Hillary Clinton 2008 Exploratory Committee
The Hillary Clinton for President Exploratory Committee is the organization Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's has set up to begin fundraising and preparation for a bid for the 2008 Democratic party Presidential nomination.
According to the New York Post, "serious tensions" exist between Hillary Clinton's Washington-based presidential campaign staff and her organization in New York. "Her New York crew is fighting like hell with her D.C. folks, and it's worse than the normal stuff, real serious tensions...The New York folks are the ones who got her elected to begin with. They've done it and know what to do. The D.C. folks are the 'geniuses' who do 'national elections' and think everyone here is a rube." [1]
According to Newsmax in June 2007, Hillary Clinton appointed Alcee Hastings, a former U.S. District Court judge who was removed from the bench, as co-chair of the Committee. Hastings was U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of Florida from 1979 to 1989, until he was impeached and removed from office for corruption and perjury. He was only the sixth federal judge to be impeached and removed from office in American history. He ran successfully for the U.S. House in 1992. [2]
References
- ↑ Feud Rattles Clinton Campaign, Fredric U. Dicker, New York Post, 28 May 2007.
- ↑ Hillary Names Impeached Judge as Co-Chair, NewsMax.com, June 10, 2007.