Saturday, August 23, 2008

Clinton Supporters Not Too Happy With Obama

Some Clinton supporters aren’t so happy with how the VP selection process went down. 

A top Clinton advisor also told CNN they were “outraged,” over how the process was conducted.

“You can’t put [Obama VP vetters] Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy on an hour plane ride to Chappaqua just to check the box? They should have done it just for the optics,” this person said. “Barack never even said to her, ‘Here’s how I envision the job’– not one discussion with her about [the position].”

“They thought her supporters were mad before? They are really mad now,” this person also said. We knew it was never going to happen but you would have thought they might at least make a show of it.”

Former Clinton strategist Paul Begala echoed similar frustrations on CNN Friday night.

“I think there are a lot of Hillary voters who are going to say, ‘Hey, wait a minute, man You said you were going to put her on the short list. You know, you didn’t even vet her. You didn’t call her. You didn’t seek her advice,’” Begala said. “By the way, he didn’t seek President Clinton’s advice either. He’s actually the guy who I think picked the best vice president in American history. You would think maybe you would sort of check in with him.”

(3) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1802 hrs
Politics + Politics - General

  1. I don’t know what the Hillarites want, but as it said in the source article, there is very little of the Clintons’ lives that is not already in the public record.  Obama has professed to be an agent of ‘new politics’, and not wasting time on a faux, ‘dog and pony’ show vetting of Sen Clinton is about the only thing that I can applaud him for. 

    As for consulting with Bill on who to choose for a running mate—-huh?  isn’t about time that the Clintons relax their stranglehold of the reins of the Democratic Party and just go away?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 23, 2008 at 1838 hrs


  2. Whoo boy, the DNC convention is sounding more and more exciting, in a Celebrity Death Match sort of way, isn’t it?

    :zpopcorn:

    Posted by hsgbdmama on August 23, 2008 at 1928 hrs


  3. Who is hilary going to pick for her running mate?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2008 at 0737 hrs


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