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| 2008-03-10 | |
Hillary and Bill Clinton are again teaming up on Barack Obama -- this time saying the first-term U.S. lawmaker, whom they have derided as inexperienced, would be a strong running mate on a Democratic presidential ticket headed by the former first lady.
"The Clintons are in a difficult position," said Dennis Goldford, a political science professor at Drake University in Iowa, who has tracked the presidential race. "If she wins the Democratic presidential nomination, she would need Obama's supporters. But she needs to be careful. If this talk of him on the ticket is seen as a cynical maneuver, it could backfire and hurt her," Goldford said. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #22 ION REUTERS BLOGS - ARE THE RADICALS OF 1968 THE HUMANITARIAN HAWKS OF TODAY? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-10 21:43 |
| #21 One hour after it broke... all Spitzer links and comments were removed from the witch's web site. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-10 21:25 |
| #20 It's going to get uglier and sleezier before it's over. BO isn't going to want the Veep slot. Why should he, he's ahead in the popular vote (if you don't count Florida and Michigan) and the delegate count? Hillary can't catch up even if she wins on out. The only way she can win is by counting Florida and Michigan and convincing (manipulating) the the superdelegates that she is the anoited, inevitable candidate to beat McCain. She will try to steal the election which should make things very interesting. The Clintons will do anything to achieve power. They represent a sad, venal, and tawdry era in American politics. BO should remind voters of this tawdry era. BO had better watch his back because the Clintons are going to go after him like he has never seen before. They will use a take no prisoners, scorched earth approach to winning all the while acting like they had nothing to do with BO's downfall. I wonder if Spitzer is still one of Hillary's superdelegates? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-03-10 20:56 |
| #19 See FREEREPUBLIC > THE AL QAEDA CAUCUS [Obama-Hillary/Dem]; + HILLARY'S EMPTY FOREIGN POLICY PORTFOLIO. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-10 20:53 |
| #18 FOX > MSM = Media focus on Obama-Clinton controversy may make it difficult for MCCAIN campaign to stay in the limelight. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-10 20:43 |
| #17 GUAM MCDONALD's Patrons > when asked by me why do they think OBAMA should get HILLARY to be his VEEP > believe that HILLARY [STILL] HAS THE $$$ + CLINTON ORGANZ [from 1990's] + MANY STILL-LOYAL SUPPOR WITHIN THE US DEM PARTY = DNC THAT OBAMA NEEDS IFF HE DE FACTO WINS THE DEM NOMINATION, DESPITE MSM RHETORIC TO CONTRARY??? PLus, also believe that while OBAMA HAS THE PERSONAL CHARISMA TO BE POTUS, HE DOES NOT HAVE MUCH POL EXPERIENCE AS FORMER STATE POL + IS STILL "A BLACK MAN/MINORITY IN WHITE AMERICA" IN WARTIME. *OTOH, RENSE > JOHN MCCAIN-TRAITOR? Article, from VETERANS DISPATCH [1999]/ BENJAMIN BULFORD -MCCAIN IS NO "HERO POW"! IMO, ITS A DEAD HEAT RIGHT NOW, wid still-high potential for a DIVIDED CAMPAIGN??? Personally, I more concerned about RADICAL ISLAM's NEED TO UNILATERALLY STOP US ME ENTRENCHMENT BEFORE OR NLT YEAR 2010, as coupled wid IRAN's PERENNIAL REFUSAL TO HALT NUC ENRICHMENT. The Islamists including IRAN will use any seemingly US GOP-DEM campaign divisions = chaos to their advantage. As a reminder, MORT KONDRACKE. BARNES, KRAUTHAMMER, THOMAS, WILL > are in BROAD OR ROUGH CONSENSUS THAT RADICAL ISLAM + IRAN WILL GET THEIR NUKE WEAPONS IFF AMER DOES NOTHING TO STOP IRAN, OR CHOOSES TO DEPEND WHOLLY ON THE UNO TO STOP IRAN + NUCMATS/TECHS PROLIFERATION. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-10 20:32 |
| #16 Gonna need that extra helping, barb. Spitzer is one of Hillary's superdelegates. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-03-10 19:56 |
| #15 Sorry, #6 Sea - I was at work. Here, have a double serving now. The entertainment will be ongoing for a while. :-D BTW, I read somewhere else (don't have the link right now, but could find it) that, in response to the "Obama as vice president" talk, Obama responded that if Hill didn't think he was experienced enough to be president, how could she think he was experienced enough to be vice president. Somebody in his campaign has at least a little smarts.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-10 19:52 |
| #14 Steve - the difference between Gore and the Clintons is that Gore never had control of the machinery of the Democratic Party the way the Clintons do. Their iron grip certainly appears to be slipping but these things have a funny way of turning around on a dime. The only way the Hildebeeste doesn't rear its ugly head in '12 is if Obama is elected President and doesn't embarass himself too much between now and then. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-03-10 19:32 |
| #13 Clintons push a Hillary/Obama ticket Clintons. Plural. Thanks for making it official. "HILLARY/BILL'S CADDY:2008". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-10 14:35 |
| #12 Hillary won't run in 2012 if she's not the nominee this time. Face it: she had all the advantages coming into this election. She had money, name recognition, a sense of inevitability, and a bunch of intellectual and moral munchkins as her primary opponents. And she still couldn't close the deal. It's like arguing that Al Gore should run again: who would vote for him today after he had all the advantages and lost in 2000? Hillary will go to the mattresses this time because this is her only chance, and she knows it. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-03-10 14:06 |
| #11 Woodrow, exactly. I would hate to be president with HRC as my VP. The ONLY thing between her and the presidency is my last heartbeat. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-03-10 12:42 |
| #10 What if McCain picks Hillary as his VP? There is no one in the world is stupid enough to intentionlly place themself between Hillary and the presidency. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Slusorong7967 2008-03-10 12:08 |
| #9 I hate Hillary so much, I don't understand why ANYONE would vote for her. |
| Posted by: Boss Glerenter4800 2008-03-10 11:45 |
| #8 Here's a scary thought. What if McCain picks Hillary as his VP? |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-03-10 11:04 |
| #7 Gee, some choice. If he doesn't select her as VP, she would rather see McCain as President, to open up the field in four years, then do everything she could to ruin his Presidency. If she couldn't get him killed before he is nominated. But it he did select her as VP, she would spend the next eight years trying to get him killed. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-03-10 09:28 |
| #6 9 am is a little early for popcorn, but if Barb's around... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-03-10 09:12 |
| #5 If this talk of him on the ticket is seen as a cynical maneuver... A cynical manuver? From the Clintons?? Is there any other kind? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-10 09:10 |
| #4 He'll live longer Not as vice. Now if he was POTUS and Hillary his vice... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-03-10 08:11 |
| #3 Hillary can't win both the Democratic nomination and the general election. Obama will eventually push her out of the way and she will then, citing Obama's inexperience, endorse McCain in order to set up another run in '12. You heard it here first. ;) |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-03-10 04:55 |
| #2 Hillary is going to steal the nomination, ends justify the means. Then Obamites will go apesh*t, and Hillary will throw BHO a bone of the VP slot. Then ball is in BHO's court. It will get ugly....before it gets uglier. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-03-10 03:27 |
| #1 First sure sign of desperation, hope Obama says "Fuck Off". (He'll live longer.) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-03-10 03:03 |