Hillary Rodham Clinton

Quote of the day

Alex Koppelman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:10:00 PDT

On Thursday, Time Magazine gave the world its first glimpse of "The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory," the forthcoming book written by David Plouffe, President Obama's campaign manager. The whole thing should be read with a somewhat skeptical eye -- this is no bitter tell-all, but the account of someone still very much on the inside. But Plouffe did let the mask slip a little when it came to discussing how Joe Biden was chosen as Obama's running mate:

Bomb kills 80 in Pakistan; Hillary 3 hours away

RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT

A car bomb tore through a market popular with women in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 86 people hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the country to show American support for its campaign against Islamist militants.

Time for the media to fess up

Joe Conason — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:09:00 PDT

"Better late than never" isn't always true, but public candor from people and institutions that have misled us for many years can be refreshing -- and sometimes even liberating.

The vast right-wing conspiracy is back

Joe Conason — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:07:00 PDT

Wearily familiar as he is with the "vast right-wing conspiracy," Bill Clinton says the network that sought to destroy him and his wife, Hillary, remains malignant as ever, yet lacks the might of a decade ago. "It's not as strong as it was, because America's changed," he told David Gregory on "Meet the Press." "But it's as virulent as it was."

Tell us what you really think, President Bush

Alex Koppelman — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:05:00 PDT

Matt Latimer, who served as a speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, is coming out with a book. With these kinds of books, a relative unknown like Latimer really has to make a splash if he wants people to buy his work -- Vice President Cheney's memoir will sell regardless, but few people are going to pick Latimer's up on the strength of his name alone. So he's included some dirt.

"My husband is not secretary of state, I am"

Alex Koppelman — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:55:00 PDT

Between talk that she's been shut out of real power in the administration and the new focus on her husband after his trip to North Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reason to be a little bit on edge. And she is, apparently, as she displayed some frustration on Monday.

Clinton derangement syndrome, North Korean strain

Joe Conason — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:19:00 PDT

Like a seasonal flu, the verbal virus that is sometimes called Clinton derangement syndrome has struck again, beginning only moments after the 42nd president of the United States appeared on television screens around the world with the two journalists he had helped to rescue from prison in North Korea. And like certain viruses, the syndrome tends to hit hardest among a very specific segment of the population. Most Americans appear to be immune most of the time, as do the majority of human beings on the planet, so this pathology will probably never become a global pandemic.

Hillary Clinton demands accountability for war crimes

Glenn Greenwald — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:06:00 PDT

(updated below)

British Foreign Secretary: Clinton threatened to cut-off intelligence-sharing if torture evidence is disclosed

Glenn Greenwald — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:31:00 PDT

I've written several times before about the amazing quest of Binyam Mohamed -- a British resident released from Guantanamo in February, 2009 after seven years in captivity -- to compel public disclosure of information in the possession of the British Government proving he was tortured while in U.S. custody. At the center of Mohamed's efforts lie the claims of high British government officials that the Obama administration has repeatedly threatened to cut off intelligence-sharing programs with the U.K. if the British High Court discloses information which British intelligence officials learned from the CIA about how Mohamed was tortured. New statements from the British Foreign Secretary yesterday -- claiming that Hillary Clinton personally re-iterated those threats in a May meeting -- highlight how extreme is this joint American/British effort to cover-up proof of Mohamed's torture.

Low-profile Clinton emerges for major speech

Vincent Rossmeier — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:01:00 PDT

Since she became secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has traveled to nearly two dozen countries but has largely stayed out of the media spotlight. On Wednesday afternoon, though, she stepped back into it, delivering what the administration billed as a major foreign policy address at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C.

Clinton, Biden want Obama to take stronger stance on Iran

Alex Koppelman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:55:00 PDT

President Obama is getting some external pressure, largely from political opponents, to take a tougher line on the situation in Iran, and to be more vocal in supporting the protesters there. So far, he's resisted, and even said publicly there's a risk that such an approach could backfire.

Underestimating Hillary

Sarah Hepola — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:09:00 PDT

An early and ardent Obama supporter, I bristled at the notion that women had some obligation to support Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy. I had conflicted feelings about the then-senator -- from her role in a divisive dynasty to those pesky "likability" issues -- and it wasn't until I witnessed her fly in the face of so much (what's the word?) bullshit, witnessed her eloquent final speech, that it really sank in just how profoundly I had come to admire her. There was something terribly poignant in that -- how so many of us saw the brilliance of Hillary Clinton at the moment her dreams slipped away.

Obama's trail of broken promises

David Sirota — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:25:00 PDT

Though not (yet) having children of my own, I often consider what my future offspring won't know about and will find humorous. I fantasize that they will have no idea what gasoline-powered cars or private health insurance policies are. But I also worry they will guffaw in disbelief when I tell them politicians once knew that breaking campaign promises without explanation had consequences.

Did Senate Dems want Clinton out?

Alex Koppelman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:35:00 PDT

In his new book, "Renegade: The Making of a President," Richard Wolffe tells a pretty interesting story about how Hillary Clinton came to be secretary of State. Wolffe reports that President Obama was an early and committed proponent of naming his former rival to the post, even over the objections of some people in his camp.

Obama turns into Clinton?

Alex Koppelman — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:43:00 PDT

Former Republican National Committee press secretary Alex Conant wrote a pretty provocative article for Politico on Wednesday: It's headlined, "President Obama Is Morphing Into Old Rival Hillary Clinton."

Hillary says it all

Katharine Mieszkowski — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:23:00 PDT

Here's a Friday afternoon video clip that's really worth watching; it's a happy reminder of the far-reaching implications of the fact that Bush is -- finally! -- out of the White House.

Would you pay Mark Penn $5 million?

Alex Koppelman — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:30:00 PDT

If you're a Hillary Clinton supporter thinking of entering that raffle James Carville announced Thursday, you might want to take a minute to think about it. At this point, your money is likely to go to the man largely credited with tanking Clinton's presidential hopes -- 90 percent of her campaign's remaining debt is owed to a firm run by Mark Penn.

James Carville's Prize Patrol

Alex Koppelman — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:20:00 PDT

Hillary Clinton still has campaign debt left over from her run at the presidency, and she wants to pay it down. Problem is now that she's secretary of state, she's not actually allowed to do the fundraising work necessary. So she's called in some friends to help out -- friends like James Carville, the former advisor to Bill Clinton who backed her campaign as well.

Obama's Middle East moment of truth

Gary Kamiya — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:19:00 PDT

Trying to figure out what Barack Obama intends to do in the Middle East is like trying to read the leaves in a cup of tea stirred by Jackson Pollock. For every signal Obama has given that he intends to break decisively with Bush's failed approach to the Middle East, he has given another that indicates he plans to simply give the same policies a fresh coat of paint.

Watching Bill Clinton work his magic at Davos

Joe Conason — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:38:00 PST

Given our current realities, it might be easy to dismiss the networking hive of corporate, media and philanthropic leaders who gather annually in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. Accustomed to flattering themselves and each other as benevolent masters of the globalizing world, they now confront an unprecedented crisis -- actually a conglomeration of crises -- that has diminished their financial worth and moral credibility.