NEWSMAX: When does “no” not really mean no? When politicians say it. Reporters understand that if the circumstances are right, the answer can always change.
On Thursday, NBC News’s Savannah Guthrie asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the rumor du jour, that President Barack Obama might ask Clinton to swap jobs with Vice President Joe Biden. Clinton said, “I do not think it’s even in the realm of possibility and in large measure because I think Vice President Biden has done an amazingly good job.”
Of course that won’t end speculation about a Great Switcheroo, and not just because it falls short of “Shermanesque,” the standard General William Tecumseh Sherman set in 1884 when he said, “I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.” … (more)
EDITOR: If the polls next summer show Hillary Clinton to add much strength to the ticket, we expect Joe Biden to step aside. Whether he would be willing to be Secretary of State is another matter. It is one of the most physically demanding and in ways frustrating jobs in the world, far worse than the presidency. A Vice President Clinton would be perfectly poised to run for president in 2016.
