Email this postThomas Fitzgerald reports:
Colleague Amy Worden was on a conference call with Gov. Rendell earlier during which he was going over the primary results. He was Sen. Hillary Clinton's biggest booster.
A reporter asked Rendell whether he was still determined not to be on the Democratic ticket or in the cabinet.
The gov had this to say: "This campaign reinforced my view I can only work for myself. They were always shoving talking points in my hand - always read them but [ignored them]. I would not be a good number two, and would not be a good cabinet member...I was thinking this is probably the last campaign I will fully immerse myself in…It was a pretty nostalgic night for me."
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Larry Eichel is the senior writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, covering the 2008 presidential election. He has served as national political writer, a foreign and national correspondent, a political columnist, sportswriter, national editor and suburban editor. He is the co-author of two books and three children.
Thomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.
Nathan Gorenstein has covered politics and government in the city, state and nation for the Inquirer. He's worked in the city hall bureau, had a stint on the business desk, and once covered the suburbs. After serving as assistant regional editor, he was named editor of the "Politics" web site.
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