically, has accepted millions in speaking fees from them. “He does good work,” said an Obama adviser. “No one wants it to stop, but a structure to avoid conflicts must be thought of.” More »
October 2008
- Bill Clinton Joins Obama in Florida for Late Push
  
  Boston Globe | Oct 29, 08 11:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bill Clinton and Barack Obama engaged in a mutual admiration fest tonight, their first joint appearance since their relationship soured during the primaries, the Boston Globe reports. "This man should be our president," Clinton told a Florida crowd at the end of a spirited endorsement. Obama then joined him on stage, saying, "In case any of you forgot, this is what it's like to have a great president." More »
- Ex-Presidents Call for More Ike Funds
  
  Houston Chronicle | Oct 14, 08 4:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton called today for more money to aid Texas communities devastated by Hurricane Ike, the Houston Chronicle reports. The pair, who toured the Galveston area, has raised $1.5 million for their Bush-Clinton Coastal Recovery Fund. The money will be used to augment state and local efforts once reconstruction begins. More »
- Clintons Cool to Obama After Hillary Snub
  
  New York Post | Oct 2, 08 10:39 AM CDT
  
  (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. More »
- Palin Is Bubba's Mirror Image
  
  New Republic | Oct 1, 08 12:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - At first blush, Sarah Palin—a “fitness-obsessed, policy-lite, skirt-wearing conservative” might not remind you of Bill Clinton—a “Big Mac-scarfing, policy-relishing, skirt-chasing Democrat”—but dig a little and the similarities are staggering, writes Eve Fairbanks in the New Republic . Both governors were forged “in the cramped and corrupt crucible of small-state politics,” and come with a trail of home-state enemies and an us-versus-them mentality. More »
September 2008
- Fear of Lefty Obama Gets Bill Behind Mac
  
  Pajamas Media | Sep 26, 08 4:50 PM CDT