MSNBC: KO says that Hillary is being tapped for SOS.

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:popcorn: Unidentified sources.

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She'd be great for that!

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They also said Richardson: He probably put one of the transition staff in a headlock until they gave in.

Kerry too: Or he'd show up at Obama's door.

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Officials: Hillary Clinton being eyed for State (AP) ([Only registered and activated users can see links]*[Only registered and activated users can see links])

[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links]*[Only registered and activated users can see links])AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the candidates that President-elect Barack Obama is considering for secretary of state, according to two Democratic officials in close contact with the Obama transition team.

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As the press pool following President-elect Barack Obama waited for him to emerge from his Transition Team headquarters in Chicago Thursday afternoon, someone else's motorcade of three SUVs emerged from the same underground garage.
This development coincides with NBC news quoting two Obama advisors saying that Obama was considering Sen. Hillary Clinton for the position of Secretary of State.
Clinton was seen taking a flight to Chicago Thursday, NBC reported, though that was reportedly for personal business, though it did not preclude the possibility of a meeting between Obama and Clinton, NBC reported.
The Obama campaign did not immediately return a request for comment on whose motorcade preceded Obama's out of the underground garage beneath the Kluczynski Federal Building Thursday evening.

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According to David Shuster.

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Andrea Mitchell also reported Hillary is being considered - she said this on Rachel Maddow's show last night.


We begin tonight with breaking news about Barack Obama's potential cabinet. Two advisors to President-elect Barack Obama tell NBC's Andrea Mitchell that Senator Hillary Clinton is under consideration to be the new secretary of state. This report represents the first real thunderbolt of the transition period as Senator Clinton's name had not previously been rumored for a cabinet post. Much more on the politics of this possibility in just a moment with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar. But first, joining us now is NBC's Andrea Mitchell, who broke the Clinton news tonight.

Andrea, congratulations on the scoop and thanks, as always, for being here tonight.

ANDREA MITCHELL, NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT: My pleasure to be with you.

MADDOW: How seriously does it seem that the president-elect is considering Senator Hillary Clinton for state? Did your sources give you any other names who are under consideration?

MITCHELL: There are a couple of other names under consideration. John Kerry-Senator John Kerry believed to want the job. Bill Richardson, a lot of pressure from the Latino community to have Bill Richardson, former U.N. ambassador, former energy secretary, have the job, and currently, governor of New Mexico.
Hillary Clinton has been mentioned as someone who is under consideration. Now, she was seen taking a flight to Chicago today. An advisor said that that was unrelated, that that was on a personal trip. We don't know whether she had conversations with Barack Obama about this. But it would seem that it wouldn't be mentioned to me that she was under consideration unless it was fairly serious, Rachel, because to pass her over for this, after passing her over for the vice presidency which only be, shall we say awkward?

MADDOW: Yes, seriously. Have you been able, Andrea, to do any reporting with the Clinton camp as yet, analysis on what her reaction to this potential offer might be?

MITCHELL: Well, people who know her well say that she could possibly be interested in this. Her office will only say that any questions about the transition have to be directed to the president-elect and his team. So, they will not comment in any way on any aspect of future jobs.
I know that all the talk, there was gossip about whether she would want to be on the Supreme Court someday, she has said, "Absolutely not," that that is not at all in her interest. And she has a big agenda if she stays in the Senate because she's very interested as you know, in healthcare. But that is really been preempted partly by the Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, and most largely by Ted Kennedy who is very much still the chairman and despite his illness, is back in Washington working on a whole healthcare agenda.

MADDOW: Andrea, you mentioned that this particular leak is a big deal because it does mean that it would be very hard to not offer it to her after this was floated. It would be seen as an insult. The Obama campaign went 21 months without allowing any sort of reporting like yours tonight. They did not leak very much. Do you think that this is a trial balloon? Do you feel like things are just being done very differently on the transition team than they were during the campaign for Team Obama? In terms of a process question, as a reporter, how different do things seem now?

MITCHELL: They, in fact-they don't seem different. Frankly, this has been really tough on all of us reporters who make our living by divining things that are happening in the transition. I've never covered a transition that was this tight, frankly. This was not something lobbed up. This was, you know, two sources, whom I've known for a long time. This was not a trial balloon that I could tell.

MADDOW: Andrea Mitchell, thank you so much for your work on this.
Congratulations, again, on the scoop. Thanks for coming on the show.

MITCHELL: My pleasure.


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Andrea Mitchell's hubby, Alan Greenspan, reportedly said: "I am shocked!"