IF THE CLINTONS LEAK TO HELP THE CLINTONS...:

Discussions With Clintons as Obama Creates Team (PETER BAKER and HELENE COOPER, 11/20/08, NY Times)

In their public signals, the Clintons are trying to take the former president’s activities off the table as an issue, in their view eliminating any excuses for Mr. Obama not to give Mrs. Clinton the job. Some in the Obama camp are bristling at what they see as strategic leaks by the Clintons aimed at boxing in the president-elect and forcing him to offer the post.

The tension could foreshadow a complex relationship burdened by suspicion and enmity should Mrs. Clinton become secretary of state. By putting her in the cabinet, Mr. Obama could remove a potential thorn in the Senate on issues like health care and a potential rival for the nomination in 2012 if his term proves rocky. But he could also face a rival power center within his own administration with her on his team.

...and Rahm Emanuel leaks to help Rahm Emanuel, who leaks for the President?

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 20, 2008 3:20 PM