Hillary's Congressional Supporters Back Off Plan To Push Hillary As Veep
By Greg Sargent - June 5, 2008, 10:31AM
Yesterday the news broke that Hillary's Congressional supporters, led by Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, were planning to write a joint letter asking Obama to make Hillary his Veep, a story first reported by The Politico.
Now, however, the plan's been called off. Schultz's office sends me this statement from her:
"Several Members of Congress considered a letter written to both Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton, underscoring the need for their partnership and the unity it would bring to the party. It was felt that the letter was being misconstrued as a demand on Senator Obama and we've decided to communicate our views informally."
This underscores, of course, the delicacy of the task at hand: Urging Obama to appoint her as Veep without pressuring him to do so and hence making it impossible for him to actually accept, lest he appear to have caved.
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Yesterday the news broke that Hillary's Congressional supporters, led by Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, were planning to write a joint letter asking Obama to make Hillary his Veep, a story first reported by The Politico.
Now, however, the plan's been called off. Schultz's office sends me this statement from her:
"Several Members of Congress considered a letter written to both Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton, underscoring the need for their partnership and the unity it would bring to the party. It was felt that the letter was being misconstrued as a demand on Senator Obama and we've decided to communicate our views informally."
This underscores, of course, the delicacy of the task at hand: Urging Obama to appoint her as Veep without pressuring him to do so and hence making it impossible for him to actually accept, lest he appear to have caved.
LinkHere
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