White House Sort Of Endorses Hillary Clinton

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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