Clintons: We Win!
The media is increasingly reporting the possibility of a Clinton-Obama ticket as floated by the Clinton campaign. That would be her on top of the ticket despite being behind in delegate count. Even Reuters is seeing the cynicism behind this move by the Bubba and Hill comedy team.
Sen. John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat who has endorsed Obama, derided that suggestion. "The first threshold question about a vice president is, are you prepared to be president?" Kerry told CBS's "Face the Nation" on Sunday.
"So on the one end, they are saying he's not prepared to be president. On the other hand, they're saying maybe he ought to be vice president," Kerry said.
Campaigning on Saturday, in Mississippi, the former president was quoted as saying his wife and Obama would be a dynamic duo, "an almost unstoppable force."
The candidate said last week she and Obama may end up on the same ticket, with her on top.
Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell, a Democratic who has sought to rally support for Clinton in his state's April 22 primary, backed the idea of Clinton and Obama teaming up. "It would be a great ticket," Rendell told NBC's "Meet the Press."
Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, an Obama backer, mocked the idea.
"It may be the first time in history that the person who is running number two would offer the person running number one the number two position," Daschle told "Meet the Press."
The magnanimity of the Clintons is astonishing, isn't it? All Obama has to do is accept a position behind Hillary and Bubba and all is forgiven. Put aside the fact that this is a rather blatant attempt to pry some support away from Obama by whatever means necessary and there is nothing left at all of the proposal. Because the second place candidate does not negotiate from a position of strength in a situation like this.
In short, it is just another Clintonian ploy.
By Anthony (Los Angeles), Monday, 10 March , 2008 @ 6:56 am
"The first threshold question about a vice president is, are you prepared to be president?"And yet he picked John Edwards? Senator Kerry is a fine one to talk.
By ted goldman, Monday, 10 March , 2008 @ 9:27 am
Republicans should not gloat over the current Hillary-Barack stalemate.
Democrats are turning out to vote in overwhelming numbers. Republicans are not voting in numbers that will result in a November victory.
McCain still insists on allowing illegal aliens a path to residency in this country.
Many Reublicans will be taking a "siesta" this lection season.