White House denies Obama-Clinton ticket in the works

[rsmith6621]

Source: CNN

The White House this morning sought to quickly tamp down speculation about a Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton ticket for 2012.

"No one in the White House is discussing this as a possibility," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told CNN Wednesday morning.

"There's absolutely nothing to it," senior adviser David Axelrod told the Washington Post.

The denials follow comments made by journalist Bob Woodward during a CNN interview Tuesday night in which Woodward suggested that the White House is seriously discussing dumping Vice President Joe Biden in favor of the Secretary of State.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/white-house-denies-obama-clinton-ticket-in-the-works

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Maybe Joe Is Hinting at Retirement....just a Thought...

[Romulox]

1. Which means that it's likely true. nt

[RZM]

2. Interesting

Not sure how likely though. On the one hand, Biden got on the ticket because of Obama's 'experience' issues, so after one term in the bag, he won't necessarily have that tag anymore. On the other hand, though Clinton-hating has taken a back seat to Obama-bashing over the last few years, Hillary's legacy as a figure hated on the right is still there beneath the surface and maybe they'd be nervous about that. It'll be interesting to see what happens.

[LittleGirl]

3. Only woodward is happy now

he started this and he's laughing all of the way to the bank with his new book.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Yeah really.

And I thought Biden was portrayed very positively in Woodward's book.

[karynnj]

5. Where do you get "maybe Joe is hinting at retirement" from this?

[elleng]

6. Damn.

stfu, everyone!

[Beacool]

7. Cafferty also brought this up.

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/04/hillary-clinton-vs-pres-obama-in-2012/

:shrug:

[tavalon]

8. We don't need two Clintons in the Whitehouse

I didn't realize during the primaries that the two candidates were so similar.

[DonCoquixote]

11. 3 actually

Because Bill will not stick to having cigars with interns :)

[thesquanderer]

9. not retiring, switching jobs

If you listen to the actual Woodward clip, he talks about the possibility that they could switch jobs. So then Biden would be Sec'y of State, not retired.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. god, I hope not!

They are both very good at their current duties, why screw with it? Besides, I much prefer Biden as #2, in a national crisis, the rwing would never get behind Clinton, even for the good of the country.