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TOO bad Hilary was not offered the VP. Although Biden is quite a good VP She would have been more helpful in deflecting alot of the criticism that Obama is now getting

Amazed the rest of the world is just figuring this out. Why would Obama pick a running mate, who has a husband who runs his mouth about things he doesn't know about, is completely untrustworthy, is a convicted liar and a known cheat. Instead he picked a running mate who runs his mouth about things he doesn't know about, plagarizes and lies, but is trustworthy and as far as we know doesn't cheat.

Hillary Clinton didn't mince words in Pakistan today – that country has needed to be outed for a long time and she did it. In the last week I saw two cars with Re-Elect Hillary bumper stickers. She doesn't need adoring audiences, doesn't need to be a rock star, doesn't need to be threatened by FOX News. And I recall it was Michele Obama who didn't want Hillary around – putting her own needs and desires above the welfare of the country. I predict this country will never allow a woman President – ever. And they say Muslim countries oppress women – this country is the worst because it has so many more opportunties and riches.

Well America, I hope everyone is happy. In November 2008, America chose to make history rather than to make the right decision. We elected a black man simply because he is black. America voted for a smile, a speech and "good judgement" rather than experience. This is what we got. A man who wasn't sure he could handle Bill Clinton as the husband to the vice president. And we have seen how he handles Afghanistan, Iraq, Somoa, the Olympics, our troops, and our allies. And we have seen how he handles Americas enemies. With open arms. We voted to make history. And now America may BE history.

It goes like this: Bill is smarter than Obama and Obama is smarter than Hillary.

Had we had Hillary, I believe she would given McCrystal Light, his 40000 troops already, but we have Obama. So, he took his time to review the situation.

It's not Bill's fault she lost. It's Obama's fault. The electorate liked him much better, and knew he would be a better president. Blame Obama if you must blame someone.

Hillary lost the election all by herself. Just like McCain did.

If I can vote for Bill Clinton, I'll vote for him again.

As you can see, the haters despise her for being an outspoken woman who works outside her home. Same reason they love Palin, but I'm not saying they're smart.
cat, be quiet when the grownups are talking. David Plouffe is not the president, and has no presidential responsibilities. Did you think Obama wrote the book for him?

Why try to throw Bill Clinton under the bus now? He still wields enormous clout and there doesn't seem to be any real political gain in doing this now. He may come out the winner in this new spat. Obama is not nearly as untouchable now as he was during the campaign. What do they think they'll gain from this? Strange!

Come on! We all know Obama was not ready to be President of the United States.

But like we all said, it's a job that yu can only be ready when you're done with it, after 4 or 8 years of serving in it.

The minimum requirement is 35 years old and a US Citizen.

Of all the candidates, yes, Hillary had a BIG PLUS to her. Her man has done it before and it'll be like reading the alphabets over again.

We made our choice and we decided to pick someone who smiles. Now, we must all live with it.

Overall, he's only going to get better at making decisions and at running 300-milion Americans. While he puts us on experiment, let us pray!

God bless all! I would have voted for Huckabee had he won.

It was simple "Hillary + Bill" spells 'BAGGAGE"!

Most democrat politicians were against Hillary for this same reason: if she is number one, Bill will be number two, if she is number two Bill will be number one. What active politician wants to be in the shadow of an ex-president? Thus, all the support for the other candidate from established politicians!!!!

It was not Bill Clinton's fault. First and foremost, the ELEPHANTS had situations like this before and they came together.

I just want to say that the Clintons did the right thing in tripping Obama. It is the most powerful job in teh US, and they both have the rights to throw him around.

If I have to blame anyone (I did vote for Obie), I would blame it on Obama. He could have been his own man, lead and assure everyone that HE can tame them. But he backed off. So now, my gal, Hillary, is not a VP, but she looks great as a Sec of State. Thank God she didnt sit and write and read boring legislation.

Thank You. And God bless the BRAVE!!! hearts!!

We want Hillary Clinton to be our President from 2016 to 2024. Our Great Country needs ample time to recover from the Bush/Cheney Bankrupting tour!!!

He was never gonna pick her too bad for us. As far a people saying she was only where she was because of Bill they need to check the facts. Hillary was in TIME magazine before she was married to Bill back in college. She Helped mold this man. Helped him withthis campaign for governor of Ark. She was brining home the money while Bill was the govenor only making 35,000.

CNN post.

The book should be called "The Audacity of Spin".

A Obama/HillaryClinton ticket would have been unbeatable But let's face it, Hillary's campaign got too nasty and ugly. She burned her own bridges to be VP.

Hillary is a joke. She wasn't qualified to be president and never will be. As far as being Secretary of State, she stinks at that job as well. Surely, our country has better candidates to offer.

Hilary would have been a great ticket however with the race going the way it did of course he was probably concerned with having someone as one of the main links in his chain who he can't truely trust despite all of Obama's critics we aren't currently in a recession and things are turning economically he is creating new policies and trying to move the country in the direction we should have been going form the start like the pilots who pasted their destination and had to circle back that is what he has had to do . turn around the debocles of the previous EIGHT YEARS and spin it in a new direction simply stop hating I would rather have a president with genuine positive intentions that fails then to have one with bad intentions suceed by waging wars to kill and rob other countries to make the United States of America the richest nation in the world.!

Makes sense- I love President Clinton- but sometimes it's better to stop a situation before it starts- That was a wise choice for President Obama and team. Hillary is doing a good job as Secretary of State.

I wish I were dumb enough to be a conservative...

Hillary is doing a fine job but notice, it's Obama's strategy she is
implementing. Dont forget that. He is a lot smarter then most Americans think. A one time President? Forget it! By the day he
is leaving office he deserves a place at Mt. Ruhsmore. Just wait and see. Period!

she is doing a tremendous job as Sec of State!

i'm looking forward to having her run again in 2016!

Hillary is in a far better spot right now. I Love Biden and feel he is in his correct spot as well.
Obama's insistance of including her on the list should have come as no surprise. He wanted to be able to say with a clear conscience that she was considered.
The team at the top are in their proper space givne the outcome of the primaries.

Crying over spilled milk? What is done is done...

Hillary is making a great Secretary of State and would be wasting time as the VP as the VP doesn't have any real responsibilities except to break ties in the Senate...

The Clintons are admired around the world...

People need to stop coming up with talking points in an effort to sell their books....Sad really

I don't disagree with the sentiment that Hillary Clinton would have been an excellent choice for vice president, and could possibly be a great switch in President Obama's re-election.

Had candidate Obama chosen Hillary Clinton last year, it would have changed the dynamics of the race in two ways: 1) Republicans would have hated him even more when he won and 2) John McCain would not have picked Sarah Palin.

So John McCain's run was doomed practically from the start, and Barack Obama was destined to win. And today's Republican blogger's hopes that President Obama wil lose a run for a second term is silly dribble.

That's unfortunate. Hillary would have made a tremendous VP, but then, I doubt Biden would have done half as well as she at Sec. of State.

Sec. Clinton is serving the country quite brilliantly at the State Dept. But for those who are quick to call President Obama a one-term president, how many terms did Abe Lincoln serve? You don't need several terms to accomplish your goals. Health care will be reformed under Obama's watch, so is climate control and Energy legislation. Throw in Immigration reform and you have three of the countries persistent problems solved! Did I forget the economy? It will recover and Wall Street will become more responsible. These would be great accomplishments, folks!

Since Obama is not qualify to be President by the constitution, "read it, it self explanatory". Biden is the President, and Hillary is the Vice President, and she doing a good job at it. If Obama chose her for Vice President, she would have been the President, Obama the Vice President. That's what it should have been from the beginning anyhow.

She would have been a great VP. She would have been a great President. She is doing great as secretary of state

The big story is that either way, the country was saved from the Republicans.

It's true even today... Bill complicates Hillary's job. Case in point, the "I'm not my husband" outburst she had at that press conference in Africa.

Still, it's good to see, that despite the ackwardness of Bill, Obama still chose her for a high profile position, and also still choses Bill to help with high profile interaction with difficult situations (N Korea). It shows me, that he knows how to use the talent around him, despite their difficulties.

no kidding! bill has been doing the same thing to her all their marriage and she stays married to the bum. its all about power.

i would have more respect for her if she acted like a true feminist and left him.

i am a republican too.

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Power-Hungry-Pit-Bull is what it would have been. Biden fits much better as Tweedle Dumb.

I believe the President made a great choice to ask Mrs. Clinton to serve as our Secretary of State. She is an awesome leader in any capacity. We should all be grateful to have her in such an important position.

Obama made the right choice. He did not need Bill’s mouth and ego in the background getting in the way of everything!

Today is not a good day to be a Republican. Tomorrow doesn't look good either.

Barack's last year "election win" was a fluke, a glitch inside the (poltical) system. Next year is the real deal though, let's see how many Congress' seats the Dem can hold on to. It's gonna be a bloodbath...pure, pure carnage. Mark my words.

The real reason was she was too powerful to put next to him. Her ideas would have value and a constituency behind her. Biden is just a puppet...that talks for himself too much.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a winner and is serving our country well, so don't get it crooked.

Blaming Bill for everything has become a cottage industry for some. This time the motive to blame Bill is to sell lot$ of book$. Clinton deserved to have been offered VP with Holbrook or Kerry as Secretary of State.

In other words, Americans should excuse Obama's ineptitude on the grounds that he "wanted to do" this or that.

Obama is still the most inept and incompetent president since Jimmy Carter. Sooner or later (obviously later) even the media won't be able to cover for him anymore.

Hillary would have made a great President but I'm quite happy with the President we have. Barack Obama is making great progress in the short period of time he's been in office. I don't expect to agree with every policy but overall he's moving the nation away from the dreadful policies of the past 8 years. Clinton is reestablishing our relationships with our allies. It's a good partnership, good for our country.

Biden's foreign policy skills are a huge bonus. He may have a bad habit of speaking honestly but that's fine with me. We need his skills and intelligence.

I think people need to separate Bill from Hillary. Like when the reporter asked her what her husband thought about something she was dealing with as the Secretary of State. what a jerk

Hillary Clinton is the one who blew her own chances to be VP more than anyone else. How could she credibly be on a Presidential ticket when she repeatedly suggested that the Presidential candidate couldn't be trusted to take a 3:00 a.m. telephone call? The GOP would have had a field day running Hillary's anti-Obama negative campaign ads in the general election...with her on the ticket? You must be joking! Then-Senator Obama may have appeared to seriously consider her, but that only means that she was one of the finalists. Michele Obama would have ultimately persuaded him no way, no how. The complications caused by Bill Clinton was just the final straw that eliminated her...or the pretext. Hillary had to appear to be a VP finalist for political appearance reasons to placate her supporters because the Democratic Party was divided into pro-Clinton and pro-Obama factions...with both factions being anti-each other.

David Plouffe: The Audacity of a Book Published Too Soon.

He's only shooting Obama, the Clintons, and the Democrats in the collective foot. For someone who's compared to Rove in terms of strategy and smarts, he sure did suddenly go stupid on writing and releasing this book while Obama is still in office. If I was Hillary, I'd be angry about this revelation now (not the fact of the matter, just the disclosure of it).

There are many people out there who do not like her and this influenced the results. I think a lot of people didn't want Bill near the office again and this is how they punished him.

Hillary is doing pretty darn good at State; should she wish to run for pres after her term she would be invincible. Had she been VP, the GOP already had a playbook with which to attack her. Obama made a very smart decision that helps Hil in the long run.

Bill couldnt help it.Lets crush Rush for the fun of it.

Obama threw Hillary under the bus months before she even knew it.

What I find extremely hilarious is that both Clintons remarked, during the campaign, that Obama was NOT qualified to be president. What happen between those remarks and 20 January 2009 that caused an immediate change of heart? Or are the Clintons just playing a game? Difficult to trust politicians these days...it is all about them; character does not play.

Actually some of Obama's hateful and sex-ist followers set the tone to make her out to be a demon of some sort.

All on old fabricated ultra-con lies – kind of a sick twist in the end.

I wish Obama had select Hillary as his VP. He could have used Bill Clinton to stabilize the economy, because He and Biden is certainly not helping.

The gutless fraud "in charge" now was selected, elected and now protected by the media and in spite of Hillary being superior to him in every facet, the sheep voted the way the media told them.

I respect Hillary but have NONE for Obama, he hasn't earned it.

Four and the uh, uh, h, uh door Mr "Present".

As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton can only build upon her already outstanding leadership experience even more; more than she could have as Vice President. In time, Hillary will be the President…that is if she runs again in 2015...which I hope that she does.

I support President Obama, but President Bill Clinton will always be one of the Party's heaviest hitters! Simply put, he's the king.

You can GUARANTEE that Pelosi did not want Hillary as VP.

She did not want another woman to outshine/over power her.

Pelosi wanted all of the power/control--and if Hillary would have been VP, this would not have happened.

The Dream Ticket isn't dead just yet! there's 2012....... its all about 2016.

This is Dumb....Bill Clinton was the only President in that last 50 years who showed any level of fiscal responsibility. Bill Clinton should be president not Barrak, not Hillary. Barrak Obama has become the most irresponsible President with our budget and is crippling our future and future generations. Bush was bad, Nixon was worse but it looks like Barrak Obama will go down in history as being the all time worst president and we will go into a Depression and we will go bankrupt. Bring back Bill !!

Clinton was the president that started the demise of the American worker. He was the one that started exporting jobs Bush merely accelerated the process. Hillary was an extension of Bill Clinton's war on the worker. I would have never voted for her because of this and I am pretty sure many are in the same boat.

Too bad the media threw Hillary under the bus in favor of Obama........just goes to show that the media should NOT be trusted.

This is news???
Anyone with brains should have figured this out long ago.
The biggest strike against Hillary was her association to the Clinton administration, and worse the fact that Bill kept in the limelight trying to support her. Bill may yet prove to be a good statesman, but he was only a lackluster president as will be born out in the writings of history. The best support he could have given Hillary, would have been to keep a low profile.

That decision to not have Clinton on the ticket was the worst decision he could have made considering that SHE should have been the nominee. The Democrats screwed up big time. I used to consider myself a long-time Democrat, but after they Dems revealed their true colors in 08, I decided never to vote for a Democrat again. What has become of this party who supports a racist with terrorist connections? Who votes for someone like that?

Whatever...

So what you're trying to tell us is that the best choice for VP was placed on an early version of the list that at that point probably included about two dozen names (or more) and she was supposedly knocked off because her husband occassionally put his foot in his mouth. And that whole foot-in-mouth thing would be completely unlike the current VP in what way?

Obama had to put Hillary in his cabinet, otherwise come 2012 she would run against him and WIN! Obama is a one term president, this is going to be a long 3 years!

Probably true- but to be fair, would she ever have been in the running in the first place, or even known nationally, if she wasn't Bill's wife? It's reason enough I think history and feminists needed to keep looking for a first woman president example of strength, self raised and not there because of who they married.

As we all know, Bill is responsible for Hillary not being president or vice-president. According to info obtained from another source, Michele was the dissenting voice against Hillary because of Bill.

She and Joe can switch next time!

Hillary should have divorced "cigar boy" when she had the chance...

Clinton never should have joined the Obama team. I voted for her in the primaries because of her husbands record but to be honest neither she nor Obama showed me anything to be hopeful for other than the gop hated them both so I felt they had to be for average US citizens. DOes anyone understand that we need real world factory jobs that pay a decent wage to sustain the economy in this country. It seems no one in the gop ever does and fewer Democrats seem to realize this.

He would do or say whatever gave him the best chance to win. Why is this a surprise? It was an election.

I like Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. It is a far more substantial job than being vice prez.

And she is doing a great job.

Are we running 10 month old stories CNN? There are a lot more politically charged stories than this one going on right now. New York's 23rd District special election?

Not to say the Hillary would have been a smart pick, but obviously this guy Obama can't do anything right as we have all experienced the past 10 months including his laughable pick Biden for VP.

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One Big Astounding Mistake America

No doubt, Mrs. Clinton would have been a much better president than Obama. We could not do any worse than Obama.

I am glad that President Obama decided against appointing Hilary Clinton as his VP and appoint Joe Biden instead. In fact, Obama should not have even appointed her to be Secretary of State. She is not suited to the job and lacks foriegn policy credentials and knowledge. I think that the President should seriously consider replacing Hilary with Bill Richardson and put her in a different cabinet position or just fire her. Bill Richarson brings more to the Secretary of State position in terms of knowledge, skills and abilities than Hilary Clinton.

Ol' Willie would find a way to screw anything up.

' Plouffe quotes Obama as saying. "If I picked her, my concern is that there would be more than two of us in the relationship." '

That's what she said....

This is news? I think Biden was really the best choice. I was hesitant at first for Clinton as Sec. of State, but she's done a great job. I really like her, but I think Obama and Biden have better chemistry.

Who cares she should have won anyway. BHO gamed the primary system.

I'd much rather have Bill Clinton or Hillary Clinton as President than OBAMA.

I am glad he did not pick her, because there would always have been a conflict with the fact that SHE WAS vice president when things went wrong. I think she is a wonderful secretary of state. Being a person who is seen and not heard as vice president was not the role we would have liked for her....she deserves for her talents to be used. Biden is perfect. He is just the type of seen and not heard person needed in that spot.

Look forward to reading this book.

Maybe if Bill Clinton was "in the relationship" we wouldn't be in the mess we are in now. Obama could use some help from someone who knows what they are doing, because he certainly doesn't have a clue.

for the first time i can say 'thank you Bubba'.

What a dream ticket that would have been!! Maybe next time?? Of course, there's always the chance that Mrs. Clinton will get the nod for the higher post of POTUS!!

What an original title.

i have now gone past "amazed" by the obama people. where did they learn and master the art of blame the other guy. it is bill's fault that obama couldn't pick hillary?

it's, ADD YOUR NAME HERE, fault not obama's that, ADD YOUR CAUSE HERE, THEN CHOOSE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, DID NOT SUCCEED, FAILED, STALLED, WAS TOO EXPENSIVE, ADD OWN GRIPE HERE,. etc

The sins of the husband visited on the wife.

Mysogyny in its very purest form.

No surprise there. She clearly is a better fit as Secretary of State in my opinion.

That is the only wise thing he has done!!

I have to agree that Bill became a liability. I think she is a great Sec. of State and am not at all supprised that Obama chose her.

So why does CNN keep asking if HIllary will run again...shifting blames...the media was the blame for what happened to her chances...move on.

Everyone knew this. It isn't news to me.

It had to be a tough decision..... I would have been happy the other way just as much......

There was a great casting list to choose from and I'm sure many of us would like to have those choices, if we were to choose....

And this is news how??..Bubba can't help but being in the spotlight every second he is awake..did anyone ever really believe he could survive being second banana??

No, it was not Bill Clinton who scuttled it. It was Obama's perception/fear that Bill would interfere and that there could be a contention between a President and fist man-VP. And Obama does not like any competition. He wants to be the star everywhere. He is acting like Carter who wants to make all decisions but does not have his experience. I am a democrat and now I am suffering the loss of Virginia and possibly NJ and many more American lives in Afghanistan. Call me old fashioned with a Ph.D. in Engineering and management experience. EXPERIENCE does matter. After all that's how Obama selects people. Too bad, majority of Democrats did not value experience over oratory. It should have been Hillary-Barak ticket not Barak-Hillary! Axelrod and Plouffe are all wrong although they managed to win the election with a poorer candidate.

If Obama really said what he did about picking Hilary, I completely agree. She needs to be her own person, but with that vulture constantly over her shoulder I can see why Obama didn't pick her. It would be like having both Clintons as VP and that's something we really don't want to see.

Hillary isn't on the top of my list for anything but...she would have been a better choice than Biden. Obama could have muzzled Billary I'm sure.

So Obama was afraid he couldn't handle Bill? Wow, fills me with lots of confidence regarding his ability to handle Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, Russia, etc.

Sorry to say it wasn't at all Bill's fault just because they are saying they didn't like his outbursts, but the fact that Hillary either wasn't in the good old boys' club since so many sexist remarks were tossed her way by Obama supporters (Olbermann saying she should get out of the race or someone should take her into a room where only he comes out) while Obama kept quiet about the attacks, and secondly she isn't part of the crowd imported from Chicago. Even in her position now as Secretary of State, she seems to be marginalized by Obama and the actions of Biden, and now Kerry,

Smartest move he could have made.Can you imagine the second guessing that would be involved with every decision. Not to mention the expense of having a full time food taster for Obama which (don't kid yourself) would be critical!

No thanks President OBama we want her as our President in 4 or 8 years.!!!

Smart move Obama.
Sometimes you got to do what's right for the better of everyone else.
Surely Bill would have asserted his authority. The ticket would have read vote for "Obama/Clinton/Clinton"

PS. CNN WHY haven't you covered the 3 day old story of Matthew Hoh, the State Department employee & former Marine who resigned because of his opposition to the Afghan war?

Please stop covering Palin, and give us the REAL news!

How sweet just another" (insert Obama administration personality) can do no wrong and all of their short comings are the fault of someone else" piece.

Don't care.

Whatever. Secretary Clinton is doing a great job in the position she's in. This is not news. Stop trying to create division within the Administration CNN.

I'd be curious to know if the President still has the same feelings about Bill Clinton – now that Hillary is SOS and President Obama has had several meetings with Bill on other issues. Seems like he's already part of the relationship and it's working out just fine.

Oh yes, we all know who made that decision. It was in the news weeks ago from the person who made the statement.
Also, I believe the quotes were directly from the person who formulated the notion to avoid Hillary and even Bill being in the White House. Come on now and stop trying to blame the former President for a decision that he did not make. Maybe the former President did not want his wife to be president or vice president, but as I said, the people know the one who was given the power for the direction of the current decision to pick the vice president. The people can not be fooled about the main person who is making decisions for us.

no problem as it turns out she is doing a wonderful job as secretary of state.. and Joe Biden is also doing a wonderful job . along with the most powerful man in the free world ,our president

BARACK OBAMA

Whether or not Bill was a complication – the right wing Clinton haters would have cranked up the Limbaugh/Coulter/Beck/Malkin/O'Reilly Noise Machine.

In politics, perceptions are more important than reality.

Hillary and Bill both knew that you cannot base your policy/adminstration on catering to the liberals--or you do not win a second term. Bill learned this while in office-- which is why he changed his ways and began governing from the middle--which gave him a second term. They knew that Obama would not do this.

And, they did not know if Hillary might want to run again in the future.

Also, I have read articles. The Democrats are thinking about running someone against Obama in 2012. And after Obama--the only one that would have a chance, is Hillary!!!

. . . and then some nut would have shot Obama so we could have the first black prez AND the first female prez. No thanks pal, this is just fine. Oh listen, was that a Bush supporter's head exploding from rage? There went another one. Hmmm.

People generally tend to like Bill and dislike Hillary. She hinders her own chances.

It just shows how wrong Obama's people were. Bill has been nothing but an asset to the administration since Hillary has become SOS.

Hillary should have been president, but if not, then she should have been his vice presidential pick. She won 18 million votes and more votes from registered Democrats than Obama, aside from winning most large states that held primaries. Obama won his pledged delegate advantage through the disenfranchising caucuses.

Some democracy we got going over here........

I seriously do NOT think that Hillary really wanted to be VP--as she would then be too closely connected to Obama--the corruption, his policies, etc.

Based on polls-Hillary now has higher approval/support than Obama. If she would have been Obama's VP--Hillary and Obama would have been "one"--both with sinking approval/support numbers.

And, at that point--Hillary did not know if she wanted to run for President again. And, if she did want to run--she did not want to be connected to Obama's policies.

Obama missed his best opportunity to become a "great Pres" right there. She would've been his best choice of the bunch. Picking Hillary would've been genius! Too bad his ego got in the way.

David Plouffe, I'm sure that is going to be a VERY GOOD BOOK! This book is going to be on the New York Times best sellers' list ON THE MERIT, unlike some of those Republicans with the GHOST WRITERS who have companies buying bulks so they can be on the best sellers' list.

Anyone surprised? I think Bill Clinton also hindered her chances at the presidency, I for one, thought 'who will be president?' How can two very strong personalities survive when one has to step aside for the good of the other? Mrs. Clinton is and will be a brilliant Sec. of State. I am satisfied with this.

America elected the right person for president. America rejected the vile politics of the Republicans and will again!

America wont be fooled by GOP lies again!

Audacity to Win is the name of the book? There is a LOT more audacity by this administration than just winning. How about the audacity to shut out the American people and the Constitution and try to turn this country into a Socialist/Communist country? Now THAT is audacity!!

david plouffe, who cares? hillary never wanted the job. she knew it would Obama's fast track move to marginalize her. she's a hard worker. she LIKES to WORK. there is no doubt in my mind that she would have turned that job down so fast. and she all but turned down SS, too. until some of her friends encouraged her to take it because she was best person for the job.

PLEASE!!!! He didnt pick her because she would have outshined him.

Bill Clinton was our president, and he, of all people, knows all the pitfalls caused by unflattering comments made by the opposition. Since he had his turn, I believe he has the good sense to be quiet about how a current administration runs the country, as he has shown since his wife became Secty. of State.. He has always said he will do whatever he is ASKED to do. It seems to me these were unnecessary concerns about Hillary being chosen as VP. However, she seems happy where she is, although she sure does look tired a lot. Anyway, I like Joe, too; I don't care what anyone says about him.

It's all water under the bridge now. It was a forgone conclusion at the time that Bill was uncontrollable and would have been extra baggage for Obama to carry. Except for the "Bill" factor, Hillary definitely would have been a better choice than Biden. We can only dream now and think about thow things would have been. Look at how it turned out though with Hillary as SOS and we still got Bill running around doing errands for Obama. Better to keep him busy and out of trouble.

Hopefully both Obama and the Clintons realize that in the end she is much more useful as SoS than as a VP. She is a high-profile figure with name recognition in her own right, as well as the wife of a former President. Her mere presence in a country sends a message that "we're serious, and we're here to do business." On the other hand, does anybody even know what Joe Biden has been doing this week? If Obama had picked Hillary for VP, she'd be intensely frustrated right now, and probably causing Obama no end of grief. This way, she's happy, Bill's happy, and Obama's more effective as a result. The only one who's probably wishing he were somewhere else is old Joe What's-His-Name.

Obama can only wish he was half as sucessful as Bill
Clinton' s presidency--Obama's people labled Bill Clinton a racist. What a joke. He has done more for African Americans than Obama will ever do. Obama was not qualified to be President. The Democrats screwed up big time selling out Hillary. They are going to pay for years to come. It is to bad CNN has sold their sole to Obama. You lost thousands of viewers based on your sucking up to Obama.

I like Hillary, but think that she is being much more effective as Secretary of State than she would have been as Vice President. I think that Plouffe is correct in saying that there would have been too many complications - the chief of which would be Bill, not to mention her own ambition. Hillary, herself, is a polarizing political entity that would have split some moderate votes away from the ticket.

That being said, and moral failures aside, I think Bill is doing some good work right now. As a former President, and spouse of the current Secretary of State, he is "loaning" his experience and international knowledge to the current White House to good purpose.

If that the case, Obama choice for VP is the correct choice he made in picking Biden.

I don't believe what they put on book memoirs. The publishers always push for some juicy story in order to get free publicity for their book.

If this is true, then my estimation of Obama rises. This is legitimate political thinking and deserves praise. He objectively included Hilary Clinton simply because she was qualified and alot of voters liked her. That her husband's overweening presence deep-sixed her chances to be VP says more about her choices as a human being than a politician. Knowing that, it is still amazing that she was offered the Secretary of State post but it turns out to be a smart move. She has proved adept and without much meddling from her husband. Out of loyalty she would not oppose Obama in 2012 but if all goes well, why should she not be a candidate again in 2016? I don't see any other "phenoms" on the Democratic horizon to oppose her, except perhaps for Jim Webb of Virginia.

It is unfortunate how much SOS Clinton has been hindered simply because of her relationship with her husband. He didn't even give her the benefit of the doubt that she would keep him in line, or that Bill would have the respect to mind his own responsibilities and not hinder into hers.

I think this was a very poor reason to take her off the list, but she is doing very well at SOS – she's popular for once!

It was probably very difficult finding Hillary a job in the new administration. She can't cook and her typing is atrocious. I'm glad he found a place for her where she can't do too much harm; Chief Traveling Check Deliverer. This is one way to keep her out of Washington for 4 years.

This article is a waste of space. It has no relevance to anything current or of value except promoting another tell-all book from someone from the "who cares" category.
It shows CNN has too many staff reporters if this is what they have to drag up to justify their job.

Way to go Bill.

Everyone now realizes, we hope, that the ticket should have been Clinton/Obama given what we see now from this President's lack of ability to make decisions and his screwed up sense of what is and what is not of immediate importance on his agenda.

Mr. Plouffe,

I am sure that President Obama deeply appreciates having the confidence he placed in you be so violated. It is disgusting to see
such a blatant violation of trust when these types of conversations
are repeated publicly and so quickly after the fact. Do not be surprised
if you find that those around you begin to trust you a whole lot less.

Hillary would have been a great pick – but of cause she does very well as Secretary of State too. What this does show: President Obama always thought about what would bring the country forward and how he could find great people to support him in this difficult job.
Not like Mc Cain who just wanted an eye catcher; never mind how badly suited for the job – as long as he felt it would be to HIS advantage. To see how he presents himself now towards the President shows how badly HE wanted the job.

I don't think Obama wanted Hillary on his ticket no matter what. He only would have picked her if he really felt it was the only way he could win. It's really too bad too. He could have gone down in history not only in being the first (quasi) African-American president (remember, he's as white as he is black). He could have created a truly historic ticket and opened up the office of VP to a woman for the first time in our history. I still wish he had done that, but at least Hillary has opened the door for women candidate in the future. Ironically, the biggest winner in Obama's selection is Sarah Palin. McCain never would have picked her if Obama had picked Hillary. And as soon as Palin faces the reality that she'll never be president, she'll probably make millions hosting a show on Fox. She's smarter than people give her credit for.

Well, personally it doesn't make a difference, as we are now seeing YES WE CAN and CHANGE is all hot air.. it's democratic, Washington politics as usual – Obama lied thru his smile. He said what needed to be said to get him elected – then proceeded to doing the norm. Then wiht Rahm Emanuel trying to control the press and speech - it seems the Constitution to the Obama and his staff is null and void.
and let's not forget the communist czar – and valerie jarrett knew he was a communist... So we should concern outselves Hillary wasn't his running mate... WE THE PEOPLE have more important things to worry about.. Now let's see if you post this or maybe you have to run it by the White House Staff

Well, personality it doesn't make a difference, as we are now seeing YES WE CAN and CHANGE is all hot air.. it's democratic, Washington politics as usual – Obama lied thru his smile. He said what needed to be said to get him elected – then proceeded to doing the norm. Then wiht Rahm Emanuel trying to control the press and speech - it seems the Constitution to the Obama and his staff is null and void.
and let's not forget the communist czar – and valerie jarrett knew he was a communist... So we should concern outselves Hillary wasn't his running mate... WE THE PEOPLE have more important things to worry about.. Now let's see if you post this or maybe you have to run it by the White House Staff

Apparently then-Senator Obama was more concerned about the country, and making certain the U.S. would be in good hands should anything happen to him as president, than Senator McCain.

McCain, by choosing then-Governor Palin, showed that he was more concerned about getting votes and appeasing the extreme right-wingers, than he was about the country's fate should anything happen to him as president.

Thank God we didn't elect a weakling like John McCain.

"The Audacity to Win" is a horrible book title.

O.K. Now That It Eases Your Mind As Well As MSNBC's Chris Matthews. Secretary Of State Mrs. Hillary Clinton Is Still An Intrigal Part Of The Obama Administration. So What Exactly Is Your Point?

Mr. Plouffe is just stirring up more trouble. He should not say things like this. It makes it seem like Bill is hindering Hillary's career.

I wish people on BOTH sides would stop writing these so called "tell all" books with all this mess in it.

As a veteran who fought in the Gulf War, I don't like what I see in my country right now. Left vs Right, the racial issue rearing its ugly head again. Why can't we ALL be just Americans? I mean people are saying send our troops to Afghanistan, when they don't know what the hell they are talking about. People are calling Captian Hoh a "coward" when he ACTUALLY fought for that right. Let's see all these who want our men and women in war actually join the military and go to the front lines. Anyway, Plouffe helped run a good campaign, he should now just shut up.

I think Bill did hurt Hilliary's chance, but, the truth remains Hilliary was known to stretch the truth, but, is she a radical?? No, therefore Obama had no intentions of selecting her, He (Obama) is well known for not telling the truth, so no one will believe that he was seriously thinking of selecting Hilliary. I still say that if Obama will not tell the truth about his place of birth, he will never,never be honest with the American people. I personally think Hilliary should count her blessings that she did not become Obama's selection. Hilliary could outsmart Obama without openning her mouth. The American people have been lied to and belittled by this black president, time will prove his dishonesty and shame on him. Betty Phillips

Our president made a wise choice. There would have been "two" many presidents.

Given the way the Obama presidency has started, Clinton should consider it a blessing that she was not asked.

OMG!!! Obama AND my girl Hilary I would've died and gone to heaven!
I always thought that this would've been THE DREAM TEAM in politics, and the duo required to get us through one of our darkest hours. Obama, however, proably had it pegged right in regards to Bill. Bill did go off the deep end on a short walk during the campaign, to the extent that I know in my heart somebody told him to sit quietly in the corner until the elections were over,and let the people decide WITHOUT his input. They really did yank his chain, HARD!

Obama is now giving American tax dollars (39 million) from the Obama Stimulus to the United Kingdom to build trucks. Obama is shipping our jobs overseas.

It's complicated – if it wasn't for Bill, Hillary would be president or vice-president today, except that if it wasn't for Bill, no one would ever have HEARD of Hillary.

What a feminist – she is famous because she's the little wifey of the philandering husband.

Truth probably is that Axelrod and Plouffe chose the VP and eliminated Clinton–as they seem to make all of Obama's decisions for him. He does not seem to be able to make decisions.

It isn't a huge surprise, but she is doing a fine job as Sec. of State. She'll do fine if she runs in 2016.

I'm very glad we got her as secretary of state

as a president, I don't know, even as a VP, she is certainly better than anything the GOP has but I think the Democrats have better and did have better options

On the other hand, she probably never would have been a candidate for the VP position or for President., and never been the Secretary of State and a U.S. Senator if it hadn't been for her husband.

She's doing just fine a Secretary of State. You go Hillary!

It would have been a great ticket. Then we would not have Biden saying “…Hillary would have been a better pick than me…”?

The way it is now was well planned and meant to be. Hillary is doing a great job as Secretary of State – AND, who knows – President Obama MAY want to be president for ONE TERM only? Hmm, this is the reason why he always mentioned the "FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW" and the reason why he is trying to get EVERYTHING done as he promised in the campaign!

I think – and I will PATENT this thought – President Obama will step aside and Hillary will run in 2012 and give those REPUBLI-CAN’Ts another reason why they are LOSERS!!! President Obama in 2012 could once again run the BEST campaign of ALL TIMES for Hillary Clinton!!! Yes We Can!!!

Plouffe quotes Obama as saying. "If I picked her, my concern is that there would be more than two of us in the relationship."

Oh come on. Bill was quite used to having more than two people in their relationship.

I agree that there might have been 2-4-1 if Hillary was vice president, but that would have been a GOOD thing. When Bill Clinton was president, I had a sense of a copresidency. They are both so smart and admirable, that it is sensible for the duo to feed off of each other's strengths, knowledge and intelligence.

Poor Hillary....foiled by the vast left wing conspiracy of Obama and Bill...who says liberals respect women? The to add insult to injury, instead of sending our SOS to pull Al Gore's buddies from Korea...he pandered to a dictator and Bill....

His next book should be "The audacity to write another book while our people are Dying in Afganistan, unemployment is 10% and all I got was this lousy Nobel Prize."

Geez, what a surprise, Bill screwing up something else for his wife.

Politics....Hillary would have made a better president....Mcain would have been even better....Romney would have been the best. But who cares? The election is over now, lets look to the future.

Hillary would have made a better president. More knowledge and able to make decisions.

When it comes to wanting center stage, Bill Clinton is a bit like Teddy Roosevelt, of whom a family member supposedly said, "When Theodore attends a wedding he wants to be the bride and when he attends a funeral he wants to be the corpse."

Well gee, like that's some big surprise.............Bill and his mouth have gotten him in trouble many times. It would have been a battle as to who was president. The fact that Obama even considered Hillary shows he seriously lacks judgment.

Plain and simple, not pulling punches, this country is more sexist than it is racist anymore.

Nothing better illustrated this fact than mere weeks after the primaries began, bumper stickers attcking Hillary were prominent among the mud-slingers. It wasn't until Obama won the primaries that ridiculously offensive and defensive bumper stickers would appear opposing his candidacy.

You can point as many fingers as you want, fact is, this country's collective intelligence seems lower than's G.W. Bush's approval rating in times of big decisions.

I thought Michelle said NO to Clinton for VP.

Thats to bad since anyone would have been better than what we have now.

Some things happen for the best. As it turned out Secretary Clinton is in a much better position to bring President Obama's policies to the world in a positive light, and has the ability to mend some of the fences throwm up by the Cheney/Bush negativity. Bill Clinton's ego has been taken down a notch as he realizes his wife is the smarter of the pair.

So long as you consider a "nightmare" a kind of dream...

I'll bet $787B that it eventually outsells that nitwit Palin's memoire. The RNC, PACs and other conservative groups buying her nonsense in bulk to hand out at their conventions as party gifts only gets her so far.

Sorry, I do not buy it. Bill Clinton did not pull Hillary down. Rather, I believe that many women would not have voted for Hillary, which would have given McCain the election. If women would have really committed and gotten behind Hillary, she would have won the election.

That Obama considered Clinton makes sense. That Plouffe feels qualified to comment on it does not. He is just another inexperienced half-wit with no accomplishments, trying to sell a book. Just another reporter with no sense of honor or patriotism.

Hillary should have been the president, the country would be in much better condition. For Obama to even consider Hillary for VP makes you wonder about his choices. To choose a rival who he disagreed with, makes no sense to be his running mate..........more like pandering. But that's what Obama is good at. It's past 3am and the phone is still ringing............Hillary would have answered it by now.

Obama picked Joe, the story should end just at that. Now you can go a head and sell your book. Thanks.

First, I really think that if our President wanted Secretary Clinton as his VP, he would have done so. He seems pretty comfortable in his own skin when making decisions and his choice seems to be working out well. Second, politicians, more than anyone else, seem to blow off campaign darts and arrows – in both parties. I'm always amazed at how every critic of our former president seems to know what he's thinking or what he's really saying. The critics should take a deep breath.

Bill Clinton's words came back to hurt him or rather his wife, whose interest he was trying to protect.
The wages of greed?

I would like to have seen the "dream ticket" but I too, agree with the final assessment, that Bill would have been hard to control and he was having these irrational outbursts towards the end of the campaign.

Kinda like McCain did throughout the campaign.

Sounds like he would have had the same dilema as Princess Diana had when she said (referring to Camilla Parker-Bowles) "Well, there were 3 of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."

2's company, 3's a crowd esp. when you have 2 strong personalities like the Clintons.

Would have been a "dream ticket" but a nightmare for Obama and he has enough of those right now!!

The only reason Obama is president, after his Biden choice, was because of the preposterous choice of Sarah Palin by McCain. A lot of people, men and women, were angry at Obama for dissing Clinton.

I for one am glad he didn't pick Hillary, for he would have taken her down with him. Hillary states she won't run again, I hope she will reconsider. Bill Clinton is not a problem, rather he is a plus but the Obama lites are afraid to admit it. Even with 30 plus Czars and hundred of advisers, Obama will fall like Humpty Dumpty and never be able to fool the American people again!

Who cares. He'll be voted out along with doofus Joe in 2012

As obama plummets in the polls he is trying to grab on to Hillary's shirttail.

They had such great chemistry. They would have been great to watch. He is so awesome and I am surprised that she wouldn't want to be that close to him.

Oh baloney, this is after the fact. Obama would never have picked her, because he and his wife didn't want to be upscaled.

You know...I'm tired of hearing that Palin is more qualified for President! The role of the President is "FAITHFULLY execute Federal Law". Palin has no idea what the Supreme Court does....did anyone see her Katie Couric interview? LOL!!!!! This is why the woman won't do interviews anymore!!! So let's compare education and see who we trust to "Faithfully execute federal law" and not set them aside.

President Obama:
J.D., Magna Cum Laude, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
President, Harvard Law Review (first African-American ever elected)
B.A., Political Science, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
University of Chicago Law School
TAUGHT General Law, Constitutional Law and Government Affairs

Ms. Palin:
University of Idaho and various community colleges (6 years!)
– Bachelor's degree in communications-journalism

I think Obama should have picked Clinton. As far as Bill being "too big of a complication", Maybe Obama would be a better president if he took some advise from Bill. I miss the Bill Clinton years. They were a lot better than the Bush/Obama years.

Secretary Clinton is doing an excellent job at the State Department. The country's better off with her at that job.

Well, if Obama really thought that, than he isn't as bright as I thought he was.
But I think I like the way it worked out better.

She should have been at the top of the ticket. We would be in a lot better shape!

Hillary would have made a great VP but the republican critics would
have had a field day in comparing Bill to Barack and trying to disrupt
the focus on the issues in the White House look what they say when
Joe Biden talks about issues and when they come true no one says
a word about it

This will be Obama's desperate move for the next election but will end up making things worse.

When did he find time to write a book? As far as I see it, he is shirking all his presidential responsibilities, he is motivated by pure ego and the need to always be in the spotlight. Well, he had never achieved anything prior to getting elected, so why should we expect anything different now? Just loves hearing himself talk and his photo ops. I hope all his plebes run out and buy the book, they are already brainwashed at this point. The rest of us need to keep our heads very clear on what this president is doing to our great country.

Obama forgot to tell everyone during the campaign that all that change he was talking about was all that any of us will have left by the time he's done taxing us into oblivion.

That would have been 2 unqualified people running the country. Not that it's making any difference at this point.

What about Biden's outrageous comments? That was of no concern to him? What a pair og morons.

The reality is that Bill had the "audacity" to call the coward in chief out for him playing the race card.

Funny how the coward in chief uses the "card" whenever anyone questions him and the media that selected, elected and protected him are all to happy in their compliance.

Hillary was superior to this fraud and we are paying for the progressives stupidity every day of his "rule".

Smart progresives, are you kidding me, you got lead around like the blind sheep that you are.

And who cares about that????

She will still be great in 2012 if Biden would deciide not to take it,

Look who he ended up with... Biden the Clown.

I'm sure he regrets that now. Fortunately, the liberal media (CNN) will continue to cover for Biden's gaffes and keep going after the past VP.