Would Hillary Clinton somehow run with President Obama to take Vice President Joe Biden’s place in 2012? It’s the latest — but utterly nonsense — idea generating cable chatter to rival the “dream ticket” rumors from 2008.
Obama allies have been shouting “No!” as loud as they can, but given the long, rocky Clinton-Obama history, the train has left the station and there’s no turning back.
Clinton said today at the Fortune “Most Powerful Women” summit that she has “absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than just dismissing these stories and moving on.”
Clinton lauded Biden and said forcefully, “Both of us are very happy doing what we’re doing.”
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs also today splashed icy cold water all over the idea, as other administration officials have done for months whenever it surfaces.
Gibbs told reporters it is “absolutely not true,” and added, “It’s not anything that’s being discussed here.”
The latest iteration came from Bob Woodward on CNN. He said the idea is “on the table” even though the White House says no way. It earned him mocking across the Internet, with people even joking on Twitter about other unlikely scenarios.
On the bright side for the White House, batting back these rumors are better than having to talk about the potential of Clinton mounting a Democratic primary challenge to the president two years from now. (Not that that would ever happen, either …)
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