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Word is, President-Elect Barack Obama will make a formal offer to Hillary Clinton to be our next Secretary of State.

According to AP, the nomination's going to come after Thanksgiving.

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Word is, President-Elect Barack Obama will make a formal offer to Hillary Clinton to be our next Secretary of State.

According to AP, the nomination's going to come after Thanksgiving. Friday afternoon, the New York Times reported that Clinton plans to quit her Senate seat and accept the cabinet position, according to unnamed sources.

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Will Clinton be Barack Obama’s secretary of state? The buzz this week has insiders saying the NY senator might reject the job.

I was on the phone with an old Clinton friend this afternoon and we picked out President-elect Barack Obama's ideal cabinet. Spoiler alert: Hillary Clinton is Secretary of State.

 

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Is Barack Obama the needed bridge between blacks and Latinos? Maybe.

One of the most "YES!" inducing moments of last Tuesday's election dissection, was learning that my Latino hermanas y hermanos had come out in a large majority (2 to 1) to support Barack Obama.

In 2004, President George Bush garnered 44% of the Latino vote and pundits everywhere declared that "Hispanics" were conservative, and might provide a growing base of support for the Republican party going forward. It was a reasonable hypothesis, I guess. But what no one saw coming in 2004 is how sharply a first effort at immigration reform would be excoriated and then vetoed by both members of the Republican party and the right wing electorate.

The call to stop all efforts toward immigration reform "until we secured our borders" left a foul taste in the gut of many who were surprised at how quickly John McCain dropped his rather mavericky effort and lurched as close as one could get to the Minutemen without walking a shift on the border.

There were a few expressions of bigotry coming from high profile Latinos, that seemed to be signaling a skepticism, even within the brown community, that Latinos in high numbers would support a black candidate. The encouraging observation, however, is that every time this fractured narrative was advanced during the primary and general election season, other members of the Latino community pushed back in loud and forceful voices.

It was so good to see Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor of Los Angeles, my home city, lined up behind Obama as a member of his super nova caliber economic team. Villaraigosa was a chair of Hillary Clinton's campaign so I am glad to know that bygones are bygones. And I believe Obama is sending a signal to Latino people that his administration will recognize and honor their contribution to his victory.

To be honest, there is a detectable tension between blacks and Latinos here. It is pronounced in certain areas of the city where there is underemployment, high gang activity and a lack of job and educational opportunities. Not surprising, right? But my view of the tension is that it's rooted in a sense of lack and an inability to see the power in working together across the color spectrum to push for expanded opportunities and fairness for everyone. I believe that if Barack Obama, while he works on fixing the economy and keeping us 'safe', is steadfast in pursuit of smart and humane immigration reform coupled with strategic, high level Latino appointments, his administration can proffer the profound sense of "hope" for little Latino girl and boys, their big brothers and sisters and their moms and dads that was instantly instilled in black children and their families on November 4th.

Yes he can. I hope he will.

 

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Could Hillary Clinton become Secretary of State in an Obama Administration? Speculation rose after the one-time Obama rival reportedly met with the president-elect yesterday in Chicago.

Reports indicate Obama is considering Hillary Clinton for secretary of state.

Obama has narrowed the list for Sec. of State and Clinton is near the top. See also: Clinton aides not denying

Hillary Clinton's ex-campaign manager files papers to form committee exploring a 2009 run.

A year ago, Hillary Clinton was seen as the inevitable Democratic nominee for President and the experts thought Obama could not defeat the "Clinton Machine." Now Obama is on the verge of an historic election.

 

All day today, we will be live blogging the 2008 presidential election on The Daily Voice. Click the link here to see the full coverage.

Clintons voting in New York

9:15 a.m.: Senator Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton are at their polling place in Chappaqua, New York at this moment.

Biden voting in Delaware

8:53 a.m.: Joe Biden arrived at his polling place in Wilmington, Delaware at exactly the same moment when Barack Obama finished casting his ballot in Chicago.

Obama voting in Chicago

8:35 a.m.: Barack and Michelle Obama are at their polling place to cast their ballots in the election.

Long lines in Philadelphia and Richmond

7:29 a.m.: CNN shows live footage of long lines at polling places in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Richmond, Virginia. Both cities are located in key battleground states. The people in the lines appear to be mostly African American.

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Barack Obama has embraced Hillary Rodham Clinton's domestic agenda, a sign the issues between the former competitors may be gone.

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If they were going to give an award for the best campaign ad of the whole season (which before now, would have been Hillary Clinton's 3 a.m. ad), it would be this. Just think it's been eight years since the fellas were 'just watchin' the game, having a Bud.'

But since then, things suck. The economy has tanked, people are losing their houses, health care is unaffordable, there is a pointless, unending war in the Middle East, and we're even left more vulnerable to the effect of natural disaster because of an inept, incompetent government. But maybe there's hope. That's What's Up. ...



"Fundamentals of the economy" my a$$.

 

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By Alexis Garrett Stodghill, BlackVoices.com



Can you remember another Presidential race in which a candidate on a major ticket has inspired a porno? In the age of celebrity sex tapes, maybe the American mind is primed for this development. So, with relatively little feedback from the media, Hustler is currently marketing 'Nailin' Paylin' online -- a movie in which a stand-in for VP candidate Sarah Palin is depicted as a stupid sex toy.

Ever since Sarah Palin came onto the scene, her beauty has been an important component of her public esteem. During the VP debate, she used her appeal in the form of winks and charm to win over the television audience. The RNC spent $150,000 on her clothes, hair and make up in part because the Republicans know her appearance is one of the best things she has going for her.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck of 'The View' has called attacks on Palin's designer wardrobe "deliberately sexist." The irony is that it was the RNC that sought desperately to enhance Palin's physical appeal at any cost. If Palin's own party groomed her as an object to be looked at more than as a leader, who is being sexist? Compare Palin's rapturious reception by the main stream to the gruff responses that the much more masculine (and qualified) Hillary Clinton inspires.

They say sex sells. Palin further proves that sexy is what the American public expects a woman to be if she wants to get ahead. Is that sexist? I think so.





Through 'Nailin' Paylin,' the public will have a surrogate image ready to stand in as the receiver of the desire I believe Palin intentionally arouses for political benefit. Meanwhile, we sit by passively as the degrading sexual objectification of a VP candidate occurs. So we have the "real" Palin out there campaigning, and the naughty "Paylin" on screen playing her bad girl doppelgänger. This split is an occurance of the Madonna-Whore complex on a massive scale.

Many people think sexism is dead, but the sudden media resurrection of this oldest of stereotypes shows that the role of women in politics is far from equal.

Palin set the stage for this revelation by exploiting her sex appeal in the first place. But the lack of outcry by the public or press against 'Nailin' Paylin' shows an unconscious acceptance, even a preference, for female objectification. It's obvious that making this kind of film about a VP candidate is in poor taste. What does the fact that people are accepting it say about our respect for female candidates?

 

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