ANOTHER PROFILE IN PORRIDGE – AT 8:46 A.M. ET: Don't you just love it when Hillary Clinton identifies a problem, and acts on it with her usual elegance competence (choke)? We present the Elizabeth Warren challenge. From the great Legal Insurrection site:
I’ve said it before, and I stand by it: Elizabeth Warren would crush Hillary, and they both know it.
If you doubted that Hillary knew it, read this NY Times account of their recent meeting, "Hillary Clinton, Privately, Seeks the Favor of Elizabeth Warren":
Hillary Rodham Clinton held a private, one-on-one meeting with Senator Elizabeth Warren in December at Mrs. Clinton’s Washington home, a move by the Democrats’ leading contender in 2016 to cultivate the increasingly influential senator and leader of the party’s economic populist movement.
The two met at Whitehaven, the Clintons’ Northwest Washington home, without aides and at Mrs. Clinton’s invitation.
Mrs. Clinton solicited policy ideas and suggestions from Ms. Warren, according to a Democrat briefed on the meeting, who called it “cordial and productive.” Mrs. Clinton, who has been seeking advice from a range of scholars, advocates and officials, did not ask Ms. Warren to consider endorsing her likely presidential candidacy. Aides to Mrs. Clinton did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and aides to Ms. Warren could not be reached.
The conversation occurred at a moment when Ms. Warren’s clout has become increasingly evident.
It’s not quite Bill Maher territory, but Hillary at some point may need to get down on one knee and propose a high level cabinet post in order to keep Liz out of the race, or if she stays out, to get Warren to bless the Hillary campaign.
COMMENT: I wonder if Bill was behind the curtain, or sending guidance through a Hillary earpiece.
There have been so many dramatic, tragic developments in foreign policy in the last few months, and Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state, hasn't apparently had time to comment. But she's had time for tea with Lizzy.
American heroine.
February 18, 2015 |