Clinton: Making a list, checking it twice

The New York Times’ Leibovich writes about the supposed “enemies list” the Clintons and their friends have kept after this primary season. “Philippe Reines, a spokesman for both Clintons, said neither kept any specific catalog of those believed to have wronged them. ‘There is no list,’ Mr. Reines said. The lists maintained by supporters tend to be less formal documents than spoken diatribes, with offenders’ names spat forth in rants, gripe sessions and post-mortems.”

VIDEO: Mark Leibovich stops in to talk to the Morning Joe crew about the secret list that the Clintons are keeping.

“Several names and entities are common among various list makers. The lineup invariably begins with A-list members like Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico; Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, the House Democratic whip; Gregory B. Craig, Mr. Clinton’s lawyer in his impeachment and trial; David Axelrod, Mr. Obama’s chief strategist; Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri; and several Kennedys. Some members of the Democratic Party’s rules committee, the state of Iowa and the caucus system in general are also near the top.” Also: “The news media have already focused on some list entries, including the online gossip purveyor Matt Drudge (who had the nerve to show up at Mrs. Clinton’s departure speech on Saturday), Todd S. Purdum of Vanity Fair (the author of a recent profile of Mr. Clinton) and the cable network MSNBC (whose hosts Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann are charter list members, Clinton associates said).” (msnbc, 6.11.2008) http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/11/1130831.aspx

    

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