Clinton says no to second term

[sabra]

Source: CNN

(CNN) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN's Wolf Blitzer she does not want to serve a second term as secretary of state or run for president of the United States.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/16/clinton-running-for-president/

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Full transcript:

Q- If the president is reelected, do you want to serve a second term as secretary of state?

No

Q- Would you like to serve as secretary of defense?

No

Q- Would you like to be vice president of the United States?

No

Q- Would you like to be president of the United States?

No

[Richardo]

1. That's some hard-hitting in-depth interviewing there, Wolf

:eyes:

[SomeGuyInEagan]

3. I imagine he had to have them written down ahead of time.

[hayu_lol]

2. Good for Hillary...

I wouldn't work for him either.

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[sharp_stick]

15. But she has worked for him

for four years. She's repeatedly said that she enjoys the position and that she is happy that she has been able to contribute.

You on the other hand....?

[No Elephants]

23. I wouldn't work for Ms. "hardworking white people are my base," either, though.

Anyway, 2007-08 primaries are over--and the guy who ran to Hillary's left won.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. "Would you like to be Secretary of Defense?"

"No"

"Would you like to be National Security Adviser"?

"No"

"Would you like to be Commerce Secretary"?

"No"

This could go on for hours.

[Wednesdays]

18. Is it bigger than a breadbox?

Does it weigh less than a pound of butter?
Can you find it in an office or a school?
Does it satisfy your sexual needs?
Did it smoke while breastfeeding in an Olive Garden?
What has 100 balls and screws old ladies?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

38. Damn! that sounds like a much better interview than Blitzer could ever muster. Nt

[musette_sf]

65. Can you tie it in a knot?

Can you tie it in a bow?

[Kennah]

5. Might as well have asked ...

... Would you like to meet me for drinks after this interview?

[onehandle]

6. Hillary has been a great Secretary of State.

Miles ahead of:

[wordpix]

45. +1

[murielm99]

7. I have always respected Mrs. Clinton.

And this has to be a hard, hard job. It has to be especially difficult now, with the whole world exploding and being irradiated. She has done well.

[hamsterjill]

22. Seconded!

Hillary is smart, decisive and very intelligent. She has done very well, and we are lucky to have her serving in this capacity.

[Auntie Bush]

32. Thirded! LOL Sara is the only one that can make up words.

[SoulSearcher]

68. sounded like she is tired...

but holding it all together.

[Fearless]

8. At least she knows a sinking ship when she sees one.

How they could've mismanaged a presidency worse; I haven't seen one ever with so much potential but so little done.

[sharp_stick]

13. Blah, Blah, Blah

Please post if you ever have anything new to say.

[No Elephants]

26. I love irony.

[Fearless]

43. +1

[Lasher]

66. !

[closeupready]

24. That's kind of what I think.

And I'm actually kind of sad for her, in a way.

[readmoreoften]

28. +1

[Blue_Tires]

9. why tell anyone about it now?

why not wait until the end of the term and just leave?

[Zorra]

11. Hopefully, it was because someone asked her a question and she told him

the truth.

hard to believe, I know

[DURHAM D]

14. This is not the first time she has answered all of those questions -

in the exact same way.

Months ago she said she would not stay for a second term as SOS. This is not new news. Neither is any of the rest of it.

[catgirl]

33. She has always said this

From early on, she stated that four years is what she can commit to this stressful position.... and she
would like to retire from (electred) politics to focus on womens issues. This is no surprise.

[Zorra]

10. That has to be one of the toughest white collar jobs on the planet.

Can't blame her, she's probably worn to a frazzle.

[NashVegas]

16. She Has More Than Paid Her Dues

HC taking the SoS job gave some small grace to the Obama administration, after the abominable way she was treated during the primaries. She owes them nothing.

[DURHAM D]

17. And I am waiting for someone to write the story about how -

Kennedy, Reid, Kerry and others muscled her out of the Senate and would not allow her a sub-committee for health care reform.

[No Elephants]

25. Not over the primaries, yet?

[NashVegas]

40. Can't Own Your Crap, Yet?

[Ter]

19. I just watched Back to the Future and got a little scared

I thought I woke up and it was 1995. :)

[Romulox]

20. It's difficult to identify the foreign policy successes of this administration.

:shrug:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

31. Sweden. Nobel?

:shrug:

[JJW]

21. War is Peace

whatever, Obama means by that nonsensical statement.

[readmoreoften]

27. Wow, how fucked up is this administration if a DLC dem like Clinton won't stick around.

He's gone way past DLC into uncharted territory.

[JCMach1]

30. If Obama is to the right of Hillary... Houston, we have a problem

[lark]

34. This too is not news

Obama may have run to the left (generally) of Hillary, but he's governed far far far to the right, very close to Bush territory. Don't think I've ever seen a person who is more hypocritical than Obama - fire up his base indeed. The only thing he does is denigrate his base because he thinks we'll stick with him no matter what. WRONG!

[readmoreoften]

35. Frightening really.

Either he's a tortured soul or a sociopath as far as I can tell from his behavior.

[joshcryer]

64. I saw through the campaign.

[No Elephants]

29. Soooo, who's up next? Madeleine? Zbig? Henry? Powell? Someone new?

Place your bets, folks

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

36. Any of them from Chicago?

I'm betting it's someone from Chicago.

It's a well-oiled machine.

:hi:

[RedCloud]

37. Do you want this interview to end?

[DonCoquixote]

39. Sigh

It's obvious from some of the replies that people have not learned lessons from 2008.

First: Hillary was not a liberal. It is annoying to read people say that "Hillary would have done this or that better than Obama would have, because she is a liberal." Really? Funny how she would have had to undo half her own policies, like don't ask don't Tell, Nafta, and the US slavishness to Israel, as well as her friendship with Mubarak. Funny how she would have been against mandates for Health insurance.

The problem is, the vast majority of Democratic voters, myself included, wanted to move BEYOND the Clinton Era, to move beyond the triangulation damnation. Where Obama failed is that he picked up all of Clinton's lousy ideas, from insurance mandates to our servitude to Israel to our need to seek "friends" in the GOP, even though he knows they would hang him from a tree, right next to the stake they would burn Hillary at. He appointed Clinton era wonks, and chose Clinton style third way politics. The very reason Obama is in trouble is because he tried to imitate Clinton poltics, which only work because Bill epitomizes the true desires of most Americans, to be a damned pirate sleazeball and still be admired, or at least "cool." You need Charisma to do that, something neither Hillary Nor Obama have. But that is ok, Hillary could hire Mark Penn, and hide all those references to race, (like when Bill said "we got mugged") and be forgiven, because she flatters the vanity of some better than others.

Don;t get me wrong, I am angry that I got baited and switched, although when it comes to 2008, a dead maggot eaten corpse would be better than the best the GOP could offer, something that will be in effect 2012. Of course, thanks to a lot of Florida voters, we have GOP controlling Florida. Many of said voters abandoned Kendrick Meek as a payback for the "stolen" 2088 Florida votes (you know, the ones Hillary herself condemned until she won the primary) But hey, even DU allowed people to stump for that bastion of liberalism, Charlie Crist. Who knows, maybe we will find out just how much worse the GOP guy could have been, especially on ce he gets to stack the court with enough thugs to drown out sotomayor and Kagan.

[Modern_Matthew]

41. I'd step down too if I allowed a peaceful protester to be abused in my presence. nt

[Hardrada]

44. Good point! One of the many reasons she is detestable.

[elias49]

42. At first read, I figured you had 'summarized' the interview.

Then I read the whole thing and Damn! if that isn't the most concise exchange I've read in a long time!
Refreshing! No "buts", no "at the end of the day's, no "...that said"s

Just
'No'
'No'
'No'
:headbang:

[kpete]

46. Clinton: No interest in job if Obama wins in 2012

Source: Associated Press

– 1 hr 15 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she does not want to stay in her job if President Barack Obama wins a second term in 2012.

The nation's top diplomat also firmly said she neither has plans to mount another White House bid nor interest in other posts, such as vice president or defense secretary.

Clinton, visiting Cairo, was asked whether she would stay on in a second Obama term. She also was asked if she would like the jobs of president, vice president or defense secretary. She offered single word responses to each: "No."
.....................
"You know, I had a wonderful experience running and I am very proud of the support I had and very grateful for the opportunity, but I'm going to be, you know, moving on," Clinton said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110317/ap_on_re_us/us_clinton2nd_term

[aquart]

47. Might want to sleep in her own bed three nights running.

Some do.

[harmonicon]

50. No way dude.

Don't you remember? She wants to be woken up in the middle of the night by important phone calls, because she is the most qualified person in the world to handle anything - or so we were told.

[Corruption Winz]

55. Maybe she would take the call....

Hear the problem, ignore it and let people make assumptions. Like she's done with her own personal problems.

[aquart]

59. Obama would never do that.

He would never ignore a call from someone important.

[aquart]

58. Goodness, how painfully, endlessly bitter you seem.

I'm delighted the 4 am phone call went to Obama. I'm sure he's doing everything he should, encouraging more nuclear power plants in the US, for instance.

[Tx4obama]

48. It has nothing to do with Obama. Hillary wants to retire and be a grandma. n/t

[Skip Intro]

49. Whatever makes her happy is fine with me. I still think she'd make a great president, though. nt

[harmonicon]

51. Thank god.

I suppose others could have done a worse job than she has, but I think about a million people would have been better.

[alltherage]

52. Oh, lawd

Give it up already. Hillary-bashing is so 2008. She's done a very good job. I guess you prefer Condi Rice.

[harmonicon]

56. Bashing?

I think the families of the dead reporters murdered by the right-wing coup she supported in Honduras don't think "Hillary-bashing is so 2008."

[aquart]

61. OMG, you want a saint for Secretary of State!

Uh, she supports the policies of the President of the United States. She doesn't operate a separate foreign policy on her own.

Think Obama will make it to Libya in time to rescue the journalists there? I'm sure he will.

[harmonicon]

67. yes and no.

Sure, she supports the president's policies, but the president doesn't make all of the decisions - that's why he has a cabinet, staff, etc. A large part of her job is to make some of these decisions, and more importantly, to advise the president. That is beside the point though. This is about the (horrible) job that Clinton has done, and about the fact that she now doesn't want it. "boo" to the horrible job, "yay" for her leaving it.

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[harmonicon]

57. HAHA!!

Since you dug it up, may I please point out that there wasn't an actual primary in Michigan, and most people - like myself - registered to vote there didn't pay any attention to it at all. If I had my own Michigan Democratic primary that wasn't officially sanctioned I don't suspect the outcome of that election would mean much either. If that's what you want though, just go hold your own elections, pick the results, and then complain that no one else recognizes them, if that's what it takes to make you feel better.

[aquart]

60. They were pretty close in votes and philosophy.

But I'd like to believe she would have ended rendition and looked for ways to exit Afghanistan without destroying Pakistan.

[patrick t. cakes]

54. wonder which republican will replace her...

??

[aquart]

62. I don't know. Hillary Clinton is a Democrat.

She was a Democratic senator of New York State and we were fine with her.

[patrick t. cakes]

63. does she pick her replacement?

because if the president does, good chance it'll be a republican.