Boot Up the Clinton VP Rumor Machine

Posted on 06/16/2008 at 1:29 pm by Bob Cesca

The Obama campaign just released a roster of newly hired staff… And this caught my attention:

Chief of Staff to the Vice Presidential Nominee: Patti Solis Doyle

Former Clinton campaign manager hired to basically run the eventual VP nominee’s office/campaign/life? Hmmm. I think the evening pundit shows just found their big topic for tonight.

Meanwhile, this made me smile:

Obama has also hired a major Minnesota player to be his state director: Jeff Blodgett, the former campaign manager of Senator Paul Wellstone.

UPDATE: Sam Stein reports that the hiring of Solis-Doyle is a signal that Senator Clinton is definitely NOT going to be the VP nominee. An insider says it’s a huge “fuck you” to Senator Clinton.

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  • FrictionSoul

    I interpreted that as a sure sign that Clinton will NOT be the VP. How could it be spun any other way?

  • Bob_Cesca

    You got that right, Friction.

  • ceu

    Whew!

  • http://fifty50blog.blogspot.com StuporMundi

    I think the Clinton for VP issue is a red herring. There’s no way she’ll get the VP nomination, and I’m sure she doesn’t want it. There’s a much bigger incentive for her to go out and help nail down the “bitter” vote for Obama: SCOTUS. And after replacing Stevens, she would even be in a position to make history for women by, later, being named the first female Chief Justice (after Roberts and Alito are impeached for being “disingenuous” during their confirmation hearings). In this way she could easily trump the so-called legacy of her peckerwood husband.