Hillary Clinton's 2008 slaps still sting President Obama

[The Straight Story]

14. I find this a very favorable article to Hillary (if folks read the whole thing)

Especially the 2nd page

Even so, some of those Clinton criticisms have clearly had a major impact on the way Obama has governed and campaigned.

The centerpiece of Obamacare is the individual mandate, which Clinton forcefully advocated during the 2008 campaign and Obama noisily opposed — until he was elected. After Obama declared himself willing to meet with leaders in Iran and North Korea sans preconditions during a mid-2007 debate, Clinton slammed him as “naive” and “irresponsible.”

Obama, incidentally, has made no trips to Tehran or Pyongyang, adopting a hard line with both regimes, after initially offering dialogue on the pre-condition they give up their nuclear weapons programs.

The former first lady genuinely warmed to Obama over the years and both downplay their worst 2008 nasties as time-capsule toss-offs.

“We could never figure out what we were different on. Yeah, we worked at that pretty hard,” Clinton said during a joint “60 Minutes” sitdown with Obama as she left Foggy Bottom earlier this year.

But Clinton, people in her orbit say, has always derived quiet satisfaction from the victor’s growing reliance on the vanquished — as an embattled Obama seeks out her counsel and star power.

“Oh, it’s not lost on her,” said one longtime Clinton associate.
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In other words, I think they are making Hillary look good for 2016