Obama considered replacing Biden with Hillary Clinton, says new book

[joeybee12]

President Obama’s top aides considered replacing Vice President Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the 2012 election, a new book reveals.

NBC News has confirmed that that then-Chief of Staff Bill Daley conducted polls to see how voters would react, but learned that it wouldn’t impact Obama’s chances of getting elected.

Clinton also denied that that there was any chance she would be vice president, telling Savannah Guthrie in a 2011 interview that it wasn’t “even in the realm of possibility.”

But the Obama campaign did shut Biden out of strategy sessions, Andrea Mitchell reported on TODAY Friday, after he endorsed same-sex marriage on “Meet the Press” before a planned announcement by the president.

http://www.today.com/books/obama-considered-replacing-biden-hillary-clinton-says-new-book-8C11511652

The book is Double Down...I found their Game Change book to be stenography-worthy...while I don't doubt Palin was as insane as they claim, it was clear Steve Schmidt was basically the entire source for the Palin part of that book, and it was his attempt to salavge his reputation because essentially he blew it in not vetting Palin...that said, I'm surprised this place isn't lousy with threads about this today!

[winter is coming]

1. There were a couple of threads on in yesterday. Much yawning ensued. n/t

[marmar]

2. Interchangeable centrists.

[snooper2]

3. He probably considered smacking RMoney a few times too

I bet he considered a lot of things...


HUGH! LOL

[cthulu2016]

4. It is reasonable to poll about options

[VanillaRhapsody]

5. I am sure all sorts of things are "considered".

Probably more than just Hillary were considered as well.

I don't see this as any BFD at all.

[hlthe2b]

6. Exactly... Pro forma to consider all possibilities in what might have been a tight reelection bid

[Coyotl]

7. yawn

[KY5]

8. There's nothing about this news that makes me yawn.

I love behind-the-scenes insight into political campaigns.

It's certainly refreshing to read this stuff compared to the doom and gloom in the media lately.

Thanks for sharing!

[monmouth3]

9. Mark Halperin is one of the authors....n/t

[geek tragedy]

10. Mark Halperin getting information from Bill Daley, yeah that's reliable nt