Make It So! A Clinton-Obama ticket?
Those immortal words on the bridge of the starship Enterprise, Captain Jean-Luc Picard sets in motion some bold strategy or desperate gamble.
N.Y. Senator Hints On The Early Show Of Possibly Sharing Democratic Ticket With Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton is hinting at the possibility of sharing the Democratic presidential ticket with Barack Obama, but says voters still have to decide the party nominee.
Clinton says: “That may be where this is headed, but of course we have to decide who is on the top of ticket. I think the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me.'’
The two rivals are very close on most of the major issues so this wouldn’t be an oil and water mix, at least on that score.
Despite all the heated rhetoric and the hostility of the warring political camps, such a match wouldn’t be the first time two such rivals buried the hatchet for the sake of party unity.
This is not the amazing thought that it sounds like. Voters have been mumbling about this since the process started. The real issue is uniting the Democratic Party. The best of both worlds will be a soap opera in the making … the classic “who will be on top” is the decision to be reckoned with. These two strong personalities will have to step down from their rhetoric and do some serious thinking. This is where Democrats will have to work it through and agree on really uniting this fractured party. The next few months will have to decide common issues and common solutions effecting the most diverse population in America. The Democratic Party will be an irresistible force if it can unite Hispanics, Blacks, Gays, Multi-denominational communities and all the disenfranchised socio-economic layers that comprise America. Democrats can “Make It So” by becoming a united people for recovering America from the paws of the beast.
March 5th, 2008 at 7:23 am
I’m afraid that Sen. Clinton is still thinking of herself as the top.
It’s very unlikely at this point that she can win enough delegates to be nominated.
If Sen. Clinton accepts the Vice Presidency, my respect for her will vastly increase. At this point, that doesn’t accord with my estimate of her character.
March 5th, 2008 at 7:46 am
No Arrangement.
While the Clinton defenders have pledged to “support The Candidate”, meaning they will vote for an Obama nom, the Obama supporters do not translate well to supporting hillary for anything by the invisible family. No this would say its a waste of time. And the admin would be a total failure because you’d have the clintonistas working all the time behind the scenes to undermine Obama and anything he wanted to do. There’s no way Obama would sign on as a veep to hill because that would make him a dlc candidate and effectively end his career.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Democratic campaign tone turns ugly heading into today’s primaries…
SAN ANTONIO | Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton waged an increasingly bitter fight over trade policy…
March 5th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
“bold strategy or desperate gamble” Stranger things have happened.
March 6th, 2008 at 3:04 am
It may be pragmatic, but it also raises the spectre of negating a lot of thhe way they claim the other is. If one is labeled polarizing and the other unifying, then joining on one ticket has to be considered unifying, which negates the ‘polarizing’ label.
It’s quite a conundrum and weakens the whole dichotomy.
I think each can find a more complementary ticket partner, but I think if Clinton were to gain the nomination, she will face a dropoff in the enthusiasm of younger voters to show up in November at all, so keeping Obama aboard would have to be an option she’d consider.
I don’t think the dropoff would be as severe should Obama be the nominee if he chose someone besides Clinton. Past voting patterns of different demographics don’t support a big dropoff scenario, in that case.
Against McCain, either can unite enough of the party to win in November, because Iraq will still be unpopular and McCain is admittedly weak on economics. Short of some event, like a terror attack, either Democratic nominee should emerge victorious unless they truly are inept. And no VP choice can save them if they are.