Clinton won't rule out Obama as veep

[jefferson_dem]

I :applause: Hillary. I also hesitate to read too much into her remarks.

Clinton won't rule out Obama as veep
Posted at 8:03 PM
by Glenn Thrush

(NORTHRIDGE, CAL.) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton sorta, kinda, maybe suggested that Barack Obama just might be a fine running mate during a q-and-a session at U.C. Northridge..

A middle-aged man in a bangled leather jacket over a "Bronx" T-shirt asked the senator if she'd consider making Obama her running mate.

She replied: "Let me say that I cant think that far ahead because it's bad luck - I'm very superstitious and i don't want to be presumptuous -- but he is an extraordinary man and he has so much to give our country and I hope that however this works out that he will be a major figure in American politics for years to come... I certainly support that." (Thunderous applause)

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/clinton_wont_rule_out_obama_as.html

[angie_love]

1. If she makes him VP

I think alot of ppl would be satisified with that if she won the nom.

[Flabbergasted]

28. I think that is exactly the idea.

It's actually an excellent ticket.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. That ticket would be CHANGE in every sense of the word.

MKJ

[Dogmudgeon]

3. Four liberal Democratic terms, guaranteed

Someone suggested John Edwards for Attorney General in the event he isn't the nominee.

That would be an unbeatable combination for 16 years -- with the emergence of "new blood" in a few years, it could extend the New Liberalism to half a century.

--p!

[Kucinich4America]

26. Liberal??

Where's the Liberal?

[adapa]

4. as difficult as the current relationship is, a Clinton/Obama ticket would be unbeatable

Yes, I do support Hillary

[TwilightGardener]

5. Fuck that shit.

[goldcanyonaz]

6. potty fingers!!

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

8. My mom should wash my hands out with soap.

:)

[Occam Bandage]

7. He'd have to think very carefully about doing that.

He would no longer be able to run as a transformational candidate ever again. He would be Hillary's Al Gore, playing second fiddle for eight years before running on her record, carrying her baggage, generally being seen as a continuation of the Clinton dynasty.

If I'm Obama, I don't take it; I go back to the Senate.

[thoughtcrime1984]

9. The real question is

Will Obama pick Hillary as his veep?

[adapa]

12. I don't think she'd take it, likewise for Biden

They'd both be great *but* they're too powerful in their own right. Frankly they're older then Obama they don't have 8 years to wait. Biden & Clinton are policy wonks too.

[Occam Bandage]

18. Hillary would never take that, nor would Obama offer it.

She would not be #2 to a first-term Senator, and she would bring little if anything to his ticket; her baggage outweighs her positives.

[thoughtcrime1984]

19. I pretty much know that...

Who do you think he'd pick though, OC?

[Kucinich4America]

29. I hope not.

Obama has really disappointed me lately. He would lose me forever if he put Hillary on the ticket. He's "reached out" to the Republicans enough. It's time he remembers they are NOT the majority of this country, if he wants to win an election (i.e. tap into that 50% of the population that hasn't voted since both parties started running corporatists.)

[Herman Munster]

10. but if hillary's black support is shaky and Obama unifies the party

I think he does it. Winning this election should be more important than personal ambition.

[David Zephyr]

11. "black support" You really can't even see the stuff you write, can you?

Groaning in California.

[Herman Munster]

14. this is why black candidates have such a hard time winning anything major

Supporters turn any innocuous remark into a racial thing.

What exactly is wrong with the term black support?

[Occam Bandage]

25. There's nothing wrong with that phrase whatsoever. nt

[David Zephyr]

38. Your comment suggests that Obama would only bring "black support" to Hillary.

.

[Occam Bandage]

21. "Winning this election should be more important than personal ambition."

The same held for '04, and the mutual tension caused by Edwards' refusal to play by Kerry's strict rules was an open secret. Never underestimate the egos of politicians.

[Tulkas]

13. Can you belive anything she says?

Why oh Why would you belive that statement? I don't.

[adapa]

15. I believe it because she wants to win the general

[ShortnFiery]

37. I don't and I don't believe for one minute HRC would ask him if somehow she persevered.

Based on reports by people that "The Clintons" have frozen out of their illustrious inner circle, they nurture resentments. :scared:

[Proud2BAmurkin]

16. It's his for the turning down if she's nominated, and an unstoppable ticket.

[ronnykmarshall]

17. Works for me!

That's the ticket I've wanted all along.

[NJSecularist]

22. That ticket makes me all warm inside

I would love to see it. I would love it. It would be an unbeatable ticket.

[ronnykmarshall]

24. Just think about it ..

The right wing wouldn't know which way to turn .... "Let attack the woman ... no wait let's attack the black guy ... the woman ... no the black guy ..... " :nuke:

[jasmine621]

20. When will people learn to stop trying to set Hillary up?

She's much too smart to miss a beat. She, like Bill, thrives on the opportunities they get to speak when responding to smart-ass questions. When will folks learn?

[codeindigo]

23. historical landslide and the world would be watching ...

16 years of the undeniable. clinton/obama everybody wins...

[jlake]

27. Don't want to read anything into it, but it would be okay.

With Edwards as AG & Biden as Sec of State.

[Flabbergasted]

30. Would Biden go for that? Hmmmm?

[jlake]

31. Even though he has said he wouldn't, I think if it was not a hypothetical and a real

offer he would accept. ..... I sure hope that whomever the new Democratic president is offers him the job.

[Flabbergasted]

32. He'd be excellent. I'd be proud. nt

[adapa]

33. I'd love Biden as SOS, but he's got to be ready to give up his Senate Job forever.

[Flabbergasted]

34. He's 64. If he took the job for 4 years he'd be 68. Not a bad time to retire.

[adapa]

35. if he took the job for 8 years he'd be 72....If his toung his half as sharp as it is today...

[ShortnFiery]

36. Again, HRC is putting the cart before the horse. eom.