Dream Team? Not a chance!
March 10th, 2008 at 12:21pm Pat Cunningham
Last week, I said HERE that I had my doubts about whether the Democrats would end up with a presidential ticket that includes both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Well, now I’m here to tell you that it definitely won’t happen.
Yes, Hillary’s floating the idea every other day in a desperate ploy to catch up with Obama in the quest for convention delegates. She’s trying to tell people that a vote for her in any of the remaining primaries is tantamount to a vote for Obama as well.
In effect, she’s offering the second spot on the ticket to the guy who’s ahead of her in the race for the first spot. How gracious of her.
The problem is that Obama would never accept the second spot. He’d be a fool to do that. Besides, it is highly unlikely that she’ll be a position to offer it. And it would be even more foolish for him to offer the second spot to her. Why would he saddle himself with a running mate whose mere presence on the ticket would energize the loony right wing of the Republican Party even more than he would?
More thoughts on this matter can be found HERE and HERE and HERE.
UPDATE: Obama SCOFFS at Clinton’s implied offer.
Entry Filed under: Dream ticket, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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