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By Laura Meckler

President *Barack Obama* did his part on Tuesday to end to speculation he
would replace Vice President *Joe Biden *with Secretary of State *Hillary
Clinton* on his presidential ticket in 2012.
President Barack Obama at the White House today. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

“Completely unfounded, completely unfounded,” the president said in an
interview <http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/wh_20101019_3650.php>with
National Journal. He repeated it a third time for emphasis. “They are both
doing outstanding jobs where they are.”

There has never been any evidence that he would push his vice president out.
In fact, Mr. Obama has said that the best decision he has made was choosing
Mr. Biden in the first place. But that didn’t stop in the pundit world from
chattering about it after author *Bob Woodward*, while promoting his new
book, said in a TV interview that the idea was “on the table.” He attributed
the idea to Clinton advisers, and suggested in a subsequent interview that
it came from consultant *Mark Penn*, a top adviser to Mrs. Clinton’s 2008
presidential campaign. Mr. Woodward said that just because an idea is “on
the table” that doesn’t mean it’s under active consideration.

In the National Journal interview, Mr. Obama also hinted that–shocker!–he
plans to run for re-election. “Obviously, I haven’t made any formal
decision,” he said, “but I feel like I’ve got a lot of work left to do.” The
interviewer replied that his answer sounded like he was saying “yes.” Mr.
Obama nodded, then broadly smiled. “Take it as you will,” he said, laughing.
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Eric D. Schwerin
Rosemont Seneca Partners
(202) 333-1880
eschwerin@rosemontseneca.co