A JOINT STEVE CROFT INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON ON 60 MINUTES.............

CBS News "60 Minutes" co-anchor Steve Kroft, has conducted an interview with President Obama joined by  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to be broadcast tomorrow night on the network's and television's flagship 45 year newsmagazine.  The joint appearance of an American President and his Secretary of State in a shared news broadcast interview, is an unprecedented occurrence.  President Obama states that he asked Secretary Clinton to join him for this "60 Minutes" interview, in order to publicly acknowledge and express his appreciation for the work Hillary Clinton has done during the past four years, which included visiting 100 countries and logging 1 million miles of travel.  Speculation has surfaced that this may be a way the re-elected President is able to go to the water's edge in being seen to all but tap her as his Democratic successor.  Why he would do that nearly four years in advance of the 2016 Election,  in which she has yet expressed her desire to run in, and with his hanpicked Vice President a distinct possibility for 2016, it remains unclear to me.  Other analysts are presupposing it is one of the ways President Obama is repaying her husband, former President Bill Clinton, for his speech at the Democratic National Convention and his support during the General Election campaign.  An accurate assessment ? or a bit of 24 / 7 cable news punditry ?  >>> Speaking of political commentators and pundits, it was announced today that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin,  Senator John McCain's 2008 vice presidential running mate will end her job on Fox News, for undisclosed other opportrunities.  Her internal dust-up with FOX News founder and President Roger Ailes, that resulted in him pulling her from General Election night coverage participation signalled the likelihood this parting of the ways would take place.  It raises the question as to her future viability as a Republican Presidential Candidate.  By passing on running last year did she / has she passed her sell by date, as a possibility for President, especially considering 2016 is shaping up as possibly a quest for the White House, with seven or more potential Republican runners for the GOP nomination, waiting in the wings.............Fr.  Troy