Now that Clinton’sCampaign Efforts No Longer Needed, Obama Disciples Shove the NY Senator Aside

Now that Obama has won - greatly aided by Hillary Clinton’s all out effort on the trail – the Messiah and his disciples in the Democratic party, including Ted Kennedy, evidently feel free to shove the NY Senator aside, regardless of her superior expertise in the major policy areas of health care, the economy, and foreign affairs.

The Sleuth’s gossipy Mary Ann Akers has made it a practice to take a slap at Clinton whenever the opportunity arises, and she doesn’t fail to do so in her column titled “Hillary Denied Bid to Take Charge of Health Care?”

Akers writes:

“Sources tell the Sleuth Clinton had approached Kennedy, who chairs the Senate health committee, and Democratic leaders about creating a new special health care subcommittee, one she would chair.

“Her hope was to draft the legislation that would fulfill her presidential campaign promise - and President-elect Barack Obama's - for a sweeping health care overhaul plan.

“But sources say Kennedy is cool to the idea. So is his top health care aide, Michael Myers, Kennedy's staff director on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.

“Myers tells the trade publication
InsideHealthPolicy that Kennedy will continue handling health care policy at the full committee level. Asked if that meant Clinton would not be tapped to head a new health subcommittee as rumored, Myers said that was correct.”

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