Heh: A new national poll suggests that Americans think President-elect Barack Obama’s getting it right when it comes to his Cabinet picks, especially Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates. A poll shows 71 percent of Americans approve of Barack Obama picking Hillary Clinton for secretary of state. Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey

Barack Obama is set to meet Bill Clinton at the former president's foundation headquarters in Harlem on Thursday in their first face-to-face meeting since Mr Obama defeated Hillary Clinton in the primary elections in June

It looks like it could really happen and Barack Obama will name one time rival Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. It would be a smart move on his part. There have been a lot of criticisms of Hillary Clinton on just about every front and she clashed bitterly with Obama in the nomination

In the end, it was scarcely a declaration of support for Barack Obama at all. Hillary Clinton may have mentioned his name ten times - and uttered the mandatory words ("he is my candidate") - but her pledge of undying commitment was to her party. Hillary Clinton speaking at the Democratic National Convention It was necessary, she said, to get a Democrat back in the White House and (by implica...

We now know that Barack Obama met Hillary Clinton in Chicago on Thursday. Senior Obama advisers are giving anonymous briefings that she's under consideration for Secretary of State. The former First Lady herself done nothing to quash the speculation, indicating she's clearly open to at least being considered for the job. There may well be some games being played her - this storyline make...

Turns out Hillary Clinton's "personal" trip to Chicago involves meeting personally with President-elect Barack Obama at his transition headquarters. Mike Allen: President-elect Barack Obama met Thursday with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) at his transition headquarters in Chicago as a growing chorus of advisers pushes her for secretary of state. ...

With hindsight it is clear that Hillary Clinton should have either hugged Barack Obama so close from the outset that he couldn’t wiggle free or set out to destroy him as soon as he announced his candidacy. Hillary, though, tried an odd mix of the two, giving Obama just the opening he needed. Gordon Brown had the same two options after David Miliband’s infamous Guardian op-ed. Team Brow...

Ouch. Bill Clinton moves in with hands and puckered lips to kiss his wife Hillary. But the Secretary of State is having none of it and leaves Bill sucking air as she dodges and does a mwah mwah with President Barack Obama. I guess all that tireless campaigning by Bill on her behalf wasn't enough to atone for past, er, sins. Fox ...

After beating her to the Democratic nomination, snubbing her as his running mate and keeping her hanging on for a position in his cabinet, President-Elect Barack Obama has finally put the old girl out of her misery. Hillary Clinton has just been confirmed as Obama’s choice for Secretary of State. I am confident that Clinton will

Barack Obama had better get Hillary Clinton fired up. Reuters is reporting today that John McCain has gained huge support among white women since naming Sarah Palin as his running mate and now leads Democrat Barack Obama among those voters, according to a survey published on Tuesday. It reports on a Washington Post/ABC News poll found