«
»

Heckuva job, Joey!

February 5th, 2010 | Author: Josh Painter

Kenneth T. Walsh of U.S. News is hearing from Democrat strategists that if President Obama’s re-election prospects begin to look too bleak, he could throw Vice President Joe Biden under the bus and pick Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate for 2012:

It’s inside-Washington speculation at this point, but the strategists make a good case for such a shift. “Biden was named in the first place to shore up Obama on foreign policy issues, and Obama doesn’t need that anymore,” says a former Clinton adviser. That’s because Obama has learned the ropes and has assembled a strong foreign policy and national security team including Robert Gates as defense secretary, Jim Jones as White House national security adviser, and Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.

Elevating Clinton to the vice presidential slot would accomplish several objectives: It would appeal to female voters and the still-powerful cadre of Clinton admirers, give Obama more of a pragmatic luster, and shunt the gaffe-prone Biden aside. And it would theoretically discourage Clinton, a former senator from New York, from challenging Obama in the 2012 primaries, Democratic insiders say, because as vice president she would be considered Obama’s heir for 2016. Clinton would be 69 that year, the same age as Ronald Reagan when he won the presidency in 1980.

Secretary Clinton, has said that she does not envision serving a second term as Secretary of State. Although she said that she is “absolutely not interested” in running for president again, she still didn’t rule out the possibility completely. Also, she was never asked about running for vice president.

The White House, of course, dismissed speculation about Biden and Clinton as “cocktail party chatter” and insisted that Obama is “very pleased” with Biden’s job performance.

You’re doing a heckuva job, Joey!

- JP

Posted in Uncategorized

8 Responses to “Heckuva job, Joey!”

Leave a Reply

Comment spam protected by SpamBam



Follow Us!

Contact Us | Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement
Copyright © 2009 . All Rights Reserved.

Politicallore.com Political News, Insight, and More!