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Obama/Clinton secret meeting kept — um — secret
Last night, the press corps was waiting for Barack Obama on a plane when the pilot announced they were leaving without the senator.
With the help and promised silence from a fellow politician, Obama was able to meet privately with Sen. Hillary Clinton for the time since he clinched the Democratic nomination.
And still, no one knows what they talked about.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) offered up her home early yesterday, but says she didn’t hear from Clinton until that evening.
Feinstein says she met with the senators, then gave them water and comfortable seating in front of the fireplace. She then went upstairs to work and didn’t hear from the two until Obama called for her to say “goodbye.” Then they left.
“I feel very strongly that they’re entitled to be able to talk and without having to make a statement or go out to greet the press,” Feinstein told Fox News.
Over the last couple of days, seemingly everyone who’s appeared on a cable news show or in an opinion column has shared their thoughts on whether or not Obama should ask Clinton to join his ticket. Would she really help or just be a hindrance?
This morning, Geraldo Rivera said choosing Clinton is Obama’s only chance of winning.
“If she is not picked by Barack Obama, I think he’s doomed to a McGovern-like defeat,” Rivera said.
On “Good Morning America,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) restated that Clinton would accept a nomination for vice president — if that’s what Obama chooses.
“If Senator Obama should want her to be vice president and thinks it would be best for the ticket she will serve, she will accept that,” Schumer said. “But on the other hand, if he chooses someone else, she’ll work just as hard for the party.”
UPDATE: If your ideal dream ticket reads “Obama/Edwards,” you’re going to be sorely disappointed. Edwards said he is not interested in running for vice president again.
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