LA Times: Jill Iscol turned their phone conversation Thursday to the vice presidency -- something the Obama campaign has refused to discuss publicly. She said she told him that Clinton would be his best running mate.
Obama replied that she is on his list, Iscol recounted, and that it would be a mistake not to have her on such a list. But he also explained that he was thinking through a potential "complication" -- Bill Clinton.
"He said once you're a president, even if you're a former president, you're always a president," Iscol said.
That suggests Obama might be worried the White House could get crowded with Bill Clinton back on the scene.
Still, Iscol hung up believing Hillary Clinton had a shot. Obama didn't say that Bill Clinton would be a disqualifying factor, but he conveyed that he needed to grapple with what it would mean to have a former president as second spouse.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Hillary's Bill Problem
Once a president, always a president. Obama has not ruled out Hillary but Hillary's extra complication is Bill Clinton.
