Interesting comments in The Guardian on Clinton's next moves

[Frustratedlady]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/04/barackobama.hillaryclinton

For some reason, I have not been able to post the text, so you'll have to go into the article (which is a good article on Obama winning the nomination) to read the part about Hillary's demands/wishes before she makes a decision.

Have we ever had any other election where the loser refused to concede? Bizarre. She has quite a list.

[Divernan]

1. She wants to transfer her crappy staff to Obama's campaign team! Talk about sabotage!

"In a sign of hard bargaining with Obama's team over the next few days, she said she had won the votes of 18m Americans and she wanted their views respected.

One concession she may be seeking is a joint ticket with Obama, with her as vice-presidential candidate, a position she may feel entitled to after securing so many votes. Holed up at her home in Chappaqua, New York, during the day, she and Bill Clinton discussed options over the phone with a host of aides and supporters. One of four members of Congress who spoke to her urging her to press for the vice-president slot reported her saying: "I am open to it."

She also will negotiate about the transfer of her staff to Obama's campaign team, about help with her campaign debts, the possibility of jobs in his administration if he wins the presidency and incorporation of some of her policy positions, particularly on healthcare."

IMO, both she & Bill, let alone her incompetent staff, would be toxic to Obama's campaign. That 8 page Vanity Fair article really laid out the details of Bill's post-presidency baggage. As someone commented, the only way Obama could let her have the VP slot would be if he also hired Chelsea as his food taster.

[VolcanoJen]

5. If I were Obama, I'd take on her staff....

.. and then immediately post them in North Dakota and Alaska where they can do the least harm. }(

[w13rd0]

2. The inclusion of policy positions...

...is a tertiary demand from her at best. It's all "me me me". Positions for her, for her staff, paying off the debt she ran up. Wow, I hear the mob needs a new Godfather, perhaps she should apply.

[VolcanoJen]

3. Did you catch Fineman tonight?

He said the Clinton camp is demanding VP, but if she doesn't get it, they'd better not dare nominate another woman.

From Aravosis:

http://www.americablog.com/2008/06/clinton-campaign-hillarys-not-gonna.html

Newsweek's Howard Fineman just said on MSNBC at 8:35pm Eastern that the Clinton campaign is demanding that Hillary be offered the VP position, which she will then decline, and then Fineman quotes the Clinton campaign as saying "don't you dare offer it to another woman." Isn't that special. Apparently, Hillary was only planning on breaking her own personal glass ceiling. For the rest of you, you can break you own.

[99th_Monkey]

4. Here's the text of her "demands" to which I think you refer.

"Holed up at her home in Chappaqua, New York, during the day, she and Bill Clinton discussed options over the phone with a host of aides and supporters. One of four members of Congress who spoke to her urging her to press for the vice-president slot reported her saying: "I am open to it."

She also will negotiate about the transfer of her staff to Obama's campaign team, about help with her campaign debts, the possibility of jobs in his administration if he wins the presidency and incorporation of some of her policy positions, particularly on healthcare. "



Was there anything I missed?

[emilyg]

6. So what's the problem.?

[99th_Monkey]

7. Who said there is a problem? Certainly not me.

The OP said he had trouble posting the text, so I did it for them. Problem?

[emilyg]

8. Sorry. Think I responded to wrong post.