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Hillary said no to replacing Biden as VP

by In the news Sunday, August 19. 2012

by NW Spotlight

Hillary Clinton said no very recently to replacing Joe Biden as the Democratic vice presidential candidate. Edward Klein, author of the New York Times bestseller The Amateur, talked about it this past week in an interview on The Kudlow Report on CNBC.

According to Klein, Hillary Clinton was approached by her husband and a top Obama aid. Klein reported “Bill Clinton was, I’m told, urging his wife to accept the number two slot – he saw this as a great launching pad for her for running in 2016.” Klein went on to talk about a lunch at the White House between top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett and Hillary Clinton, where the vice president topic came up – Hillary told Jarrett she “would not accept the vice president spot”.

Klein said the reasons Hillary would not accept the VP slot were because she was “burned out” from her Secretary of State travels, but more importantly:

#1 – If Obama loses – Hillary would be tarred as a loser

#2 – If Obama wins – Hillary would be tied to Obama’s far left-wing, socialistic policies and she would have to defend those policies

The idea for replacing Joe Biden on the ticket has likely come about as a result of what Larry Kudlow on CNBC called Biden’s “repeated blunders”, including his recent “put y’all back in chains” offensive comment in Virginia (a state the Vice President confused for North Carolina).

Posted by at 01:17 | Posted in 2012 Presidential Election | 6 Comments | Email This Post | Print This Post
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  • mike

    She would bring new life to this tired ticket.

  • ChagrinedSurfeit
  • Rupert in Springfield

    Let’s face it, Hill is probably the person in the BO cabinet Americans trust most. Policies aside, there is the undeniable sense that she is the one person in the cabinet who actually has a clue as to what she is doing and isn’t just winging.

    That said, Biden is possibly the most loved in the Obama cabinet. An utter clod, even if one is at polar opposites with Biden ideologically one does look upon him as the hapless idiot with a lovable quality.

    While Biden would never be accused of precision in his thinking, he does deliver the gaffs with Swiss watch regulation. Was anyone truly mad about Bidens recent “put y’all back in chains” remark? Of course not. Sure the remark is offensive, but there is a qualitative difference between your boss calling your wife ugly, and the idiot stock boy in the basement saying the same thing.

    Biden is our idiot stock boy. He attends to his duties as best he can, even if no one is fully sure what his duties really are. Although his is not especially brilliant in his work, he does amuse us all. For that reason Biden is one of the few bright spots on the Obama ticket. While our country disintegrates into insolvency under the guidance of his boss, Biden keeps the yucks coming. For that reason I was horrified at the rumors of his departure. Hillary’s day will come, of that I have no doubt. A strong candidate in 2016 she would be even stronger should her side loose in November. Should Democrats prevail in the elections her candidacy would be weakened somewhat. Eight years of Obama and people will be looking for a better economic plan than simply giving away free stuff and focusing on the pressing issue of co pays for birth control pills. In her current position Hillary will be less tied to the actual policies of this administration and build on her resume of competence rather than prowess at division. Let Biden fulfill the latter role, he is good at it, relatively harmless and endlessly entertaining.

  • valley person

    What far left wing socialist policies?

    • 3H

      The one’s I wish he would adopt but most likely won’t (like single payer).

      • valley person

        Republican meeting: “What has Obama ever done for us?

        Well, he did save Wall Street. I mean the stock market is way up.

        OK, besides saving Wall Street, what has Obama ever done for us?

        The banks. He did save the banks without nationalizing them. They made loads of money on the deal.

        All right. Aside from saving Wall street and the Banks, what has Obama ever done for us?

        Well, he adopted OUR preferred version of health care reform, created by the Heritage Institute and implemented by our man Mitt. Our insurance companies will make gazillions on the deal.

        Right. Of course. Goes without saying. But other than Wall street, the banks, and our health care reform, what has Obama ever done for us?

        Well, he has increased domestic production of fossil fuel energy to its highest level in like 30 years. We were for that weren’t we?

        Sure…all right then. But other than Wall street, the banks, our health insurance plan and more domestic energy…what the heck has this socialist Obama ever done for us?

        Rescued the economy from the Bush collapse?

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