White House Sort Of Endorses Hillary Clinton

Posted by | March 20, 2015 17:21 | Filed under: Contributors Tommy Christopher Top Stories

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While President Obama and his administration have maintained a stony facade when it comes to weighing in on the 2016 Democratic presidential primary race, as well as any of Hillary Clinton’s tentative possible plans to maybe run for president, or not. At Friday’s White House daily briefing, however, Press Secretary Josh Earnest let that facade slip a little bit, without any help from the assembled press corps.

At the top of the briefing, Earnest delivered a fond farewell to outgoing White House Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri, who is expected to join Hillary Clinton’s campaign if there ever is one, and let slip a telling nugget:

“I think it’s possible that, while today is her last day at this White House, it may not be the last time that she serves at the White House, so we’ll see.”

That offhand remark seemed to confirm two things that, while somewhat obvious, have not actually been confirmed yet. Several reporters picked up on one of those things, including Fox News’ Ed Henry and CBS News’ Major Garrett, each of whom asked Earnest if his comment might constitute an endorsement of Clinton’s not-yet-existing presidential bid. Earnest took those opportunities to throw cold water on the idea (emphasis mine)…READ MORE

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By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

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