Could Secretary of State Clinton disagree with President Obama without undermining him?

By picking Clinton, Obama may be making some kind of special political play, removing one of his rivals to protect himself from political harm, but I think he's more serious than that. Full Story »

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Fred Gatlin
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by Fred Gatlin - Nov. 22, 2008

This is a thoughtful and well written commentary. This is good journalism.

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Matt Collette
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by Matt Collette - Nov. 22, 2008

John Dickerson shows how Obama's reported choice of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State plays into the concept of a "team of rivals," but breaks down how similar Obama and Clinton are on the issues they're set to collaborate on.

Though this appointment may seem like the fulfillment of Obama’s promise to name a team of rivals, as President Lincoln did, Clinton was merely a political rival, not ... More »

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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - Nov. 22, 2008

taking two sides of a story is always good journalism. While not picking sides he presented the piece with objectivity.

Hilary didn't get where she is by leaking bad stories about herself from the press. The problem with leaking bad stories about Obama, she gets nothing except ridicule from people who thinks she's trying to sabotage Obama;s knowledge of world affairs. If she's smart, she'll do what she told Obama to do when he went into the Senate,"Work hard, keep her head down, and try to stay out of sight". Hard for her to do, but two out of three ain't bad.

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 22, 2008
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Norman Rogers
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by Norman Rogers - Nov. 22, 2008

The author forget to mention that Obama may just be doing something that is stupid and naive.

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