New “Dream Ticket” Group Tied To Clinton
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, VeepActually, it’s not just tied to Clinton, it’s comprised entirely of Clinton backers:
WASHINGTON — A group called VoteBoth has been leading the charge for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to team up on the Democratic ticket.But the people behind it come from just one of those camps — Clinton’s — and one of their goals may be keeping Clinton’s White House prospects alive.
The group’s founder, Adam Parkhomenko, until recently worked as an assistant to Patti Solis Doyle, who was Clinton’s campaign manager until February. Parkhomenko in 2003 founded the Draft Hillary for President Committee.
VoteBoth’s spokesman is Sam Arora. He’s a law school student who in recent years worked for Clinton and for former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, Clinton’s presidential campaign chairman.
VoteBoth’s Facebook page lists three others as administrators, all with Clinton connections.
Not only that, big-time Hillary backer Chuck Schumer is saying he think it’d be a good idea…
On the viability of an Obama/Clinton ticket: “At first I thought it wasn’t but I do think it could be.”On voters: “They’re worried, and they want somebody to come in and say I can help a little bit you with healthcare, and paying for college, and all these things, and a Democratic candidate is more likely to do it. Hillary and Barack have both run very strong and great races, and I think they’d be a strong ticket together.”
I think that’s the meme that will come out of West Virginia and Kentucky. All of her surrogates will be asking if Obama can really get the “hard working” vote.
Actually, it looks like it’s already started.
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May 13th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Webb or Hagel are both still better choices, you get the white people and the military experience, plus you get to slam McSame every day on not signing up with Webb and Hagel’s new GI bill
May 13th, 2008 at 4:12 am
I don’t think Webb would work, as another junior senator on the ticket–and one with even less time in the senate than Obama–would only increase the attacks on Obama’s lack of experience. Hagel, however, sounds pretty good; it would help him with independents, white men, and most importantly demonstrate his willingness to work across party lines and create a “post-partisan” political environment. I’ve been hoping Obama would choose Kathleen Sibelius as his running mate to mend fences with female voters, but Hagel might actually be better.
May 13th, 2008 at 6:51 am
The whole dream ticket thing is silly–whose dream ticket? The reason Hilary isn’t the candidate in the first place is because people DIDN’T want her as president…why would they want her as vice president?
As for running mates, Webb doesn’t work because of the experience issue, Hagel and that is not going to happen. Sibelius? Interesting choice…I do think Obama will be looking for a governor to add “executive” experience … probably Bill Richardson