Earlier this evening, President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton sat down with 60 Minutes to do an interview. Apparently, it was at the request of President Obama. During and after the interview’s airing on CBS, I offered some of my thoughts on Twitter. I’ve embedded those tweets below. I’ve also included the two tweets that I RT’d. In short, I think the last 3 tweets are really important. This interview certainly wipes the slate clean for 2016.
#60Minutes: Very intriguing interview so far w/ @barackobama & #HRC
— Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
I should say, Secretary Clinton. Especially after that post I wrote about deference, right? — Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
Pretty unbelievable intv with Pres. Obama and Sec. Clinton on 60 min right now. Time certainly heals all wounds…even in politics. — Abby Huntsman (@HuntsmanAbby) January 28, 2013
Foreign policy: HRC says there are “wicked” problems not always easy to know what needs to be done.Obama:cantcontrol every transition — Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) January 28, 2013
#60Minutes: quick thoughts… 1. Certainly peculiar that there’d be a joint into at end of #HRC‘s time as SoS. — Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
#60Minutes: 2. #HRC certainly looks like she may be positioning herself for a 2016 run (based on way answers are framed). — Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
#60Minutes: 3. Anyone who tells you that “they know for sure” that #HRC is running (or not) — is lying. — Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
#60Minutes: 4a. I wonder how much “Hillary-talk” there’ll be 1 week (1 month, 4 months, etc.) after her official resignation. — Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
#60Minutes: 4b. My guess is that things will fade away for a bit… at least until 2014 (midterms) and ‘normal’ early speculation for 2016. — Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
#60Minutes: 5. Really liked BO’s response re: asking good questions, shaping strategy. You can’t know everything before it happens. — Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
#60Minutes: 6. In 4+ years, I’d be really curious to know the “actual” reason(s) why Pres. Obama wanted to do this joint interview w/ #HRC. — Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
In case you didn’t get to see the #60Minutes interview, @mediaite has the full interview here –> mediaite.com/tv/hillary-cli… — Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
One final thought on the #60Minutes interview (re: my question about “real” reason for the interview)… [1/2]
— Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
… IF #HRC wants to run in 2016, this interview gives her a clean-slate (w/r/t the ’08 primary fight w/ BO). [2/2]
— Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
Meaning, no one will be able to say that BO favors Biden over HRC because of “what happened in ’08.” #60Minutes
— Jeremiah Stanghini (@JStanghini) January 28, 2013
Note: In one of the above tweets, I referenced a post I wrote about deference. You can find it here.
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