Obama & Clinton Begin Talks On How To End This
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Veep, VideoCNN has the scoop…
On first blush I’m skeptical that there really are “formal talks” in the usual sense of that phrase. The report appears to lean heavily on sourcing from within the Clinton camp, which is notable. The significance here may not be that there are formal talks underway or that the vice presidency is under discussion. The real significance may be that this is the opening salvo from the Clinton camp ahead of the negotiations that would likely accompany her withdrawal from the race.Like everyone else, we’re trying to track this down now. But this may be the beginning of the beginning of the end.
Let’s hope this is the beginning of the beginning of the end, but I’ll say again that if Obama picks Hillary as his running mate I’m going to be EXTREMELY disappointed. Not so much so that I won’t vote for him, but it would clearly work to undermine his campaign’s hope and change theme, and I don’t know how he could really spin that.
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May 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 am
How to end this??? She lost….she lost! Since when does the winner negotiate with the loser. She has the vote of many women that according to their posts will never vote for Sen. Obama…so be it…her name on the ticket will not make any difference, then. She has the vote of white blue collar workers that according to her, will never vote for Sen. Obama…so be it. Again, she makes no difference, then. If she had any money left, she could run with these constituencies as an independent and I would say…go for it. My guess is that after the Limbaugh ‘chaos’ votes are removed from her totals, her wins would be significantly minimized. I didn’t see the New York Giants negotiate the ending with the Patriots…the Giants won….regardless of their previous losses, gaffes, public comment on who was the better team, according to the numbers, Giants won, Patriots lost. Period… Obama has more pledged delegates and save for Clinton Math, more popular vote, more superdelegates including the ones who have dropped Clinton for him. She lost. It’s over. This whining and ‘it’s not fair’ must be a ‘woman’ thing.
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
It’s in the best interest of the Democratic Party for Hil and O to make nice. The Clintons still have considerable star power. Why would she want to be VP? She’s better off staying in the Senate. She’s probably a better legislator than Chief Executive anyway. But if she can get some concessions in exchange for she and Bill hitting the stump, why not? Maybe state for bill. what do you think?