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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCarney: President Was Not Aware
- that Friday was Hawain shirt day.
Please feel free to finish Carney's sentence.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Friday that President Obama did not know that his campaign considered replacing Vice President Joe Biden with Hillary Clinton for the 2012 ticket.
"I'm not aware that he was aware of it," Carney said at a press briefing about Obama's knowledge of the potential switch. "The idea was never brought to him."
According to a forthcoming book, Obama's campaign considered replacing Biden wilth Hillary Clinton for the 2012 election. Members of Obama's team have denied that they considered the switch.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wh-president-was-not-aware-campaign-considered-hillary-for-vp-in-2012
"I'm not aware that he was aware of it," Carney said at a press briefing about Obama's knowledge of the potential switch. "The idea was never brought to him."
According to a forthcoming book, Obama's campaign considered replacing Biden wilth Hillary Clinton for the 2012 election. Members of Obama's team have denied that they considered the switch.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wh-president-was-not-aware-campaign-considered-hillary-for-vp-in-2012
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Carney: President Was Not Aware (Original Post)
Capt. Obvious
Nov 2013
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NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)1. --that I saved 15% on car insurance by switching to Geico.
Or that bird is the word.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. Err.. I'm sure *somebody* in the campaign did a contingency paper on it
Lots of interns with little to do, and all...
Mass
(27,315 posts)3. that the WH press corps is full of morons?
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)4. Are Halperin and Heileman trying to hawk a new bok
based on insider gossip? Sounds like someone is trying to gin up controversy or push Hillary. The last election is so over.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)5. how big of a douchebag Bill Daley actually is. nt