69% Of Dems Want Democratic “Dream Ticket”
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary
Not only that, Bill is pushing the idea too.
ABC’s Sarah Amos reports: While Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are both taking the day off from campaigning, Hillary’s number one surrogate and husband, Bill Clinton, is spending the day in Mississippi, and hinting that perhaps the best ticket for the Democratic party is one with BOTH candidates on it. [...]“I know that she has always been open to it, because she believes that if you can unite the energy and the new people that he’s brought in and the people in these vast swaths of small town and rural America that she’s carried overwhelmingly, if you had those two things together she thinks it’d be hard to beat; I mean you look at the, you look at the, you look at the map of Texas and the map in Ohio. And the map in Missouri or — well Arkansas’s not a good case because they know her and she won every place there. But you look at most of these places, he would win the urban areas and the upscale voters, and she wins the traditional rural areas that we lost when President Reagan was president. If you put those two things together, you’d have an almost unstoppable force,” Clinton went on to say.
Again, I wonder if Hillary is trying to discredit Obama as a viable prez candidate or if she knows she can get the delegates and instead is forcing Obama’s hand for a VP.
I think it’s the latter. I guess we’ll see.
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March 8th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
This is nothing more than the old bait and swith routine practiced continously by the “old” political B.S. She knows she is losing, so she promises that a vote for her will get you two for one. Then, if she got the nomination, where do you think Obama will be? She could never live up to that promise. The fact is that many people have a problem with one or the other candidate. Put them together, and you alienate too many people to win the general election.
March 8th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
She can’t get the delegates everyone knows that- she is playing poker right now and hoping he’ll give a “tell” or blink. The Clint’s have been doing this for a long time so subtle massaging of the message is second nature to them.
I just hope the national media picks up on this crap for what it truly is - a clever ruse, a trick. According to PEW 63% of the independents (the one’s who will sway this election) view Obama more favorably then Clinton or McCain - she only does well with pure democrats - she loses everywhere else. She can’t win.
The only thing Obama has to do now is stay the course, attack from a dignified perch, hit hard but honestly - he’ll continue to win pretty much everywhere - and where he does lose, as long as it’s close it won’t matter. Billary is laying the ground work right now for the convention - Obama can either stay the course, conserve his powder, and improve his message (the right choice in my opinion) or go to war with her which is exactly what she wants - Obama should not forget “don’t fight with pigs, you’ll both get muddy but only the pig will enjoy it”.
March 8th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I don’t want either Clinton within hollerin’ distance of the White House. End of story.
March 8th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Unfortunately, the poll doesn’t tell us how it is framed. I for one would vote for Obama-Hillary, but will not vote for Hillary at the top of the ticket. Who would want to be VP to a Clinton co-presidency?
March 8th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Obama said today that he won’t be her VP. I believe him; I wouldn’t want any part of “Monsters, Inc.” either.
March 8th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
When Obama wins the nomination I believe he will ask Jim Webb of Virginia to be his VP. At least I sure hope he does.
March 8th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
When this is placed in the context of all the other things she’s been saying about him, it’s pretty clear what she’s trying to suggest. Do the math.
She says that he’s not ready or experienced enough to be President, and that she and him would make a great pair. Get it yet?
not ready to be prez + great ticket = worthy only as the number two
If Clinton sinks Obama using the nasty stuff she has carted out lately, I almost hope he rips off his donkey shirt to show an elephant shirt, hits Hillary across the back with a chair, and goes over to McCain.
I went to Walmart today. The cover of the National Enquirer says that Obama is close friends with a terrorist. Nice, huh?
March 10th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Obama stands a better chance of becoming President after being Hillary’s VP than the other way around. If HRC ends up being BHO’s VP, then she’ll have a senate seat to look forward to afterwards, at best.