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| The Torricelli Gambit |
| 2008-08-29 |
| Jim Geraghty, National Review Picture this scenario... One month from now, the Palin pick has proven a bonanza for the McCain campaign. A large chunk of Hillary's 18 million voters have been won over. Conservatives are unified and energized, and the previously-undiscovered "Maxim magazine vote" is suddenly giving McCain large margins among young males. Joe Biden will disappear from the campaign trail, and we will later learn it was to see a doctor. A previously-undiscovered, vaguely ominous health issue will be discovered, and Biden will sadly announce that he cannot continue as Obama's running mate. With a sudden need for a new one, Obama will turn... to Hillary Clinton. Call it the Torricelli gambit. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #7 There's no time for all that B.S. there is about 60 days to win or lose this thing. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-29 23:49 |
| #6 Hillary needs 2 things. One is for Obama to lose so she can run in 2012. The other is to keep the Party together and prepared to back her in 2012. Everything she does is about the second and whatever she does apparently to help Obama win is to ensure she isn't seen as the cause of him losing. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-08-29 19:49 |
| #5 Call it the Torricelli gambit. More like the Eagleton gambit. As though that worked so well the first time. Just remember Joe, when he backs you a 'thousand percent' check the differential fluid when you're under there. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-08-29 19:49 |
| #4 The only way it benefits Hillary to run as VP is if she can be sure Obama will lose. If Obama wins, the next time she can run for the presidency is 2016. A VP spot is a lousy deal for her. Frank Lautenberg got to become senator (again) in Torricelli's place. Why the heck would Hillary want to help Obama win? It makes no sense. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2008-08-29 19:35 |
| #3 What's in it for Hillary? She wouldn't get the credit if Obama won, and she'd get the "can you get me some coffee on the way to the copy machine, sweetie?" treatment as VP. I guarantee she wouldn't get any kind of duties except for the occasional trip to some fourth-world dictator's funeral, and would be kept on a very tight leash. On the flip side, she'd get the blame if he loses (which she might get anyway for not "delivering" her base 100% to the Messiah.) Not. Gonna. Happen. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-08-29 17:01 |
| #2 I don't see it coming. Obama and the Hildebeast despise each other. Obama doesn't want Hilde and Bill anywhere near the White House (a correct assessment), and Hilde sees 'Bamer as someone who stole what was rightfully hers. But if it happens, watch Saturday Night Live for their version of "The Odd Couple". |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-08-29 16:30 |
| #1 Yeah, nobody would see right through that... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-29 16:15 |