Pathetic update to this story.
Via The Hill:
Democrats atop a political “hit list” of politicians who betrayed Hillary Clinton in 2008 are trying to get back in her good graces as she weighs a 2016 comeback.
Clinton campaign aides kept a detailed list of lawmakers who supported Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, according to excerpts from the forthcoming book HRC: States Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton, by The Hill’s Amie Parnes and Politico’s Jonathan Allen. The book says aides ranked them according to the gravity of their perceived betrayal, with several prominent Democrats — including Secretary of State John Kerry, then a Massachusetts senator — earning the blackest of black marks.
The new revelation set off a flurry of praise for Clinton, also a secretary of State, from the damned on Monday.
“Secretary Kerry and former Secretary Clinton share a long friendship,” Kerry spokesman Alec Gerlach told The Hill in an email. “Secretary Clinton’s advice and guidance were both generous and insightful as he transitioned into his role as Secretary of State, and they’ve continued to partner together, most recently at Georgetown University promoting the rights of Afghan women, an effort started by Secretary Clinton and supported by Secretary Kerry.”
The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee endorsed Obama, then an Illinois senator, during a campaign rally in South Carolina at a crucial point during the primaries. Kerry’s declaration that Obama was the right candidate to “turn a new page in American politics” was seen as a jab not only at former President George W. Bush but also former President Clinton, who campaigned hard for Kerry during the 2004 election even as he was recovering from heart surgery.
Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.), another traitor in the Clinton campaign’s world, dismissed the “hit list” story as an attempt to undermine a future Clinton 2016 bid. A superdelegate in 2008, Andrews called on Democrats to unite behind Obama even while remaining nominally in the tank for the former first lady.