Hillary Spokesperson Hedges: Obama Has Not Passed Commander-In-Chief Test "At This Point"
There was a pretty telling moment on a Hillary campaign conference call a few moments ago: Hillary advisers were asked by reporters how it is that Hillary could raise the possibility of Obama as her veep if he hadn't crossed the "commander-in-chief threshold," as she and her surrogates have been suggesting.
A good question indeed.
But Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson was prepared with a hedge. He said that the possibility of Obama as veep is not something that she is "prepared to rule out at this point," adding: "At the same time we continued to believe that Senator Obama has not passed the key commander-in-chief test at least at this point."
A bit later in the call, Wolfson was pressed on this question, and said:
"Senator Clinton will not choose any candidate who has not at the time of choosing passed the national security threshold. But we have a long way to go until Denver, and it's not something she's prepared to rule out at this point."
Emphasis mine. Wiggle room achieved, we suppose, though it is very hard to see how some of these comments from Hillary don't come back to bite in the unlikely event that she edges out a victory and offers the veep slot to Obama.
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