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BILL and Hillary Clinton are doing their bare minimum to help elect Barack Obamapresident because the Democratic nominee refused to guarantee Hillary a US Supreme Court judgeship should he win the White House, sources say.

A rep for Sen. Clinton e-mailed Page Six yesterday: “Absurd. Nonsense. Rubbish. Hogwash. Malarkey.”

But the word in Democratic circles is that Hillary – after being rejected by Obama as his running mate, the position given to Sen. Joe Biden – made it clear to Obama’s camp that she wanted to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

One insider said, “Hillary wants an assurance that if she shows loyalty and goes out there like a good soldier, she will be rewarded with a nomination for the Supreme Court should a seat become available.”

It is expected there will be at least one vacancy on the high court during the next presidential term, what with Justice John Paul Stevens turning 89 in April and Ruth Bader Ginsburg celebrating her 76th birthday in March.

The problem is, we’re told, Obama “balked” at promising Hillary the judgeship, perhaps because he still resents how the Clintons attacked him during the primaries.

While the Clintons have been campaigning for Obama, their support is tepid at best, his supporters complain.

Since the nomination, Bill has repeatedly called Obama’s Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, a “good man” and a “friend” and told reporters he understands why McCain’s vice-presidential pick, Sarah Palin, “is hot out there.”

On Sept. 22, the ex-president did such a bad job of stumping for Obama on David Letterman‘s show that guest Chris Rock, who came on after him, remarked, “Boy, is it me or [Clinton] didn’t want to say the name Barack Obama?”