hillary clinton

$4700 says Hillary won't be Secretary of State

December 3, 2008 - Anti-Clinton watchdog group "Judicial Watch" says Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State is unconstitutional. No seriously, it is. They cite the "Emoluments Clause" of the constitution which states...

Hillary and Barack - How mortal enemies learn to make a deal

December 1, 2008 - As Obama was preparing to present his foreign policy team and (finally) formally announce his pick of Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, aides of both Obama and Clinton were feeding the press...

Barack makes Hillary an honest woman

December 1, 2008 - President-elect Obama introduced his security team today. The group included Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State), Eric Holder (AG ), Defense Secretary...

From The Feed: National press grows a pair of post-Bush balls

December 1, 2008 - A reporter asks P-E Obama about his primary-era statements regarding Hillary Clinton's foreign policy experience. (Apparently Obama said things that would lead voters to think that Clinton was less qualified to be president than he. ???) Way to ruin a nice moment, a-hole. We were hoping to...

From The Feed: Hillary Clinton grips it!!

December 1, 2008 - Hillary Clinton prefers to take it from under, it being her new position and under being under that glass ceiling. So homegirl likes being the submissive after all. Watch here as America's new Madame takes it for 3 and a half minutes. Girl power, am I right...

From The Room: If Hillary, Why Not Me?

November 26, 2008 - With all the talk in recent weeks about the surprising choices that President-elect Obama has made in terms of people who will probably work for him, one question has come to my mind: if Hillary, why not me? Or you? Why shouldn't we be part of the Obama...

Obama as the Second Coming... of the Clintons

November 26, 2008 - Barack Obama represents a lot of firsts. But now that he's filled out most of his cabinet, he also seems to represent a third -- meaning a third term for the Clintons. At this point, Obama might have hired more Clinton people than Clinton would have if she'd won...

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: They're Back! Not Carter Two but Clinton Three

November 24, 2008 - Now that the Barack Obama has asked America to open wide to swallow Hillary as Secretary of State it is interesting to note an odd phenomenon: Let's call it qualification reversal. Just a few months ago in the primaries (you remember the primaries that short period of time when...

7 reasons why hiring a Clinton is not such a bad idea

November 21, 2008 - It's looking more and more likely that Hillary Clinton is going to be named Secretary of State. You can tell it's going to happen by the way Sean Hannity is sweating so much his eye liner is starting to run. Obama's decision to bri...

From The Room: Obama Reading Biography of Vlad the Impaler. May Decide to Insert Sharpened Sticks Up Rivals' Asses.

November 20, 2008 - WASHINGTON - In what could signal a major departure from the conciliatory tone of Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team Of Rivals, aides to President-elect Obama today confirmed that he is reading a biography of 15th century Balkan ruler Vlad Tepes. Vlad, who on St. Bartholomew's Day 1459, impaled 3...

Poll: How long before Bill Clinton blows this?

November 20, 2008 - Bill Clinton is reportedly ready to accept terms limiting his business and philanthropic activities in order to help Hillary's confirmation as Secretary of State. Among the many things he'll be giving up are his many paid spea...

From The Room: Forgiveness: The Flavor Du Jour

November 19, 2008 - The Democrats are nothing if not forgiving. They've voted to allow Joe Lieberman, the errant Senator who maligned Obama while traveling McCain, back into the nest. Despite this, Lieberman's face retained that seemingly permanent disgruntled expression as if he'd just swallowed something raw that was...

From The Feed: Christopher Hitchens just hates the thought of Sec. of State Hillary. OBVI.

November 18, 2008 - On Hardball last night, Chris Matthews' asked part-time misogynist Christopher Hitchens what he thinks of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. If you just love being totally unsurprised by political pundits, check out the clip below...

Hey Obama! You call that a "Team of Rivals?" Pssh!

November 18, 2008 - Oh my, Obama is choosing Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State, and he's even going to have a republican or two in his cabinet! What a...

From The Room: Past Legends Pass on Past Lessons

November 18, 2008 - What is on Barack Obama's reading list? This is among the three most commonly asked questions during this historic transition period, right behind "what kind of dog are you buying" and "didya ask Hillary to be Secretary of State? Didya? C'mon didya"? At least, unlike the Governor of...