Could Hillary Clinton still come back?
September 25, 2008
The internet is buzzing today with the rumour that Barack Obama's gaffe-prone running mate Joe Biden will drop out of the race for health reasons - to be replaced by Hillary Clinton.
John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate has created so much interest in the Republicans that Mr Obama will have to make a radical move to regain momentum, the argument goes.
Bill Clinton: Hillary Never Wanted to be Obama’s VP
September 22, 2008
ABC NEWS - Despite saying she would accept the offer to be vice president, Hillary Clinton never really wanted to be Barack Obama's running mate, her husband former President Bill Clinton told ABC's The View.
"Not really, she didn't," Clinton said in response to a question from host Barbara Walters about whether Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. wanted to join her one-time opponent on the Democratic ticket.
Hillary Clinton tells Ohio supporters: ‘No Palin’
September 14, 2008
Campaigning for Barack Obama in battleground Ohio Sunday, Sen. Hillary Clinton signaled out Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin by using a slightly revised applause-line delivered at last month's Democratic convention.
Clinton told a crowd of 1,200 supporters - many wearing "Hillary for President" T-shirts leftover from her bitter primary fight with Obama - that Palin and Republican presidential nominee John McCain would only continue the failed policies of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Clinton keeps mum on Palin as Democrats are lost for words
September 9, 2008
By Anne Davies
If Americans are hoping for the political equivalent of the roller derby between the Democrats' leading female voice, Hillary Clinton, and the Republicans' vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, they're likely to be disappointed.
In her first campaign appearances after the conventions, in Tampa and Orlando, Clinton's response might have been: "Sarah who?" Palin's name passed her lips just twice in one speech, once in another, as she referred to the McCain-Palin ticket.
To Combat The Effect of Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton Will Campaign For Obama
September 7, 2008
NY POST - With the presidential race in a dead heat, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been enlisted to blunt the formidable impact of GOP running mate Sarah Palin by stumping for Barack Obama in Florida tomorrow.
The Alaska governor's powerhouse speech at the Republican convention last week bounced John McCain back into a tie with Obama - wiping out a six-point lead Democrats held after their Denver convention.
Gallup and Rasmussen polls released yesterday both show McCain within two percentage points of Obama - 45 to 47 percent, according to Gallup - a statistical tie factoring in the margin of error.
