Clinton spokeswoman downplays VP idea
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A spokeswoman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Monday to downplay a report that some Democratic powerbrokers, including her husband, were suggesting she might be a good candidate for vice president in 2004.
"Senator Clinton has repeatedly said she is going to serve out her full, six-year term," said Karen Dunn, the New York senator's press secretary.
Asked if that response, drawing on what Clinton said when asked about running for president in 2004, also meant she would not run for vice president, Dunn simply repeated her statement. She refused to go beyond that.
Quoting unidentified sources, the New York Daily News reported Monday that when asked about the chance his wife might run for president in 2004, President Clinton's response is: "I think she'd make a better vice presidential candidate."
President Clinton's spokeswoman, Julia Payne, had no immediate comment on the Daily News report.
The tabloid quoted consultant Tom O'Donnell, a former top aide to House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, as saying Clinton will "probably be at the top of the list" when it comes to potential vice presidential candidates.
Gephardt is considered a potential 2004 presidential candidate.
There has been speculation ever since Mrs. Clinton won the Senate seat from New York in 2000 that she would someday run for the White House. She has refused to rule out that possibility except for the 2004 presidential race.
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