Some think it was back in December ‘07.

In politics, nearly everything comes full circle.

Yes, once again, Bill gets in the way…
From This Week:
But there’s one significant complication: how to make sure that former President Clinton’s foreign speeches, business dealings and foundation work don’t present conflicts of interest. [...]
Here are some of the major questions that need to be addressed: How much public disclosure must there be of past [...]

More free press for Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book that Obama is claiming will be his guide to building a robust, bi-partisan cabinet.
Here she is with David Gregory explaining Lincoln’s leadership and Obama’s intentions to stock his cabinet with campaign rivals…

First Biden. Then Hillary. And now we get word of Bill Richardson.
But who will be the [...]

Well, now we know that Obama actually asked her…
“There was a serious discussion to determine whether, if offered Secretary of State, she would accept it,” said a source close to the Obama transition.
In these circumstances, that source added, a president-elect does not meet with potential cabinet secretaries unless they are serious about making an offer.
Another [...]

I speculated about this earlier today, and Marc Ambinder has some thoughts today.
Here’s the one I think is the most prescient:
6. The CW in Washington is that Obama wants Clinton in his cabinet more than Clinton wants to be in the cabinet, the theory being that the moment she steps into the administration, she [...]

This report should add fuel to the Hillary-as-Sec-of-State rumor mill:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama has met in Chicago with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is under consideration for secretary of state.
A Democratic official says the two former presidential rivals met Thursday afternoon in Obama’s downtown office. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because [...]

These are the reports I’m hearing and neither the Clinton folks nor the Obama folks are denying it…which is a sure sign that this is on the table.
Ben Smith details…
Andrea Mitchell reported this evening that Obama is considering Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, something that’s been buzzed about as a possibility for a few [...]

Remember those Hillary supporters who claimed they’d never support Obama?
Well, now Obama’s support among his base is stronger than McCain’s. That doesn’t mean Dems aren’t voting for McCain, but the numbers are falling much more in line with traditional base models.
FiveThirtyEight has the numbers:

DEMS/GOP – Pollster
86/87 – Rasmussen
88/83 – IBD-TIPP
87/89 – Research 2000
91/84 – ABC/Post
87/84 [...]

First, one of the best breaks it down…

After watching this I’m reminded of the parallels to the Democratic primary season. Much like Hillary, McCain is now going to employ the “kitchen sink” strategy and thus run a big risk of looking extremely partisan. And no doubt it’ll drive up Obama’s negatives and close the gap [...]

It’s at the very first part of the interview, and then it launches into other specifics of the campaign.
Do note that these are just clips cut together. Clinton did voice his support for Obama even though he complimented McCain quite a bit.

I actually buy that she didn’t want the spot since being VP is pretty [...]

Interested in how others throughout the world are viewing our presidential election?
Here’s an editorial from the Times of London trying to explain how it is actually possible for John McCain to win the election. Interesting read.

It’s official!
And Hillary did the honors…
DENVER – Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, became the first African-American ever nominated for president by a major political party after delegates to the Democratic National Convention chose him as their standard-bearer Wednesday.
The nomination process, a subject of debate and speculation right up until the voting [...]

With leaners
McCain – 47%
Obama – 46%
Without leaners
Obama – 44%
McCain – 44%
McCain edges up one and this is significant since he hasn’t really been above the 45% mark for a while in the “with leaners” numbers. So now this is two straight days, which could position him well for sustaining any type of bump he gets [...]

Gotta love this down home folksy political wisdom for Billary…
“Suppose you’re a voter, and you’ve got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don’t think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. Which [...]

The Democratic National Convention should be Barack Obama’s shining hour. For one thing, he did what one year ago most pundits considered to be the improbable by becoming the nominee of the Democratic Party after one of the most grueling primary battles in recent political history. For another, he’s scheduled to accept the nomination of [...]

With leaners
Obama – 46%
McCain – 46%
Without leaners
Obama – 44%
McCain – 44%
Quite a swing today in McCain’s favor, as the Arizona senator makes up 3 and 4 points respectively in the numbers.
These numbers now line up almost exactly with Gallup’s and show that Biden may have actually hurt Obama. Why? Well, my guess is this is [...]

Don’t tell me she didn’t know this was going to happen…

If the 3 AM ad worked during the primaries, then this one will probably make a dent too. Although, ultimately, we all know what happened to Hillary.
I wonder what’ll she think when she sees it.

John McCain is out with a new ad today that picks up on the 3:00am meme that HIllary Clinton started during her primary battle with Barack Obama, and continues the McCain campaign’s recent strategy of using Hillary’s own words against the man she now says she supports:

Here’s the transcript:
CLINTON AD: It’s 3 a.m. and your [...]

I wrote about Hillary supporter Debra Bartoshevich back in June when she decided to break from her party and support McCain instead.
So what made her so special? Well, she was as an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention at the time. Understandably, she was quickly booted.
Now she has popped up in a new [...]