Posted on 05/07/2008 6:03:19 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
That's the ticket.
by Fred Barnes
05/07/2008
The NOTION THAT BARACK Obama should pick Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate is crazy. She passes the first test of a veep selection: she's a plausible president. But she fails the second. She doesn't qualify as a partner on the Democratic ticket (and possibly in the White House) that Obama would be comfortable with--far from it.
But there is someone who does meet these two requirements, plus a third one and maybe a fourth. That person is Democratic Governor Edward Rendell of Pennsylvania. Yes, Rendell was the leading supporter of Clinton when she trounced Obama in the Pennsylvania presidential primary last month. But he's a smart, tough, and respected politician who would no doubt embrace Obama eagerly, fully, and loyally.
Now that Obama has all but locked up the presidential nomination with his landslide victory in North Carolina and narrow loss in Indiana on Tuesday, pressure is building for Clinton to drop out of the race and, when the time comes, emerge as Obama's running mate on a Democratic dream ticket.
In truth, this would be a nightmare ticket, both dysfunctional and illogical. Opposites usually don't mesh in politics. Sure, LBJ helped JFK win the presidency in 1960. But Clinton isn't LBJ. Rendell comes closer to the LBJ model.
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Pa’s chief crook, why not.
I’m sure that Obambi will be looking to the Weekly Standard for political advice about choosing his running mate. :^)
It makes some sense until we think about how ethically challenged Fast Eddie is and how Obama will have enough baggage of his own.....
Rendell would have to be very stupid to take the VP nomination. Also Hillary is not going to be offered the nomination, and would refuse it if it were offered. Hillary wants to keep putting out the idea that she is a party loyalist. But bet the farm she will do whatever it takes to see to it Obama loses the general election. Then for four long years Hillary and Bill will feed Democrats the notion that the Media made Obama the Candidate and elected McCain. Hillary would have won.. and the media gave them Obama who could only lose.
By 2012 the leftist Democrats ought to hate the media at least as much as Conservatives do.
That’s a sure-lose ticket.
“She doesn’t qualify as a partner on the Democratic ticket (and possibly in the White House) that Obama would be comfortable with—far from it.”
BHO would be looking over his shoulder 24/7...lest he be “Fosterized” while in offoce.
Obama/Strickland.
Because Ohio is the whole ball of wax.
And McCain counters with Governor Suntan who promptly comes out of the closet to grab that demographic. (he pinged, throwing gasoline on the fire).
I’m not sure why this keeps coming up! I don’t know anyone who would vote for Obama just because Strickland was with him. Heck, he can’t even keep his AG from running a frat house in the office.
RENDELL, LIES, FEC FRAUD, GOVERNMENT WIRE - http://youtube.com/watch?v=aK16tyxUoZ8
Never happen. DiBerardinis will never allow it.
Ohio is the whole ball of wax assuming Pennsylvania and Michigan do what they usually do. If some combination of those two and Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and New Hampshire start sliding back and forth...things could get dicey for both parties. Long term however, we are moving from being an English nation to a Latin nation, IMO. If it keeps up, we are screwed.
Paging Don and Teri...
I don’t think even that would turn Ohio for BO. Strickland’s numbers aren’t that high and with the news about the Attorney Gerneral not stepping down I don’t see them being any higher either. If BO is the nominee McCain will carry Ohio
OBAMA/MCCAIN in ‘08!!!
...oh wait.
He’s too arrogant to choose a leading hillarybot.
“If BO is the nominee McCain will carry Ohio”
Then John McCain will be our next President.
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