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Hillary Muscling for VP?
May 22, 2008 | 10:17 AM
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The drum beat gets louder.  Hillary Clinton knows she can't win the nomination but is determined to muscle her way into the VP slot on Barack Obama's ticket.  I think she succeeds, creating a Kennedy/Johnson sort of ticket where the two running mates can't stand each other.  Or, at least, where the top guy's wife hates the VP on the ticket.  Keep those two women apart at all costs.  At least, from what I hear and read.

Here's a small portion of a story from Politico:


It is possible to muscle your way into a vice presidential nod: You have something the nominee wants, and he has to give it to you.

The question is: Does Hillary Clinton have that kind of muscle?

Her victories in states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and her strength with women and white working-class voters have fueled the argument that Barack Obama must put her on the ticket if he wins the nomination and wants those states and those votes in the fall.

And, as a senior Obama adviser told me Wednesday, some Clinton supporters are “pushing real, real hard to get her on the ticket.”

There's also an effort called VoteBoth - heavily weighted with Clinton supporters -- that's promoting an Obama/Clinton ticket.  Former NY Governor Mario Cuomo is among those who've lent their support to it.


The VoteBoth website has a wonderful picture of the two, looking so warm and fuzzy together.  Awwww.  Isn't that sweet?  But, I bet the backroom wrangling gets ugly.  And, in the end, that Obama swallows hard and makes the decision that his best hope of winning is to let Hillary muscle her way in.

Rich

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chardoney read my blog view my photos
May 22, 2008 | 3:13 PM

I don't think it really matters... but would make it an even bigger, losing ticket. I don't think he'd chose Hilly unless there was some big blackmail going on.
scottythecomic read my blog view my photos
May 22, 2008 | 8:32 PM

With all due respect, I am praying this won't be the case, Rich.
RichardRay read my blog view my photos
May 22, 2008 | 9:11 PM

Scotty,
I'm not rooting one way or the other. I just think it looks inevitable. Obama/Clinton vs. McCain/????.
The GOP ticket I really don't have a guess on yet.
Rich
scottythecomic read my blog view my photos
May 22, 2008 | 9:14 PM

I'm thinking Romney or Huckabee, Rich.
RichardRay read my blog view my photos
May 22, 2008 | 9:19 PM

Scotty,
I know McCain's holding auditions this weekend. We may know soon. Huckabee and McCain genuinely like each other. But, that plays almost no role at all in these decisions. It's all about politics. Personal likes and dislikes rarely enters in.
Rich
scottythecomic read my blog view my photos
May 22, 2008 | 9:23 PM

Agreed, Rich. Maybe he'll announce his veep after the holidays or, as I suspect, at a juncture that he finds himself taking a lot of heat so as to extinguish it.
Marks read my blog view my photos
May 22, 2008 | 10:50 PM

I don't see it. But I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn...
superman read my blog view my photos
May 22, 2008 | 11:19 PM

DDawg read my blog view my photos
May 23, 2008 | 9:34 AM

Personally I have gone back and forth on whether or not this would even be a good idea-Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton.

First and foremost I don't really care for her, she just doesn't seem honest to me and it appears from her latest posturing that it is more about appeasing her ego, than doing good for our country. With her on the ticket as VP however, the Democratic party will have no problem taking the White House in November because all the divisiveness (sp?) over the primaries will end up coming to an end. Does that equate to a better run administration? Hard to tell at this point.

Her "offer" to take Obama as VP was so much a joke that I fear the bad blood between them may be too bad to get them to run together unless like someone else said that there is blackmail invovled, and I certainly wouldn't put that past the Clintons.

Just another "wait and see" moment. If McCain chooses Romney as VP you can bet that there is NO WAY I will even consider voting Repub. I am still considering it as an option should Clinton get the nomination, but I won't make up my mind just yet.

One thing is for sure, this election cycle has already made history, and will continue to do so and keep us all intrigued right up until November 4th.
RichardRay read my blog view my photos
May 23, 2008 | 9:59 AM

DDawg
It has been an intriguing election cycle!
Rich
Marks read my blog view my photos
May 23, 2008 | 11:35 PM

Superman, you are just bad! LOL
TexanInfidel read my blog view my photos
May 24, 2008 | 1:41 PM

I heard on Rush just before 2pm yesterday that Clinton had offered to drop out if Obama would publicly offer her the veep slot so she could turn it down. Obama turned her down. Rush (and I) thinks that they didn't trust her to turn it down.
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RICH ON THE ROAD I am blessed with a truly remarkable job that for decades now has permitted me to see corners of the world, far and near. When I'm not on the road for Fox4 News in Dallas/Fort Worth, I'm often traveling with my wife Catherine -- occasionally on mission trips in Africa or Latin America with our home church (Prince of Peace Lutheran in Carrollton). My contribution to this page began largely as a Travel-blog -- sharing current and many of my past experiences in traveling America and the globe. I'm tryng, as we go along, to wade into a wider range of topics without getting in too much trouble. Richard Ray

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