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19

Michelle Obama: does not nix Hillary Clinton as possible VP choice


From ABC (local in Houston):

…Michelle Obama denied reports that she had personally ruled out considering Clinton as Obama’s vice presidential running mate.

Michelle Obama had a lot of praise for Clinton — as first lady.

“I think the world of Hillary Clinton. Particularly, as a woman, having watched her go through a lot of what I might be going through, and doing it with a level of grace, and raising a phenomenal daughter, which I have two girls,” Michelle Obama said. “And I know how hard just in the little bit of exposure I’ve had to this what she’s had to deal with, and what she’s accomplished.”

“So that being said, you know, there is no way that I would say absolutely no to one of the most successful and powerful and groundbreaking women on this planet. What I have said is that I think one of the things that the nominee has earned is the right to pick the vice president that they think will suit them… I think this should be Barack’s say, through and through.”

Obama said he would make his choice based on his own criteria. Part of that criteria, he said, would be someone with independence “who can say no to me” and “who will tell me when I’m wrong.”

Based on those criteria, Obama joked that his wife would be a good pick.

This information provides a correction to this post I’d written which asserts that Michelle Obama had said that Clinton would not be an acceptable choice for VP. I blog corrected.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:41 pm May 19th, 2008 in Politics 

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