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Bob Woodward says Hillary Clinton as VP is 'on the table' | Speculating that President Obama will replace Joe Biden
with Hillary Clinton on the 2012 ticket has been a private pastime among some Democrats the past few months, and it broke out into the open Tuesday night when investigative reporter Bob Woodward said it was a possibility in an interview
on CNN. Appearing on " John King , USA " to promote his book, "Obama's Wars,"
Woodward was asked by King about possible "political asides" that cropped up while he was doing research. "A lot of people think if the president's a little weak
going into 2012, he'll have to do a switch there and run with Hillary Clinton
as his running mate," King said, repeating gossip that's swirled for several months
and appeared from time to time on blogs. "It's on the table," Woodward replied.
King added: "And some of Hillary Clinton's advisers see it as a real possibility
in 2012. President Obama needs some of the women, Latinos, retirees that she did
so well with during the 2008 primaries. So, they switch jobs and not out of the
question. The other interesting question is, Hillary Clinton could run in her
own right in 2016 and be younger than Ronald Reagan when he was elected president."
Woodward did not offer any evidence that the idea is under consideration by either
Obama or Clinton. A senior administration official said that any suggestion of
replacing Biden with the secretary of state is totally off base. Obama is happy
with Biden as his the vice president and Clinton as his secretary of State, the
official told POLITICO. One Democratic source said that the rumor has been circulating
among some of Clinton 's longtime supporters. Another Democratic Party source
with ties to the Clintons said, "There's so many rumors going around. But I don't
believe this is true."
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