Barack Obama says Hillary Clinton 'would make an excellent president'
Source: The Guardian
A day before Hillary Clintons much-touted launch of her run for the White House in 2016, Barack Obama said on Saturday that his former secretary of state and 2008 primary opponent would be an excellent president.
As the Guardian reported in an exclusive on Thursday night, Clinton is set to announce her candidacy for the Democratic nomination on Sunday.
The president was speaking in Panama City, after an historic meeting with Cuban president Raúl Castro on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas and before a diplomatically delicate meeting with the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.
The president said Clinton who was first lady for eight years, then senator for New York and secretary of state in his first term in office was a formidable candidate in 2008, she was a great supporter of mine in the general election, she was an outstanding secretary of state, she is my friend.
Barack Obama gives a press conference in Panama City. Photograph: Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/11/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-excellent-president
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stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)These are clearly the kinds of statements where people really open their heart and say what they believe.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)asjr
(10,479 posts)going to miss Obama. Both have the intelligence needed for a presidency.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)The contrast between any of the Democratic candidates and say a President Cruz or a President Scott Walker is vast.
Larry Engels
(387 posts)So will Hillary. On some issues you won't be able to tell who is more right-wing.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Beacool
(30,251 posts)Reter
(2,188 posts)I like when they fight, reminds me of 2008.