This is just coming across the wires that the obama campaign is going to offer Hillary the opportunity to champion health care legislation either as Sec of HHS or in some other capacity.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...
Moreover the jump.
This offer is in the hope that she will put her quest for the nomination on ice. Is she in a position to make any deamands? The only concern I have with that offer is that Hillary was already incharge of another health care project in Bill's administration and we all Know how it turned out.
The former First Lady would get the chance to pilot Mr Obama’s reforms of the American healthcare system if she agrees to clear the path to his nomination as Democratic presidential candidate. Senior figures in the Obama camp have told Democrat colleagues that the offer to Mrs Clinton of a cabinet post as health secretary or to steer new legislation through the Senate will be a central element of their peace overtures to the New York senator.
In addition he would assist her in eliminationg some $11 million in campaign debt.
Informal talks have already begun between Obama and Clinton fundraisers to discuss a merger, enabling Mr Obama to pay off Mrs Clinton’s campaign debts of $11 million (£5.6 million).
Tentative contacts have already taken place between Obama and Clinton aides over the endgame, but there have been no formal talks. Mrs Clinton’s aides, while acknowledging that she will have to abandon her White House dream, do not feel they are in a position to negotiate on her behalf. "She has not surrendered in her own mind yet and until she does it’s very difficult to have these conversations," the second strategist
said.
The issues for discussion in my view are:
- whether Hillary is a position to make any demands? or
- whether in interest of party unity BO should offer those concessions?
This is in light of the fact that her campaign was poorly managed and proceeds of any funds raised would be used to repay her loan to the campaign and over paid Pollster a la Mark Penn:
Dee Dee Myers, the former press secretary to President Clinton, said: "It seems clear to me from watching her, and talking to people, that she doesn’t really know what she wants." But after 17 months of campaigning, and $150 million (£76 million) spent, the question that haunts the Clinton camp is: how did someone who a year ago had unrivalled name recognition, a legendary campaign organisation and more money than her opponent contrive to throw it all away?
If she is considering this deal does it mean that she is not expecting to be on the ticket?