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I think this article and its angle takes Clinton's quotes out of context. And who really cares anyways? I bet the media is dying to expose Clinton as having pent up emotion that she didnt win the presidency, but I doubt that is the case. In fact, I bet she is loving life a hell of a lot more not having to go gray quite as early as Obama! Start focusing on REAL political issues like the defunct political system in California! This is not even worth a ticker item...

This isn't a partisan problem. As a federal employee, I had to do the exact same thing regardless of who was in office

After 8 years of zero ethic vetting we have to have 8 years of 100% total vetting to get back to even

Yes we can. Yes we did. And, yes we're paying for it ... dearly!

Seth you said it best. others, not hearing what was said, only venting your own frustrations perhaps?

Much rather these people are thoroughly vetted than have something stupid to come up from their past to shame the nation. So what if the questions are tough...we are talking about some of the most important jobs in our nation. We can't afford to have anything less the best.

The Obama admin. sad to say has no guts. She is showing that.. oh well we are stuck with him... let's make the best of this!

If individuals will not be vetted by the administration, they should not apply. If they don't apply, what have they to hide. there is something to be squeakiy clean in todays world as it doesn't come back on you like bad cucumbers. Bad cucumbers only allow you to look backward rather than forward. Give it a break, you want the job, submit. this goes for any good paying job in America.

The title for this article was completely misleading.

Hillary is a leader. Obama is a nice guy, but Congress's tail is about to wag the Executive Department's dog. I suspect nothing Obama wants will be recognizable after Congress gets through morphing it. Would have been vastly different will Hillary as President – she knows how to work the system.

She is actually referencing the process for getting security clearances. Most people in the military or with any kind of clearance have to provide this same information. I know I gave it as early as 97, when Clinton was still in office.

This is not something that Obama created, it's been around for ages. Don't blame blockheadedness on him.

That's how the system works, It has been like that since the begining with every president , so here we go blaming Obama again give him a chance..

Here it comes, a trial ballon to see how the public reacts to the idea of making the vetting process shorter. Breaking another campaign promise. What a joke Obama is

I agree with Seth in Jacksonville, FL. That's exactly what would happen. I mean sure, maybe they should be less stringent because I hear the vetting process is quite strenuous. But I'd rather be safe than sorry. She was obviously telling the truth, but also in jest so I wouldn't take it too seriously. I mean, really, is this a big deal?

If people would have integrity the process would not be so bad! Hilary should shut up and do her job! She wanted to be president and could not use a computer. Go pay your bills, watch Bill and go to slepp. We have a president that is doing more in the seven months he has been in office than some politicians do in a lifetime. Hilary makes me sick!

So this reinforces our trusting Barry's push for govt-control over corp's? Oh, sorry CNN, didn't mean to be less than sentimental and endearing toward your agenda proclivities.

Hillary you are Much too ihtelligent and worthy of ever being in this assinine frey!! You are so much more worthy – why would you continue to help us – the real people – when you could be in better life positions??? Why do you waste your intelligence and worthiness on US??? WHY, Hillary – it will NEVER be our world again!!!~ However,

Thank you beloved, admirable woman – BUT – black is black and we are white – and never the twain will meet!!!
It is written – NOW – WITH THE NOBAMA REGIME!!!!

It is o.k.to have "a rare flash of frustration." sometime it is neccessary to let yourself be heard. I know you are paddling very hard beneath the water. B+.

I agree with Seth in Jacksonville, FL. Taken out of context it might be a jab at Obama, but without jumping to conclusions do you think she was just talking about the vetting process in general and how critics will nit pick every little detail of an appointee's life? Not really Obama's fault these days.

Yeah, that requirement that they should be tax evaders makes things real hard.

I think taking your time and not rushing to select these important positions are a good thing..Look at what happened in the last 8 years. And you're telling me you liked what has happened to the U.S.? I think give Obama some time just like a rookie quarterback in the NFL. Give him time to grow and with a good offense and defense America will be back where we're used to. So, Red, Obama isn't a joke, rather the last 8 years has been so sad its funny.

I think the headline is a little misleading as she seems more frustrated that things take so long rather than the fact that "Obama's process is ridiculous". The sad thing is that a conversation with staffers that could have been private and free flowing is being so discussed. It is a shame as the next time the Sec of State or others may not be so candid with fellow government employees.

The vetting process may be "frustrating", but it is highly important. A previous poster was correct. If something negative comes to light later, everyone wonders why the weren't properly vetted.

Rachel, have some common sense. if you think Obama can step on the Clintons, then I will advice you go to bed and come back and write again. This is the HRC I know and supported. I voted for Obama in the general but I am starting to think I wasted my vote, I hope I am wrong. Obama gets back to solving our domestic issues and live the States and other foreign issues to HRC

Surprise, surprise, surprise!!!
President Obama was never ready for the job anyway. Without a teleprompter he is a lost soul. Hillary was the obvious choice but everyone got caught up in the Hollywood candidate without assessing his credentials.
Now you got him so live with the consequences.

I see everything that Hillary Rodham Clinton is saying. Some of the topics that Mrs. Clinton broached really are in fact extrinsic to the qualifications (or lack thereof) pertaining to the respectively vetted nominee. I think that the best litmus test is hands on experience. What should be examined is how does the person answer questions, how does she/ he respond to controversial decisions, is she/ he willing to accept that some opponents will be offended regardless, does the person have well restrained temperament or is she/ he very excitable and erratic, and is the person well informed about the subject matter at hand. The revelations of these answers will still take time, but these benchmarks are at least much more concrete than the criteria that Hillary Rodham Clinton has addresses. Yes I empathize with Mrs. Clinton wholeheartedly. The entire vetting process is just plainly ridiculous.

Good that we are learning what it means to have a professional team in office. Few mistakes, high caliber people – like Hillary. Not sure where these comments are coming from or intended. She is smarter than this.

Just goes to show how many people have skeletons in their closet. Like every one has. Only one problem, you shouldn't have appointed a guy to the IRS who's cheated on his taxes. That's an obvious lack of wisdom.

Mrs. Clinton should know about how long and difficult it is to get positions filled; her husband has the record for highest average number of days to fill senate confirmed positions (267 days) as well as the highest average number of days to fill deputy agency and inspecter general postions (457 and 452 days)

I suppose she wants them to use the same vetting process they used with her....in that process anything goes.

Too much Gotcha Politics and not enough serious business.

If only Hillary were President....

it's a sign of these ridiculous times. we are so afraid of our human frailties and failures. forgetting that thisvis what we learn from. you just can't please everybody – and it's obvious to me you shouldn't even try to !! many look for any twisted reason to bring another down. just listen to how polititions and even their supporters talk. it's a wonder to me why anyone would want to take leadership roles this day and age. come to think of it at anytime in history!

I agree with you Seth. If these nominees are not properly vetted, then the same peole, such as Hillary, would be criticizing the president for nominating peole who are either unqualified or has serious problems in their backgrounds.

You just can't win with some people. Damed if you do, and damed if you don't!

Really? How come several of his appointees backed out cause they didnt pay their taxes!?

Dear Ticker:

You must have had drastic staff changes over the past two months. You are no longer funny, relevant, even-handed as you one might have been.

I address your teaser/headline for this "news article:" Ticker: Obama process 'ridiculous,' Clinton says . Turn to the story, and it's about the horrendously growing-by-administration vetting process. Not about Obama, not about Clinton, but about bureaucratic bs.

You've been losing your touch, your punch, and again, your relevance by using these high-school level tricks to get readers. Please clean up; t his was always the first thing I looked at upon getting home from work.

Shame on you CNN. The title on the previous page implying Clinton calling the Obama process ridiculous and what she actually said is completely different. You made it sound something else.

The misleading (sensational) link makes it sound like she's criticizing the Obama Administration specifically, when all she's doing is lamenting the process itself.

Hillary's comment is not controversial at all. Mainly, it's a statement about her frustration with the necessary steps in the process. They're "ridiculous." But we've seen so many appointed that were vetted poorly. So there's good reason to be extra careful

Bear with them.....we'll wrestle this one away from them. They are having a hard time accepting this one. To wit, we will not give up!(no need to) Bobby and those boys said so. Good to have a battle on our hands - and, as Shakespeare said - the truth will out tho all the world or' whelm it. (Just can't hold us cojures back!) Forward.

Hillary is finally going to show her true colors. I just didn't think it would be so soon. How unfortunate for President Obama.

this whole process of vewtting is a complete joke these are the time we wish we had bill clinton back–employment 100 percent, foreclosures zero–to much tape

Also Here we go... I was waiting to see how long it would take before her majesty would let the fangs show... I knew it would not be long... Who ever thought that HIllary would just ride off inot the sunset at the SEcretary of STate was sadly mistaken... this is just the beginning folks....

Seth said..."And yet if any imperfections in someone's record come to light afterward, we hear all about how the person "wasn't properly vetted," and they point fingers and complain"

Seth you are so right.Then they complain and say the Obama doesn't know what he is doing and is putting the country in danger and is causing "drama in the administration and so on and so on. I say VET VET VET and then VET some more. These are very important positions.. Sorry Hillary that Obama doesn't do it like you, bubba and the Bushies and just Hire all his buddies and big money pals!!!!!

wow the title made it seem like she was attacking Obama specifically she was really just attacking the process good hype CNN

This headline was completely misleading. It implied Hillary criticized the Obama administration in particular; rather she was critical of the overall vetting process that is now so rigorous that no one is willing to enter into it. She only said it gets worse and worse with each administration. Come on, CNN, be more honest....or we'll keep you honest.

Somebody toss that woman a bone!

The Clintons are so dirty that there had to be a thorough vetting process. Sorry that inconvenienced her.

Ask McCain for vetting advice. He can do it in a jiffy!

Great headline. Does it really reflect the occasion? It's relective of what's wrong with news today.

This time when it appears to be rigorous, it is being named "ridiculous" and "a nightmare". The last time when some people that went through it had problems, it was called another name. Classic "between the rock and a hard place"

Mayor Bloomberg of NY called you a BACKSTABBER Hillary for telling diplomats they don't have to pay property taxes in NY when the said law has been there for 130 years. BAD BAD HILLARY......BAD DECISION!

This is what happens when muckraking is all that is left of journalism.

After all the crooks that were in the last Administration I'm glad President O'Bama is taking the time to weed out the crooks and criminals before they ruin his good reputation. Mrs. clinton should be happy he gave her ajob...Miss Ungrateful.

This big process, and they can't check to make sure they've paid their taxes?

I knew there would be comments from people blaming Obama's leadership for this. Can't people read? Mrs. Clinton said that "every administration it gets worse." She did not say that it has never been a problem until this non-experienced, "Big Government" leader took office. Selecting a department head in an administration has become just as politically charged as the primaries. Every little thing brought into the spot light and turned into a big deal by those opposing the administration. At least Obama isn't blatantly appointing people who worked for a pharmaceutical company to head the FDA, or people who worked for oil companies to head the EPA, like dubya did.

Good lord, Sarah Palin just got 100 times (literally) the number of posts than Hillary in just a few moments. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Romney/Palin 2012

Hillary 2012. She should have been in the Oval Office right now.

This is a DIRECT result of our current NEWS MEDIA and POLITICAL DISCOURSE...They (adminstration) have to check and make sure the nominee for a postion hasn't done anything more harmful than jay walking in their entire life or........the American public will hear about it for at least 7 days 24/7 by pundits, newscasters, and the other idiots allowed to congest our airways. So you end up with people who are without (any found sin) but IS NOT the best person for the job..and we wonder why the government isn't as efficient as it sholud be....IT's PRETTY WHACKED!!

It is ridiculous to expect an unblemished past. Only the most insignificant of our citizens has a history so uninteresting that no one will criticize it. We can thank the fundamentalists and Conservatives for that. They still cling to this imaginary concept of what a citizen should be like: financial and moral perfection.

Most of us are corner cutters. At least, the high percentage of speeders on the freeway suggests that most Americans only obey the law when they think they might be caught.

This is a joke.. Hillary called it exactly right! All this president knows how to do is the world tour circuit, looking for more adoring fans. This isn't the Oscars for pete's sake! When is he going to settle down in the White House and do the job he was elected to?

Some assertions above aside, Hill isn't criticizing the President. She is criticizing the process.

The Obama guy is turning out to be a joke finally. When you are going through the hardship, wisdom says spend wisely and control the expenditure. This guys is printing paper money and borrowing left and right and putting us in a higher debt in the name of stimulus packages, that is nothing but a payback to his campaign contributors.
Unemployement close to 10% and national public debt close to $40,000/person is not a pretty picture. It is no where getting better soon. Just for a number sake, $1 billion is roughly an operating profit of a typically big company employing 50,000+ employees. Imagine how many bodies need to work hard to pay an insane amount of debt back, unless these political jokers are thinking of bankrupting the country and ditching the loans, jeopardizing dollar value in a big way. and 'yes we can'. If you think it is not possible look at California, Yes govt can fail miserably, problem is state can save towns, country can save states, who is going to save the country?

Hillary should be President. Obama and his clothes-horse wife are a joke.

Better then having an administration full of brownies...

And better than giving conservative talk show hosts/party leaders any ammunition to attack the president when the work of the nation is at such a critical point. Conservatives have really really really skrewed things up, and are just chomping at the bit for any chance for them to foist more failure on the United States. It is their stated goal to make the country fail. They said it loud and clear and many times over. they think that America failing is their ticket to power. They forget that they already failed so badly that only the infirm or deranged would ever vote republicon again.

Some do not like the vetting process because if you have skeletons in your closet - the Obama Administration does not want you working for the people of America. We voted for trancparency and that is what we expect. She (Clinton) needs to be real quite and be grateful she has a job!!! Obama team keep up the good work!

President Obama is a man of integrity and character and he wants to make sure the people around him are also honorable and above reproach.

Hilliary had a lot of skeltons in her closet – that is why she had to prove she was worth to hold such a critical position in our government.

I trust Obama's judgment. We certainly had no one with any ethics or honor in the last administration. It's refreshing to know we have real, decent, honest, and hard-working people in our government now.

They just like jerking Hillary around. What vetting process did Obama go through? His murky background, his questionable affliation with a racist church, his lack of patriotism – can't even bother to put his hand over his heart to say the pledge. And what has he done for this country so far? Unemployment numbers keep rising and the economic picture is as bleak as ever. The guy is a talker and who cares about his trip to Africa? Really, who cares?? How does that benefit everyday Americans. It's time to take Obama off the high horse you people keep putting him on.

The scope and intrusiveness of the media have made it necessary for President Obama's vetting process to be extra stringent. Add to that the facts that he's the first African American President and the first Democrat in eight years and the Republicans and Racist( is that redundant?) are just waiting for a slip up or the next big contraversy due to someone not being properly vetted. Basically what Hilary is saying is that these rich people being interviewed have so many skeletons in their closets that its difficult to hire any of them.

It sounds a little like whining? I know these people are not accustomed to actually doing work–but support your elected leaders wishes. I went through an incredible vetting process that cost me lots of money and never got hired. If it's too tough a process, let the candidates apply elsewhere. Jobs are so abundant right now–aren't they?

Seth in Jacksonville, FL July 13th, 2009 5:52 pm ET

And yet if any imperfections in someone's record come to light afterward, we hear all about how the person "wasn't properly vetted," and they point fingers and complain.

So true...

The extensive background checks and clearance process in the administration is ridiculous and quite frankly counter productive. A lot of great candidates are being rejected for smoking a joint years ago, yet the President himself did far more than that. Huge Obama fan here, but I'm not a fan of a process that eliminates a lot of great candidates before they even get a fair chance.

Yeah, right. And after all that "vetting", every nominee turns out to be a tax cheat. If Washington had any honest people left, this won't be necessary.

Yet again another misleading CNN headline.

Must not look too closely at tax records in this extensive "vetting process"...

[...] – CNN Political Ticker – Foreign Policy – [...]

and whose fault is this? ours. the media's. politician's. pundit's. everyone that bought into the idea that we need to know every single possible thing about every single person who wants to run for office, or obtain a high-level government position.

it is ludicrous. the only things we NEED to know have to do with job history, and felony convictions. after that, it is NONE of our business! no wonder there are so many flaming morons out there in our government–if we are only willing to accept people that either have opinions identical to ours, or those that have no verifiable positions at all, we dissuade almost all thoughtful and intelligent men and women from going into public service.

Agreed Seth, people are always looking to moan and complain about something. Last thing the Obama administration wants is a Sarah Palin type of vetting process where you run through the process and find out the perspective nominee knows diddlee about the job

Just run them through the "Wipeout" obstacle course; Anyone who survives the balls, the mud, the punching board, the vomit spin and the balance boards is vetted, and they have their answer at the end of the day...

Yes, Seth, from Jacksonville, you are right, its one of those deals,
between a rock and a hard place. Who knows what the right process should be?

That is proper administration-way to go. Patience patience please.

Agree with Seth. This president is more heavily scrutinized than any in recent history, and he hasn't even been in office for 6 months. His administration should be careful. With all of the issues they had when he first tried to assign his cabinet, it is understandable that the process takes longer now.

Unlike GDub..he could name whomever he wanted (remember FEMA/Katrina), and no one said a word.

Just my 2 cents.

Vetting scares away the really good ones and leaves you with Clinton types.

After getting burned on Daschle and a few other 'tax-evader' nominees, which the GOP won't let Obama forget, the extra-rigorous vetting process is at least politically understandable .

yeah...complain now but if someone slips through the vetting process all these republican thugs like cantor and bohener and limbaugh will jump all over it. All Republicans can do is be hypocrites.

Well, there have to be some loop-holes; Tim Geithner got in!

politics at it best folks Clinton need to know who her boss first before acting on her own and try to put Obama on the hot sit while Obama trying to pass the healthcare and the energy bill.

Obama/Biden 2012

Actually, Obama didn't put the Clintons through anything. She was vetted like everyone else.

Yeah, vetting is a drag, but imagine the outcries of "malfeasance" (or worse) if Obama's administration *didn't* properly vet nominees for jobs. They could easily get someone whose past would come back to bite them...someone who had maybe broken the law...had violated ethics laws...hadn't paid their taxes...had all kinds of skeletons in their closet.

Someone like, oh, I don't know–Sarah Palin.

GET started on impeaching him and biden and you can take over. you would have made a better president anywar and i am a republican.

politics at it best folks

Obama/Biden 2012

Appears that Mrs. Clinton is now beginning to figure out Obama.......""ridiculous".....something many of us have known for a very long time.

Did everyone read the Washington Times article about how the Obama Administration is being overworked? But I guess not working to get Hillary's State Dept ready – so many parties and travel plans for the first family to travel the world. Oh how wonderful Obama Camp is for the children. Plus, the treasury dept is still a skeleton crew also. The only thing over stocked are the CZARS, that don't have to be vetted.

Two Words: Sarah Palin. Vett away or else.....

Look at how the right wing nutjobs went ape over income tax issues on previous candidates. So they want to be careful...most people have no problem with that. It's not big government as Red thinks he knows...it's called responsible government...something the GOP is very unfamiliar with.

Hilldawg is right, as usual, but in Obama's defense the GOP is looking to pounce on any nominee that gives them an opening.

He should use the Clinton style "screw em" approach. His opponents will bray and moan but they'll forget about it and move on to the next show. It is ridiculous that seven months into his tenure important jobs at the heads of agencies are not filled.

CNN must be vying with the National Enquirer for misleading headlines.
The front pages of CNN says:
"Ticker: Obama process 'ridiculous,' Clinton says"
And yet the Ticker article itself is entitled:
"Vetting process for administration jobs 'a nightmare'"
So, CNN, are you perhaps trying to stir the pot a little here??????????

The Headline of this article couldn't be more taken out of context. I didn't know I was reading FoxNews.

Seth in Jacksonville, FL your comment is right on point.

It's called politics as usual. Both sides drag each other through the mud to try to discredit each other. Whoever can come out the other side without too much of the mud stuck on them, makes it, the rest don't. And sadly several of Obama's picks that did make it through still had tax problems. So, even their ridiculously rigid process misses things.

Politics has become cruel and unusual punishment and the real honest people in the world don't want to serve the public anymore as a result. Thus we get all the slimy, arrogant politicians we currently have. By the time these people get elected to office they have sold their souls. It is a bipartisan issue to be sure.

Whoever came up with the bright idea of listing all foreign nationals known is clearly isolationist and naive and obviously was not properly vetted himself.

Put someone in charge of the government that never ran a darn thing in his life and this is what happens. The 'process' also appears not to work given the string of botched appointments of people under investigation or who can't seem to pay taxes.

Whoever came up with the bright idea of listing all foreign nationals known is clearly isolationist and naive and was obviously not properly vetted himself.

I would have voted for Hillary in last election. She has more common sense than a Pro-Change Demagogue. Instead, I voted Republican, and now we have all got changes most people didn't ask for. Everything coud be very different if…

It's not clear that she is really blaming Obama for this. It is ridiculous but we've gotten to a point where stupid things that happened years and years ago become major issues if they are "uncovered" later. Simply the fact someone has paid a weekly maid in cash and not filed employment taxes for her would prevent them from seeking office. An arrest for being drunk when they were in college or smoking marijuana 20 years ago would not be allowed. It's all stupid.

It's because most politicans are dirty!

How did this get pinned on Obama? Nothing she said had anything to do with this specific administration. Security clearances are, and should always be, rigorous. And that's all Clinton was saying - it stinks, but that's the way it is. It's better for the government to use its resources doing a little bit of background checking now, rather than a lot of covering up later.

That tough, and yet they missed all those tax cheats? Something isn't quite adding up, no pun intended.

The process has nothing to do with Big Government. It has everything to do with the probability that if the person did anything - ANYTHING - that even slightly hints of a remote possibility that it could maybe be construed as on the edge of impropriety, the public will find it and be outraged. Do we really need to give a flying leap if someone inhaled when he/she was 16? That's simply being 16 in one way or another. My Eagle Scout son, brilliant beyond words and with the straightest morale compass I've encountered, inhaled with a friend. So should that preclude him from politics if he decides to go that way? That's the world we've made. It's definitely a two-edged sword. It has saved us and it can also be pointless.

Obviously the vetting process is a joke. Hillary got in didn't she???

About time one of us mindless zombies figured out things are going all wrong. I voted for Hill in the primary, I am now sad that I later voted for Obama. I am getting spent ($) out and tax fatigued, and I am not even the one getting taxed... yet!

Obama sent Biden to Iraq and has you dealing with the ousted Honduran President.....

Do you get the message Hillary?????

And we still got a TAX cheat for Treasury! I think the problem is, the American taxpayers are sick of all the corruption in Washington, and it seems to be in speed mode since Obama took office. I was an Obama supporter...........but, no longer! No money sense, and no common sense.....my kids understand 'spending' better than Obama. In the future, I'm not interested in someone who speaks well. I want someone HONEST and COMMON SENSE!

rediculous as the media's ENVY of Palin. as rediculous as the appointees not paying their taxes, of course until they are appointed a cabinet post. and America trys to tell Iran how to run their country.

I guess they forgot to "vet" Mr. Geithner.

I'd rather have it done right than rushed.

This administration is the most gutless, spineless and factually the WORST in their first 6 months than any in history.

Hillarity used to have my respect, but baseless and spineless claims like this are indeed laughable in fact we need to redefine "spineless".

That's why so many tax cheats were BAGGED after the fact, in reality their vetting process is terrible much like their policies, but they arrogantly think the media will just go along with whatever they say and do, but they now are getting bcaklash from the non-sheep who can dig for themselves as the usual suspects (the MSM) "aint" going to do any digging.

To actually blame the process for their owm ineptitude shows true uh, uh, uh, uh "audacity".

Secretary Clinton seems to want to go her own way and be an exception to the rule. Doesn't sound like a team player to me!! Lucky she's not wanting to be a Supreme Court Justice!!!

That picture is not from Monday's event.

I'm very glad the Obama administration is thoroughly vetting and screening its potential nominees. The Bush and Clinton administrations were wretched examples of the opposite approach.

This is the price you pay to avoid major embarrassment or worse down the road. Its the political equivalent of measure twice (or two million times) cut once. I'd rather have it this way than have them rush the vetting and turn out Sarah Palin.

I don't blame President Obama for making sure that all of his nominees are properly vetted. You just know that the GOP is hoping that he will pick someone with some horror, large or small, in their background that does not come to light until after they are accepted. They don't call the President "No Drama Obama" for nothing. This man is not stupid.

I think it's great that Obama nominees have to go through a rigorous vetting process.

The last president put his frat buddy in charge of FEMA, and look what happened.

High standards are nothing to be apologetic about.

I guess it doesn't work if she got the SOS job!

It's better to vet the nominees than to risk having one of them be a "bad apple."
If Bush had been vetted properly he wouldn't have been elected....or, re-elected!

We can thank George W. Bush for this one remember Harriet Miers....not to mention the other boneheads that caused embarrassment to this great country....

Thanks Dubya

That's the result of the over-zealous right looking for ANYTHING to criticize about the president. Not to mention that Hillary still feels the job should have been hers. It is refreshing to finally see someone competent in the Whitehouse.

We (the people) and the media, created this long process. After the Watergate scandel, nobody (in government) was trusted so the vetting process got worse. With 24/7 news these days, they are always digging for a story, no matter how small. Some mistake or mis-statement some nominee made 20-30 years ago is made into front page headlines. You get what you pay for.

She's entitled to her opinion. I'm sure there aren't any hard feelings. Better safe than sorry.

This is a stupid non-story.
The headline makes it sound like Hillary is complaining about "the Obama process".....and in the actual article, she says that the red tape just gets worse with every administration. CNN is trying to make this into some kind of feud, where HIllary is unhappy in the O. administration. But that's not what the story actually says.

Nice reporting, dummies.

its kinda funny that they go through all this and they still have so many nominees who don't pay taxes and so many nominees that withdraw

its a sign of the Obama administration – ineffective, inefficient, and wasteful

all it does is stimulate the jobs of lobbyists, vetters, and lawyers.

Sadly, if it weren't for all the shady politicians who came before and the huge number of well-connected crooks working in the private and public sectors, maybe this extensive vetting wouldn't be necessary. But alas, the country we live in now has seen its values and integrity flushed down the toilet by a generation of opportunistic, greedy jackals.

People can criticize this administration for its deliberate approach to its appointments, but at least we're finally getting a decent, law abiding crew in there!

Funny...but if the vetting wasn't that thorough, people would still complain about it. Whatever Obama does he can't win with some people.

very misleading title! It sounds as if she is saying Obama is rediculous, but she is saying the PROCESS is. She is not speaking out against her president/boss, but against all the hoops they have to jump through to find all these skeletons people have buried in the weirdest places.

Pretty cool how Billary spoke off the cuff in a way. I love it when politicians tell it like it is. Too bad Biden isn't doing it anymore after they asked him to tone it down a bit. That was fun.

Hey, a Democrat critizing a sitting Democratic president they serve. Perhaps if some of that was tried by Republicans over the past eight years, we may not have been in the mess we were now....or more likely said Republican would have been fired, like we've seen before...

You think this red tape is bad, wait until you need to see a doctor under government healthcare.

and as a Democrat herself SOS Clinton should be well aware that the only hope the Republicans have is for the Obama administration to make mistakes so they can pounce upon them. They already did that with the earlier non tax payers who were supposed to be vetted so why take that risk again. Doesn't seem like the GOP is concerned about the vetting process, just the results of it.

What's even more pathetic is that through this "very" rigorous vetting process, the Obama administration still blundered. Our own Secretary of the Treasury didn't pay his own taxes! What's more frustrating is the level of incompetence in this administration.

Obama is trying to make Hillary's life difficult. What a jerk!

I voted Obama, but yes I must admit I think the process is...well ridiculous.

Okay the title on the home page read like she was criticizing President Obama saying Clinton says Obama process 'ridiculous'.

Turns out that she is criticizing how the bar is too high. Especially the taxes. Two people can do a tax return, each will have a different result.

I agree with Madame Secretary.

**I wonder if President Clinton has a smirk that can't be wiped off his face considering Sanford, Newt and Ensign thought President Clinton was evil. LOL Turns out that at least President Clinton can run the country and still fool around, unlike the Republicans. LOL

How in the world do you get "Obama process ridiculous, Clinton says" as a ticker for this story? I'm pretty sure her comments weren't directed specifically toward Obama. It is very easy to see she most likely meant that our adversarial, petty, two-party system has fallen to this level. I don't think that is Obama's fault. More importantly, look what you get when you don't properly investigate...Sarah Palin...a true embarrassment to Alaska and the United States.

just like his economic policies which are driving unemployment up and forcing more foreclosures every day, this vetting process is also
a disaster....

If they would consider someone who owns a firearm, then they could have filled the position the day after Obama became president.

If the American public does not want this, then they should not support news agencies who print "stories" such as: 'Obama nominee's fourth cousin has an illegal cleaning his house!!!' or 'nominee has lunch with TERRORIST!' (When in reality, the person was in a room with someone they never met, and that person has a cousin who spent a summer in Pakistan in a hotel with a 'suspected' terrorist).

The bottom line is that when the administration does not vet every little aspect of a person's life, they are called incompetent. When they do, they are called ridiculous bureaucrats. Just can't win...

Thank you Obama for this ridiculous process. As soon as someone is outed as being a crook, they blame you first.

That's why Palin got nominated. She wasn't properly vetted by McCain.

yeah if it was an easier process the Dems would have more "Sarah Palins" than they have Hillary Clintons. I think after all the earlier tax fumbles the president had, he probably HAD to clamp it down. If the person fits the job I'm sure he or she would get it.

Seth wrote:
And yet if any imperfections in someone's record come to light afterward, we hear all about how the person "wasn't properly vetted," and they point fingers and complain.

Exactly!!! Thanks Seth. Just the point I was about to make.

Sure – let's just do away with the vetting process! Then when we can find out about them later, and we can all blame Obama. Sorry folks, he's smarter than that! We are talking about some of the most important positions in our nation. I would think people (including Hillary Clinton) would want them properly vetted! Did we learn nothing from that rediculous Sarah Palin fiasco?

For all this "vetting-out", there is little accountability once a person is "in".

The only questions that should matter is, "is this indiscretion/mistake/past f-up going to prevent them from getting their job done?" I also believe that people learn from mistakes, and that past problems better prepare a person for future challenges.

It seems to me that if the process is that ridiculous, Hillary would have declined the position and found work elsewhere.
I am glad that we finally have leadership that is truly concerned about the everyday people of this country.
Prior administrations have put us in this mess that we are in because they refused to say no to politics as usual. Obama is a man that comes from where the ordinary people come from and understands the plite of the ordinary person.
It's easy to continue to destroy peoples lives when you come from money, never experiencing or understanding the reality of working from the ground floor up.
I bet neither the Bushes nor the Clintons have ever had to use foodstamps or live on salaries that are 20 years behind economic times.
The reality is; it is difficult to understand how to change a system for the better when you have always been a big part of the problem.

at least we can learn from her being honest. As my dad would say, she was tellin it like it is.Deal with it people. Bigger problems out there than this.Try figuring out out to pay the bills, fed your family, find a job, keep gas in the car,and if you cant handle that , go sit next to a soldier in the afgan war,and think how he can't even be there for his family. Bigger problems people

There is nothing I hate more than misleading headlines.

"Some very good people just didn't want to be vetted," she explained. "You have to hire lawyers, you have to hire accountants. I mean, it is ridiculous!"

This is the fallout of partisan politics, and it is not an attack on the Obama administration. The fact is that the opposition party will always look for any microscopic crack in the veneer of any candidate for a high ranking position. Say, for instance John Doe is recommended as for Role X because he is perfectly qualified, then it turns out John Doe once smoked a cigarette in a school yard when he was in the 5th grade, it'll be blamed on the president. The President must therefore vet his selections thoroughly, and very few good people are willing to be subjected to that level of scrutiny.

Until we get over all the silly small-politics this nation will continue to decline. You might have thought we'd learned our lesson after people flew planes into NYC and New Orleans was completely wiped out. Turns out, nope, we're still obsessed with phoney "issues".

"I mean, I have lots of cousins I've never met."

Really!?

This is democracy at work!;Messy,frustrating,confusing and time consuming;Yet,better than any other form of government.Churchill had to deal with it.So can this government.Long live the USA !.

Read the story, not just the headline: She's frustrated with the process, not Obama. The process is ridiculous because it has to be for two reasons:
1. Several people have said there were no problems when there really were;
2. The game of trying to find some flaw in a candidate and beat the administration who chose them over the head with it is ever more a part of politics.

A reasonable process in response to those two constraints is going to be, well, frustrating.

The dnc cheated and picked obama over Hillary – boy what a bunch of losers! Hillary would have been 100 X's better president than this idiot!

It may be "rediculous" and "frustrating" but the alternative is worse.

The question is : was obama thoroughly vetted?

I was waiting for Lady Godiva to rear her head. Hill's marking her territory for a run against Obama. Mark my words! Lol.

Then how did so many tax cheats get thru with flying colors?

Kudos to Secretary Clinton for taking a stance in favor of transparency. She could have given a wishy-washy answer, but instead she came out and said "This is the problem right here!"

The rest of the administration could take a lesson or two from her.

Maybe in their vetting process they are now checking to see if the
individual has paid income taxes and need to go down the list several times to find someone that has.....

Folks who do not want to be vetted have a reason they do not want to be vetted.

It will be a lovely time when the Administrations (all parties) have qualified folks who are happy to have their records transparent to review.

Sorry Hilary, can't sneak folks in who have something to hide.

Obama didn't invent this situation. This came from years and years of partisan bickering and finger-pointing.

People, come on. If the Obama adminstration places a candidate without a complete vetting process, and then it turns out that the person has a tax problem that was overlooked some of you folks will be the first to scream about incompetance.

Many of you will not give this man any credit no matter what he does. It is just plain irrational. He can't win with some folks.

Of course the Obama shop is over-doing vetting these days. They have been raked over the coals more than once over accusations of not being thorough enough in the past.

So, which one do you want folks? Over-done vetting, or just a reasonable amount???

Obama is a Joke too... Hillary please run in 2012 ...he is not doing his job

but Ms Clinton, you got ur job pretty fast..........

"Big Government at work. Hillary would have been so much better than this community organizer will less experience than most corporate mid-level managers. Obama is a joke."

I assure you, this didn't start with Obama.

It is better that the vetting be done up front than for the right wing nuts to play "gotch you".

it's pretty simple. tell candidates "tell us everything we need to know – affairs, tax errors, illegal immigrants, church attendance, love children, drinking habits, file sharing, etc." and then tell them "if you put us in an awkward spot, we'll make sure you work minimum wage for the rest of your life, if at all." for pete's sake, each party is powerful enough to destroy someone, and every incident embarrasses and weakens the party in power. why do they put up with it?

Err on the side of caution, if it isn't an emergency. Look at the flack they took for the tax issues of several nominees. What if it were something more serious, or gave the appearance of being more serious.

If you have some serious work to do, you don't want to be distracted by questions of someone's motives and connections.

It is a pain we must bear.

"Obama process ridiculous." What a extraordinarily (and I assume, intentionally) misleading headline.

I'm sorry that Secretary Clinton thinks that the process of screening potential job applicants is frustrating. Perhaps that's the problem with Washington D.C.; that in order to work in government, you must actually be as advertised. Most employers in the private sector go through similar processes.

What blows my mind is that Ms. Clinton thinks that getting a high government posting should be quick and easy. This is how cronyism, nepotism, rascalism, and corruption take root. Tsk, tsk, Madame Secretary!

This is due to politics not to obama or anyone else. Poltics forces these politicians to vet so they can be voted through without politics as usual. Blame your everydat policitian.

Red: This has nothing to do with Obama. He's probably the most frustrated of all, seeing his best picks being put through the wringer and falling off the wayside.

Just the big grinding wheels of bureaucracy...

Par for the course. If we want to have the best qualified, and socially, economically and politically correct person for any high level post, it makes sense. You've got to have your house in order.

It's not the Obama Administration. It's the "will of the people"
We demand that vetting be thourough!
Or all hell breaks lose and fingers get pointed and characters – skewed!

Better to pick them carefully, or risk a possible nightmare.
Look at S Palin. – A Prime Example.

@ Seth:

Exactly. The process was CAUSED to be ridiculous by people who are hiding wrongdoing on the one hand, and by people on witch hunts on the other.

I'm sure Obama is just as frustrated with the situation as Clinton is.

Why are they vetted? They (most of his apointees have not piad their taxes) and they still get the job. He is a pathetic President. He is all about star power and nothing of substance. Hillary was so much betrter – people see it now but they did not then – what a real shame for our country. If I was Hillary I would get out and run against him in 2012. Way to go Hillary.

In typical sensationalist "journalism", the headline on the front page of CNN.com is completely misleading and implies some kind of rift between Clinton and Obama that isn't there in the slightest.

She was merely complaining about the overall process which is clearly just a symptom of how petty politics has gotten. She had no specific complain about Obama but you'd have to actually read the article to know that. Thanks CNN!

And so CNN has to headline this in a sensational way to make it seem that Clinton and Obama are at odds. Nice work CNN. You're getting more like Fox News every day.

The headline selected for this piece is deplorable. It paints a divisive picture between Obama and Clinton, when the real "story" says nothing of the kind! Hillary herself states the vetting process gets 'worse' with each administration, meaning more scrutiny is applied to eligibles (good!). And, the fact that potential hires don't want to be vetted – well that's a problem too, isn't it? It works both ways. Too bad important positions must wait to be filled, but better to end up with the best.

It's ok.....At least Obama has learned to take his time. And with every new president.....we can expect mistakes....I mean look at all the oopss and uh-ohs so far.......He promised change and his change will take a lot longer than what we all hoped for. But hopefully.....Obama will at least keep one of the changes he promsed during election. But if not.....I hear China is willing to loan the U.S. more money.

Right ... people like Red think it's different for people with an "R" after their name. It's okay to see crap on both sides, you know.

It is irresponsible of CNN to create the false impression from the headline of this article that Mrs. Clinton was critical of Obama's process in particular, when she was just making a fairly benign comment regarding red tape in general. This is not news, don't try to make it news. Is this CNN or is this the Enquirer?

Seems to only be red tape and a long process if you're not a minority now.

It is ridiculous. Do care.

Seth in Jacksonville says it well. There is complaining about the vetting process and complaining if the person turns out not to be a saint. I like to blame the Republican politicians (ok and Democrats) that make a mountain out of a molehill, but I think we also need to hold all forms of media that find it newsworthy to place unfounded outrage as front page news items. News media have the obligation to determine which outrage should really be headline news. Likewise, consumers have the obligation to let the news media know when they have crossed the line. We all have played a part in getting to where we are and we all have the responsibility to change it.

Too bad that Obama the man who has not accomplished anything his whole life wasn't vetted.

Yet the problems that have come out are not because of some tiny little detail like having a friend from another country but having not paid Taxes. Would think with all that red tape you would find something like that before the Media does.

I AGREE and Hillary is doing a great job
keep up the great job HILLARY
GARY DAVIS from HARBOR OREGON

Obama just wants cabinet members that are not associated with extremists and that have paid their taxes in the past...oh wait...

Misleading headline referencing 'Obama process' as ridiculous. Article is not addressing Obama's specific process but the arduous process in general. I expect better from CNN.

Repubs are a joke and the fact that they would continue to 'pump' someone that doesn't even know what the 'Bush Doctrine' represents is totally laughable. how can you not know this as a Repub running for the 2nd highest seat in the USA...darn, at the time it was named after the standing president. Also, I still don't understand how the 'liberal' media did it...I mean how did they make Falin give those off the wall answers? I wish I had that power to physcially make someone open their mouth and say some weird things.

I guess with this vetting process, the Repubs know best since they didn't Vet Falin and just threw her to the wolves.

our government is in trouble, we have 200+ years of too much process that has not been cut back

don't know how, but we need to revisit and scale back

This process exists because of the right-wing's constant use of character defamation as their core political strategy. Obama wants his nominations to be able to function at their job without being artificially held down by a minority that despises democracy.

The vetting can't be that bad. Tax evaders seem to do well.

The problem is there are more jobs to fill and not enough Chicago cronies to fill them....Got to learn to out source.

Well you got through didn't you and we know you had a lot of baggage Hilliary.

Is it not how they discovered non-tax paying officials...

Hillary 2012 – nuff said!

Ah... the first signs that the wheels are gonna start falling off this joke of an administration.

If o-duh-ma had been vetted properly for the position of pres in the same fashion his vetting process works, we would've found out that he is a muslim, that he was born in Kenya not Hawaii and finally that he is a socialist. Well, at least we've come to find out about the last one.

Unlike some sissy politicians (and those that voted them in) that denied responsibility for the invasion of Iraq, a $1T deficit, and 4321 deaths, at last, we have someone with balls to admit mistakes and take responsibility for them!

Everyone (including gun/religion clingers) should be grateful!
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/obama.daschle/index.html

"I think I screwed up," Obama said in a wide-ranging interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.

"And I take responsibility for it and we're going to make sure we fix it so it doesn't happen again."

It's all about risk/reward. We live in such a gotcha media culture that government isn't willing to take any risk because they'll get hammered by the press if it turns out poorly. Never mind that is terrible for the nation that we don't get the right people or the right technology because we are so risk averse.

The press was supposed to be the fourth pillar of government, but now that it's all owned by large corporations, money seems to be the only motive, not public service as our founders had hoped.

Anyone else feel like we're approaching the end of the Roman Empire, and it's our own fault? That we're becoming so massively bureaucratic and slow that we're going to suffocate under the weight of ourselves?

Welcome to the real world, Hillary.

Government only gets worse year after year!

Now you know how those of us in the private sector suffer under the idiocy of government!

And your point is?

Red, I don't care how anonymous you think you are, you will not be allowed to talk like that. Learn. Be civilized.

Vet. Make sure it is done properly. Should always be that way.

i dont wanna pay my taxes wither

Hillary was the best choice hands down. Would like to see her run against Obama next election. By then the country should realize she was the best choice the first time around. Things like that make me secind guess being a Democrat.

Yeah, what "Seth in Jacksonville, FL" said. Do it right at the outset or bring on the ensuing circus.

More people need to say it and get away from the obstructionism. It is rediculous when this country is in so much need and trouble and the people responsible need to be voted out next election.

The only thing that is REDICULOUS is hillary, the lady with the chipmunk cheeks .

We can all see that bipartisanship is bringing down the government and eventually the entire country. We will become a giant dysfunctional mess and break up into separate entities.

I like the Obama process better be safe than sorry. I would rather Government officials be top notch, unlike the poor process we have had in the past. Id rather all issues are out in the open and dealt with instead of embarrassing facts coming out later and the same people criticizing the Obama process now will be the first to throw stones, Hypocrites!!!

Repubs and Dems alike reap what they have sown. Another great argument for term limts

Whatever, Hillary. He's just trying to put together a staff that is as bulletproof as possible. You're lucky he threw you a big meaty bone with the SOS job. You're probably just upset because you had some unqualified pal that either didn't want to go through the process or didn't pass the vetting.

Obama better be careful, Hillary will leave a knife in his back in a second. All she cares about is herself. Could this be a chink in the Obama armor? Time will tell.

I thinks its very misleading that you word you links to content on this website the the way you do. I dont think you need sensationalism to get readers to read the links. Most readers come here because they get enough of that at the foxnews site. We dont need that here. Real patriots support the president. regardless of party.

This isn't an Obama problem. As Hillary stated, it gets worse with each Administration. This is a problem with both political parties jumping on ANY opportunity to trash a nominee from the opposing party. Unfortunately, many very qualified individuals have been prevented from serving their country as a result of this process.

That photo isn't from today. Please use a photo from today's town hall meeting for this article.

With the initial problems the Obama Administration had getting people confirmed, I'm not surprised the vetting process takes so long. It seems that it is hard to find qualified people without a lot of baggage. Ms. Clinton should know something about that.

President Obama is doing a good job and I think Hillary shouldn't be knocking him in public!

Obama is not a joke. This person who said so is a joke.

But really, who cares.

only if obama and congress went through the same rigorous vetting when drafting the infamous stimulus bill. Now it's health care...god help us!

We should blame this on the way people are viciously vetted in the public sphere. With the current climate and the republican party of NO stance nominees have to be beyond reproach. Especially, it seems if they are a minority (woman, person of color, LGBT etc) because they are dragged through the mud, even with stellar credentials and character.
The process does suck even for less high profile jobs but until people's lives are not scrutinized in these confirmation hearings the way they are I suspect the process will continue to be unduly frustrating.

Your headline for this little blurb is misleading and bad reporting. "Ticker: Obama process 'ridiculous,' Clinton says"
Although she criticizes "the process" , I do believe she is quite clear in meaning the governmental process, which, is something every president goes through as later stated in the line "...that every administration it gets worse,". I know you are about getting people to read these things as if it were news because you have to fill the pockets of the corporate thieves who pay you, but don't you think there is still some reason to try to have some journalistic integrity.

And Red, honestly, if you believe that mid level corporate managers have more or better skills than a community organizer than you truly misunderstand the point of the Democratic American process which is based on representing COMMUNITIES, not corporate greedy boardrooms!

Lay off of Obama on this unless you're going to criticize every other recent President, too. Bush did it, Bill Clinton did it, HRC would've done it if she'd made President. Barack Obama is President of the United States. Get over that fact and get on with life.

Now, that said, I do believe that's why the Bill Gateses and Warren Buffetts of the world don't run for political office. There's just too much hassle. There's just too much of your private life that gets thrown out there. It does turn away very good people. HRC makes a very good point here on the process in general of being in politics. It *is* nuts.

There was a day when you appointed or nominated people that were simply very good at the job. They didn't have to be members of your specific club/party. Look at how Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana did it. His Lieutenant Governor is a Republican! Why? Maybe Lt. Gov. Bohlinger is...good at the job? Wow...what a concept!

–TP

I never thought I would respond to any of this blog stuff but.....when will America wake up? I have always voted Republican but I think Hillary may be on to something as are other Democrats. Does anyone think that our government knows what they are doing? A ONE TRILLION dollar deficit!!! A constantly changing position by our President!!!! Why is it so important that a health care bill be passed by August 1? This legislation will affect us the rest of our lives. Is the deadline really important? I do not think that the Republicans did do any better nor can they if the best they can do is Sarah Palin. Who would you vote for right now today? Tell me somebody that is a real leader.

So you can't be a BIGGER cheat than OBAMA.....
When do we find ....and get to SEE the Birth Certificate......he hid from us....He is not our PRESIDENT!!!!!!!
We know he lied and cheated us....that is why they are spending
us to death, and having parties and travels, and chothes that will choke a horse....
They may get booted out soon??????? Lets see the goods!!!!!
Who will spill the long awated beans.....REWARDS are offered.....

There is nothing wrong with vetting a candidate. But the Republicans has given vetting a new meaning. Lets VET them out of office beginning with ERIC CANTOR of VIRGINIA.....

Good to see that some folks try to get some info on their people before putting them in positions of power!

OMG will the Clintons ever STOP WHINING????

I heart Hillary, but I would imagine the Obama administration does not want a Palin-like episode re: the vetting process. No matter how you feel about Palin, you have to admit she was not well vetted. All sorts of secrets and more came out after the fact. Some Palin faired well with and some she did not. Either way, you might as well put people through the ringer with the vetting process because the press and the public will probably go at 'em 10 fold.

you reap what you sow!

yea all that vetting...I wonder how much they're vetting the bailout packages and why nothing has really changed. Could they be "vetting" the money too?

@ Seth in jacsonville, FL – you're right. There is just no way to make everyone happy. I, for one, would rather have a vetting process that's a "nightmare" than hear the grim news after the fact that there is a "dirty little secret". that just gives people with nothing to do more ammo to blast the white house with.
better safe than sorry, I guess.

I hope the people who voted for the idiot are happy now – they made their bed and now we all have to lay in it. He is inexperienced and is leading our country down a path we will never recover from in our lifetime if people don't wake up.

As usual, the headline is misleading. Hillary is not criticizing Obama - She's criticizing the process. It would have been no different if she were in charge.

Shut up Hillary.

The Congress caused this when they began the "nannygate" nonsense in the 80s. Hillary and Bill are just as much at fault for this, but the big blame is on the Republicans under Newt Gingrich who accelerated the process to such extremes that no one cann afford to vie for an appointed office unless the are as perfect as Christ or as devious as Mata Hari in hiding their past. things need to change, but they won't as long as we, the American people, continue to accept character assasination as part of the political process.

They know who is liberal and who is not, what is the big deal?

Hmmm. No.

The correct answer is to live your life honestly and uprightly. Admit your mistakes. Have a higher goal. And move forward.

I would personally have no problem with being vetted. (Is that a word?). Politicians have brought this on themselves. And the President knows this. In my view, he wants to move to a higher plane. We should support this from both sides of the aisle.

Maybe it's because Obama and his administration don't have a clue who to pick or how to do it.

Duh. I hope she sticks around. Regardless of whatever you personally think of Hillary, the woman can get the job done. I truly hope she succeeds Obama and puts this country BACK TO WORK and cuts through this huge government mess.

If they didn't some republican leaning blood hound would sniff dirt and use it agaist Obama in a New York minute. The same would happen if the talbes were turned. I bet you McCain wishes he would have "vetted" Sarah Palin a little more before he chose that disaster.

I agree with Seth in Jacksonville - ya can't have it both ways! I'd rather see competent and properly vetted folks than listening to the mocking that occurs if someone stumped their toe twenty years ago and it wasn't reported.

Hillary is showing she is still pissed about losing the democratic nomination. Get over it Hillary!!!

Obama is so terrified that something might come up and he would look bad, that he set up this process. His inexperience, and those of his staff, is showing.
He set this up to demonstrate how ethical he was and yet, he waived his own rules to hire a lobbyist to work at the Pentagon.
Seth is right though. Americans just love fingerpointing, especially at those they disagree with. One's argument always depends on who one is supporting.

Everyone is correct.

And Seth is right on the money.

Since this country has become so partisan, who would take the chance in hiring anyone when that anyone could hand the opposition their next swift boat ad.

Look at the vetting that is going on now with the nomination of Sotamayor to the Supreme Court. If we had to do this for every nominee in any position, the country wouldn't get anything done.

This is American politics in the 21st century; where a faux pas/gaffe travels at light speed and careers are squashed before they begin. Even if it means some very good candidates get thrown out.

What would we rather have? Is there another way?

... and one need only look at Sara Palin to see why vetting is oh soooo important. Senator McCain could learn something here.

Yeah, we wouldn't want to find solid, qualified candidates. Remember when Sarah Palin was vetted for 8 minutes? It's worth the wait to avoid people like her.

that happens when the administration tries to live to the "No Drama Obama" expectation. But they have had a number of Drama even after the thorough vetting.

To: Red: This "community organizer" is your president...like it or not. Show some respect. Obama was left a horrible mess on his (our) plate and is doing the best he can to work with it for the betterment of OUR country. If you will check your history, you might find that Obama is not the only president we've had that wasn't very experienced to hold this office. No, Red. Obama isn't the joke; you and your ignorance are.

lol...yeah, thats why. or was it the 5 tax dodging nominees, Gupta said no...but no one wants to hear that. please hillary, keep feeding the sheeple.

Too bad no one vetted the Clintons well enough... can you say accomplice in Iran-Contra scenario?

And how about that subtle little dig that with every administration the process gets worse? Well, Ms. Hot-air-sticks-to-her-philandering-man-to-get-ahead-politically has been in politics – let's see, according to her for at least 30 years or something – and what exactly has she done to "improve" the process?

Talk about "absolutely ridiculous" – she is, and so is the statement. Do your job and quit whining woman! Crud, if this little bit of bureacratic red tape has her fuming, no wonder so many people agree she's unfit as presidential material. Become part of the solution instead of a major part of the problem!

The USA needs women leaders with brains, moxie, spunk and innovative ideas...not whining, whimpering sots whose only reason for being where she is because she married some lying, disbarred philandering hack who just happened to be a former US president.

So first he's mocked for not vetting enough and having nominees with bad tax records through. Now he's mocked for vetting too much.

Let's at least be consistent.

First salvo in her preparation to challenge him in the next primary. If he doesn't get universal healthcare passed this congress... she's coming.

There's no right or wrong answer either way. If they hired some one that has a questionable record that came to light years after – they point fingers. The people in our gov't have been questionable for decades and the one attempt to fix it and people complain. There's no making anyone happy. Take the high road obama and screw the rest. You people are impossible.

Hillary Clinton should be the President. Well, I guess if Obama spends enough of our money, who knows? There will be Hillary, better at foreign affairs than anyone – and especially better than our Babe in the Woods.

Of course he chose her for that role: otherwise he may well have gotten us all blown up!

Hillary, already an expert in our domestic agenda, and a fighter for REAL health care for EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN, unlike Mr. Slick.

An expert on every corner of the world, and loved by all of them even before she showed up at their doors as Secretary of State.

Just waiting to see what happens here in 3 1/2 years...

It tells me that he was serious about getting the right people in place. Too bad that most of Washington is a cesspool of corruption on both sides of the isle.

You tell them Hillary!!

Thank you cnn for the picture – why that picture? why do you continue to move more to the right everyday. I have got to find some news source that is unbiased and actually reports something. CNN is certainly no longer a source for any real news. It justs repeats what people like Sarah Palin says without any checking or followup.

Sounds like a smelly PUMA dropping bashing our president.

After reading the very first paragraph and then reading the rest of the story including Senator Clinton's quotes, it's easy to understand why many high profile persons stick to the teleprompter.

Well, guess what? Obama was not vetted properly and liberal morons and democrat dummies voted this fool into office. Do people really think Obama has any kind of experience to lead? He doesn't, and therefore he does not know how to pick the right kind of people to put into his administration.

Sounds like Ms. Bill Clinton has thrown down the first "I'm running for President " flag for 2012.

Sotomayor's philosophy: 'fidelity to the law'

Would it be too civilized to ask for a little fidelity to the precepts of humanity and empathy for one's fellow human? I'm afraid this candidate is too ethnocentric and self-absorbed to be considered; and yet I am smart enough to realize my opinion is too preliminary and underconsidered. Just a quick first thought, I think she's not an ideal candidate. But most others aren't as well. She might fit right in. Which would be no big surprise. We fail from winning due to a lack of trying. Some efforts aren't worth the effort.

It's not the Obama administration's fault.....they are just making sure that if they nominate somebody and didn't ask the correct questions that somebody would dig up some kind of dirt and blame the Obama administration for not doing their research. Look at what they did to all of the other nominees for not knowing every little detail. Clinton did not blame the specific administration....she blamed the process by which all administrations must go by because every candidate is chastized by every little thing. They are just being careful.

I dont' think it was just the process she was referring to but the guidelines being used. For example if a qualified canidate wsa a lobbist they can not be considered under this administration. Overall be correct but what about those people who lobbied for fresh water in Africa, or peace, or free drugs. Worthy causes but currently the cirtera does not distinguish what a person was lobbying for.

Isn't it ironic that the President subjects his appointees to such intense scrutiny; when the national press didn't subject him to the same level of questioning? I'd love to know where the President lived from age 18; what is on his college transripts from Occidental and Columbia University he never released...all the foreign nationals he knows....etc etc...

I agree with Sec Clinton. It is good to finally see here again. I get the sense that the Administration has been hiding her away/usurping activities that what would normally be in her role. What a shame. Sign of weakness on the Obama Administration-shame on them.

Sorry to hear Hillary broke her elbow, but I think she looks and sounds better than ever! Hopefully, she can keep us laughing and point out the ridiculous world of politics so that things will truly change! Hillary 2012!

isn't it ironic Obama wasn't vetted but everyone else is?

I'm with Hillary, the lack of expierence within the Obama Admin is amazing. This is going to be a long, hard 4 years.

Obama may be a joke, but he is a very dangerous and unfunny joke!!!

In today's poltical climate one can never be too safe when reviewing a high ranking official's background. It comes down to national security, and even the Clintons are not immune to that process...

We have the best person available as president.

I agree with Red
it's also too bad Obama doesn't let Hillary do the job she was asked to do....

So NOW Hillary complains Where have you been when your husband was using the exact same vetting rules? Oh, I forgot – you only care now, when it concerns you
I am so glad that Clintons are irrelevant!

We need a WOMAN in the White House to get this done.

Hillary, you, of course, were, are and will be the best choice for America!!

nees some cheese with that? It's the gov. they should be questioned. if a few more had been questioned in the past maybe we would not be in the shape we are now!

If the Democrats just had some nominees that were remotely qualified, tax-paying, and were scandal free, then this process would go a whole lot faster! If the lib press did it's job, then a lot of folks inside this administration would not have been confirmed as it is!

and yet it this process seems to miss that a lot of Obama's choices don't seem to think they need to pay their taxes like the rest of us. I agree with Red, Hillary would have been much better as a leader, but the Dems threw her under the bus.

I'm sure it is because Obama knows the scrutiny his administrators will get from the right. It doesn't sound like Clinton is trying to dog Obama.

Red is right, big government at its best.

Glad the most vetted politician in modern history is getting her sense of humor back.

We've missed you, Hill!

I share your frustrations Hillary. I am sure you won't have this kind of problem if you are the one in the White House. Anyway, good luck to you as secretary of state.

Exactly Seth. Somebody always has something to whine about, and the whining is worse during tougher times. People should learn to be grateful and accountable instead of always complaining. Point in case, look at Red's comments, like he's somebody special and is currently working his butt off for the American people.

There are just so many security risks, and important information that these jobs handle, a thorough vetting process is very important. However, I think it would go much smoother if they were more comfortable directing more funds and man power towards that goal. How anyone could say this is "big government at work" is beyond me. It is a GOOD government that thoroughly vets their employees. It is a bad government that gives, say, the job of FEMA director to horse trainers who have less government experience to work through.

It's amazing anything get done in Washington!

At what point did Clinton call the "Obama" process ridiculous? Great job of trying to make something sensational out of nothing, CNN.

well if you dont do that the Rush Limbaugh Party will do just that come up with some phony outrage because the person you hired has a 15th removed cousin that bought an adult DVD when he was 21.

It's because they are trying to avoid the inevitable GOP complaints that they didn't vet them properly. Even so, they will come, because the GOP doesn't have anything else to say.

Lots and Lots of red tape and Hillary should know Obama put her and her husband through it.

It is ridiculous. Don't care

Big Government at work. Hillary would have been so much better than this community organizer will less experience than most corporate mid-level managers. Obama is a joke.

And yet if any imperfections in someone's record come to light afterward, we hear all about how the person "wasn't properly vetted," and they point fingers and complain.