Via Reuters:
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 16-1 in favor of the appointment, clearing a key hurdle to her appointment as the top U.S. diplomat.
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Sen. David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican who this week questioned Clinton about her husband’s raising of foreign funds for his charity, was the sole negative vote.
Vitter, Vitter… Where have I heard [...]
The election of Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the appointments following have left some Senate seats open. And there are still Senate races left to be decided. Politics- it’s fluid.
A brief rundown on the seat shifting:
Hillary Clinton’s Seat
Former President Bill Clinton doesn’t want the spot . Governor David Paterson has taken himself out of [...]
There’s one particular passage circulating the blogs from the New York Times’ article about Obama’s newly announced (but already known) national security team (emphasis added):
Yet all three of his choices — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as the rival turned secretary of state; Gen. James L. Jones, the former NATO commander, as national security adviser, and [...]
If you’re like me (and God help you if you are), you’ve been wondering why the Obama camp, so disciplined and tight-lipped before the election, now seems to be leakier than a sieve made of Kleenex. First there was the leak of Emanuel’s CoS appointment not only before the guy’d even made up his mind but [...]
I’m avoiding the traditional media like the plague this week because they’re more interested in exploiting (and in many cases inventing) back room animosity between the Clinton and Obama camps instead of reporting on, oh, something as trivial as what is actually happening at the Convention.
Hillary Clinton gave a fantastic speech last name calling for [...]
We are not covering the Democratic Convention from Denver. But even though we aren’t hanging out with Kos in an air conditioned tent/blogger command center, we might drop a line here and there about what is reported to be happening out there.
Hillary Clinton is expected to release her delegates Clinton’s meeting with her delegates early [...]
The McCain campaign has reason to be nervous about the announcement of Joe Biden for vice president. Throughout this primary season, John McCain has tried to position himself as the foreign policy expert, “man of the people” candidate versus Barack Obama’s less experienced, “elitist” candidate. McCain has proved time and time again that he’s extremely [...]
Nate at Five Thirty Eight has up some Biden related stats that are interesting. The data comes from Ramussen approval ratings that show how various vice presidential picks would’ve played with the general population, divided by political affiliation. Democrats were 77% in favor of Hillary Clinton, 65% in favor of Joe Biden. But only 17% [...]
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