Terry McAuliffe Says an Obama/Hillary Ticket "Sure Is" Possible

[From The Left]

The national chairman of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign says she could end up on the same ticket with rival Barack Obama.

Terry McAuliffe told a business group in Madison today it “sure is” possible the former first lady and the Illinois senator could become running mates.

He says that team would create excitement in the country heading into the general election.

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/WDH0101/80226152/1981

[NYCGirl]

1. Only in his fevered imagination. NT

[caledesi]

27. I agree! NT

[iconocrastic]

87. Obama would not be wise to put her only a heartbeat away from the presidency

I.e., his.

[Mezzo]

99. like you wouldn't support him if he did?

he doesn't get to the number 2025 without some sort of brokerage. What if those are the terms?

[LostinVA]

131. Oh, please tell me I'm inferring your post wrongly -- she's going to have him KILLED???

Unbelievable.

[trueblue2007]

102. WITH HILLARY AS THE PRESIDENT!!!

[Cha]

119. Does anyone need anymore

proof that terry mccauliff is full of bs?

[TwilightGardener]

2. It "sure isn't". But thanks for trying.

[Yael]

3. NOOOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!!!

:scared:

[LSparkle]

9. My reaction entirely ...

We don't need any drag on this ticket -- we want a landslide in November!!!!!!

[Mooney]

4. Terry is completely full of shit n/t

[Avalux]

5. Yeah, as long as we don't allow them in the same room together.

;-)

I know much of what's going on now is an act; we'll see.

[blm]

6. McAuliffe also believed HRC could have won 2000 and 2004 by 10% with HER campaign team.

McAuliffe is trying to GIN UP a clamor for HRC to be on the ticket - and it AIN'T gonna happen. Obama isn't going to tap her and ruin HIS opportunity.

[HeraldSquare212]

7. I like dreaming, 'cuz dreaming can make me VP.....

[Occam Bandage]

8. Terry McAuliffe is a fucking idiot.

[From The Left]

14. My Sense Too

McAuliffe will say anything to keep her in the limelight.

[Mooney]

36. I agree with the premise of your post. n/t

[speedoo]

45. Yes, he is.

Maybe, if we are lucky, we can finally flush this cretin down the toilet when Hillary is ultimately rejected and embarrassed by the voters.

[Blue_State_Elitist]

55. Terry McAuliffe

is good at raising huge amounts of money from traditional sources. I worked at a Clinton fundraiser in New York with him and he's a genuinely nice person. Campaign strategy certainly doesn't seem to be his strong point though.

[quakerboy]

136. I think thats one of the big reasons

We dont want him anywhere near whoever the P/VP are. We dont want money from "traditional sources".

[BigDDem]

57. "fucking idiot"

The politics of hope and change, way to go!

[burythehatchet]

63. Yeah, I sure "hope" that someday Terry "changes" and stops being

a fucking idiot.

[Occam Bandage]

66. Yep. He's a fucking idiot, and I'm glad he was changed out for Howard Dean.

And I hope he doesn't get changed back in.

[BigDDem]

125. Oh, I thought stuff like "fucking idiot" was old politics

you know, same old, same old.
So, if someone calls BO a "fucking idiot" no harm, no foul, right?

[Alexander]

71. So why don't you tell us all the wonderful things McAuliffe has done?

Because you can't name any.

[Occam Bandage]

82. He shrunk the party, lost the Senate, and oversaw the Great Capitulation to Bush.

[blm]

126. He allowed RNC election fraud tactics to go uncountered for 4 years after 2000s theft

and some of us believe he ignored election fraud deliberately before Dem races in 2002 and 2004 because he had no interest in Dems winning those elections as they were looking ahead to Hillary2008.

[grantcart]

120. yeah but just him saying it completely undermines her campaign

[casus belli]

121. Amen. n/t

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

10. She would be nothing but a liability to Obama

[Divernan]

42. And then would Obama be on the hook for her campaign's huge debts?

Adding her to the ticket would be lose-lose-lose in every imaginable way.

[MonkeyFunk]

123. No

what a silly notion.

[bunnies]

11. Hillary is a drag on an Obama ticket.

And Obama would never ask her to be VP. Wishful thinking on camp Clintons part.

[From The Left]

18. Obama Can Do So Much Better Than Hillary

She would guarantee a McCain victory.

[bunnies]

30. Obama doesnt need HRC.

Not surprising that her camp would imply he does though!

Especially considering the way she's ripped on Obamas supporters. Please. He'd be seen as a traitor sharing a ticket with her.

You're right. He can and will do better.

[iconocrastic]

89. Her negatives are way too high. Who needs that baggage?

[Kahuna]

96. Right. People are already experiencing "Hillary fatigue." nt

[caledesi]

29. I agree! NT

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. LOL

Baghdad Bob: "Co-ownership of the Baghdad airport with the american forces is a possibility we're currently exploring."

[Thrill]

13. Not a chance. Mocking Obama like that and saying

He should be ashamed of himself. Ended any chance of that. Obama/Webb

[AtomicKitten]

15. In her dreams.

[Cant trust em]

16. How can Hillary be his VP

after calling him naive and essentially unfit to lead the country?

[DJ13]

17. Terry, your candidate BLEW IT

If she had stayed conciliatory after the last debate, made the voters understand she wanted to work together as Democrats in November even if that meant putting her ambitions behind her, then there might have been a chance.

There is no chance now that she has gone negative this last week.

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. I think he "dramatically oversimplifies"

His stupidity.

[tanglefoot]

65. LOL!

You got that right.

[City Lights]

20. No thanks, Terry!

Terry also said this would be a 25-state primary contest. He's a frickin' idiot.

[jefferson_dem]

21. What respect I had for Hillary is gone. The VP spot should be offered to someone more worthy.

n/t

[saracat]

22. It would be waste of Hillary's time to be Obamas VP.It would not lead

to the presidency and why else would anyone bother to be VP and accept a diminished role in government?

[Skip Intro]

23. IF Obama is the nom, Hillary needs to stay away from that ticket - his defeat in Nov could hurt her

chances in 2012.

[NJSecularist]

28. Are you rooting for Obama to lose in the general?

So Hillary has a chance in 2012?

[Skip Intro]

37. Recognizing political reality is all.

You see dark clouds and lighting in the distance, and you say a storm is coming - does not mean you are rooting for the storm to come, you are just recognizing reality.

I am actually rooting for Hillary to win in 08. Should it be Obama, I see a big loss in November. Not saying it is impossible for him to win, but by the time the repukes are done with him, I see a major loss. Having said all that, I am not ashamed to say that if he does win in November, it will be without my vote.

[woolldog]

85. she'll have no chance in 2012

Don't get your hopes up. She'll be too old and the country is already sick of her. Some of you sHRC supporters are so blind you don't seem to realize how high her unfavorables are.

She doesn't even get the Democratic nomination to the Senate is my prediction.

[angie_love]

100. I can't wait till you guys are gone come the GE, you'll probably be more welcome at free republic.

[Skip Intro]

108. Calling me a freep? Wow, is that the HOPE or the UNITY talking there? Wanna know something, angie...

I've been here like 70 times longer than you, and I'll be here when you're gone.

Enjoy your stay, sunshine.

[angie_love]

114. It is my HOPE that all you ppl talking about how you won't vote for the dem nominee be gone!

B/c that will create UNITY among us. Not my fault you want to be a traitor to your own party. I'll NEVER vote repug and I'll ALWAYS support the DEM nominee even if they weren't my first choice. John Kerry wasn't my choice in 2004, but you better believe I fucking supported him/donated to him every week/voted for him. WHY? B/c hes a dem thats why and I'm a dem!

SECOND, I have been here since 2003 but I was so crushed Kerry lost in '04 that I didn't come back and I lost my password, so don't think you know me. I can only judge you by your words and your words that you won't vote for our dem nominee if hes Obama are traitorous and vicious and they will not be appreciated here.

Third, if you want to say I hate Hillary, don't even bother, I've voted for her before b/c again shes a dem! and thats what dems do.

[Skip Intro]

129. Well, you know what they say, hope in one hand...Sorry to disappoint you, but

I am not voting for Obama, period, and I am not leaving DU.

I never said I knew you, I do not want to know you, and you are the one doing the namecalling, pretty clearly in violation of DU rules.

And who the hell are you to sit in judgement of me, or any other DUer? And who are you to speak for other DUers on what is and is not appreicated here. Calling DUers freeps is appreciated a lot less here than anything I have ever posted.

As I said, enjoy your stay.

[angie_love]

130. Saying you will not vote for our dem nominee is much less appreciated than calling

you out as a traiterous dem. Bank on it! Traitor.

[Skip Intro]

133. Tell me, has name calling gotten you far in life?

cuz it is getting you nowhere quick here

you act as if the opinion of somebody who comes blazing into DU a month ago telling everyone who does not agree with her to fuck off matters to me or anyone else

once more with feeling - enjoy your stay

[angie_love]

135. Oh please, you're going on ignore now. lol. so weak.

[Skip Intro]

137. .

:eyes:

[LostinVA]

132. I love seeing you fight with "Ignored"

:pals:

[Skip Intro]

134. aaaahahaha!!! shes a live one.

I dont use the ignore feature myself, so I dont know what it looks like when reading a thread, but now I am curious, lol.

:pals: back at you

[musicblind]

76. Way to twist skips words into something they weren't!

[Radical Activist]

24. God I hope not.

Clinton baggage and drama will only drag down the ticket. Its time to break with the past.

[Az_lefty]

25. Never going to happen....

[SoFlaJet]

26. from the responses here

I'd say it's a resounding NO THANKS to Terry's trial balloon

[From The Left]

31. Obama Would Do Better w/Ann Coulter on the Ticket

No thanks, Terry

[Capn Sunshine]

32. Nice try Terry

The ONLY way that MCAuliffe or any other DLC woo woo will get near this campaign is if they agree that the DLC's idea of how to run a campaign is not germane in any way to this campaign, and that the issues of anti-terrorism and Al Quaeda are NOT automatically the province of the other side, and that under NO circumstances will anyone try to "appeal to the swing voter" by watering down the Democratic Core values.

because THAT strategy has a proven record: one of loss. ( See Kerry, Gore, Dukakis, Mondale et al)

[better tomorrow]

33. rational thinking, folks...

Now, think of it. The Democratic party is backed into a corner.

They have two candidates who have split the party. They need both to beat McCain. Obama has more popular appeal right now. They will put him in as Prez and Hil as VP. They will win the election and then something could conceivably happen to Obama (remember Vince Foster, Bob Stevens, et.al) if they pulled a "Reagan" on him like the Bushes did to Ronald (remember the dining with Neil Bush story) and Hillary would assume her post in late 2012 and she would declare martial law, suspend the Constitution, and cancel the next election and then the NWO would begin and Bill and Arnold would battle it out for Prez of the World---you know, that UN thing they want. All the Huckabee's will begin praying and line up for their Kool-Aid if they aren't one of the 13 Bloodlines. BTW, when is the Space Station supposed to be finished? Is there enough room on the Mothership for me, too? I'm a Van Duyn and we had hid our name (French for Fontaine) from Fritz for a long, long time now......I want my ticket, please, so if you are a Freeper, please let them know.

Cheers, folks.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

38. PS. Hillary anywhere on the ballot would hurt the Dems downticket

just can't do it.

We need a Dem congress.

[knixphan]

92. yes yes yes

We need a real majority. Gotta stay away from polarizers

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

34. Dangerous. n/t

[catgirl]

35. When hell freezes over

Especially since Gore has been privately consulting the candidates.

[high density]

39. Dream on

Talk about an anti-unity ticket. That's even more awkward than Kerry/Edwards.

[susankh4]

40. It is our only hope

for uniting this party.

If they don't end up working together.... it'll be a McCain presidency.

[K Gardner]

51. That's just a pipe dream for people who want to keep Hillarys name in the spotlight after she's

trashed Obama and the party and the voters. Barack can and will win it without her anywhere NEAR his ticket.

[susankh4]

56. Well I wish him luck....

cuz he will need it.

[Firespirit]

41. Go away Terry

Please, just go away.

[CoffeeCat]

43. Terry must have the Ebola virus...

Someone tend to his 107-degree fever.

He's seeing flying giraffes, pink-polka dotted stars and an Obama/Hillary ticket.

Code Blue! We need a crash cart and a tub full of ice...STAT!!!

[SoCalDem]

44. Terry McAwful has been eating the fermented berries again

what a loon...

[From The Left]

59. And Chasing Them w/Koolaid

The guy is so scary.

[BootinUp]

46. He did not say who would be at the top of the ticket. eom.

[woolldog]

47. Oh God no, please.

No Clintons in the White House period.

:puke:

[K Gardner]

48. Shame on YOU, McAwful ! You evidently need a Reality Check.

No.
Freakin.
Way.

Not now. Not ever.

[CreekDog]

49. On one condition

That Penn, Wolfson, McAuliffe and various other hacks go home.

[Radical Activist]

50. My foot up McAuliffe's ass sure is possible.

Just typing it makes me feel better already.

[JackORoses]

52. No fucking way. We are done with you, Hillary. Take a hint!

[yellowcanine]

53. Obama should not offer the VP spot to Hillary.

She would be a drag on the ticket by cutting into his support among independents and moderate Republicans. We absolutely need some of that vote to pick up the necessary "purple" states to win.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

54. If The Party Is Smart, That's EXACTLY What They Should Do.

I don't care how anyone feels about each candidate one way or the other. I say with as much factual conviction as I could possibly muster, that a ticket with them both would be a GUARANTEED VICTORY. I can't remember a time in my life I've ever been able to say that, and there's never been a time in politics where we more NEEDED to be able to say that. Guaranteed victory. I hope the party is smart enough to know that, and to try and do everything within their power to make it happen.

[GarbagemanLB]

64. No. Obama's whole message will be turned upside down if he brings her on.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

67. Bzzzzzzztttttt. Wrong Answer.

Guaranteed victory. Guaranteed.

I don't expect some on the Obama side to agree. I'm more than acclimated to their points of view. I'm talking about the REAL world here. Real people. Regular everyday voters. Ya know, the masses and stuff. This combination would create a buzz of heights politics has never seen, and the momentum and excitement created from it would be unstoppable. McCain and whoever wouldn't stand a chance.

Every day I hear more and more regular every day voters tell me how much they'd love to see that ticket. Every day. Guaranteed victory.

[Alamom]

70. I agree completely & have seen this suggested all over the net, as well as real people talking. Also

.....I believe we would win the WH the next 2 terms, have an incumbent VP who could win in 2016, 2020 with another great VP ready to win in 2024. The potential to win it and keep it for years is upon us, but our candidates & party have not put forth a plan to actually be able to to stay in long enough to make a real difference.

The repukes started thinking about this when Nix*on was in office, maybe earlier. Who they would run in every contest for years. They just didn't have the talent that we do in our party......also Carter and B.Clinton surprised them and they misunderestimated jr so bad.

Early on, I had hoped one of the older candidates & one of the younger would come together with this as their goal. The one time we could have taken the reins and kept them due to jr, his cabinet & the g*p being in the toilet with the country and the world.

I think we've missed the boat.......I hope not.

[GarbagemanLB]

73. Yeah, I'm talking about the 'real world' too. Obama should pick a national security VP, not Hillary.

Hillary is divisive. His message is about change, and he would look like a hypocrite bringing her onboard just to sow up some votes.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

75. Guaranteed Victory.

Guaranteed. NO other combination would create that buzz. NO other combination would be as unstoppable. NO other combination would be more popular with everyday voters. John McCain and yet to be named wouldn't know what hit them.

Already, the buzz has started from so many everyday people wanting this to be what happens. Tell me, what buzz has there been about ANY other combination (with exception to Gore)? Oh, that's right; NONE.

[Occam Bandage]

84. I completely agree with you on this. Obama/Clinton would be a freight train.

If she wanted it, though, I don't understand her current tactics.

[From The Left]

91. Her Ego Wouldn't Allow It

She would rather go back to the senate and play the scorned woman 2.0

[Occam Bandage]

83. In what manner, exactly? Clinton and Obama are not incompatible.

[Freida5]

58. I hope Hillary does not degrade herself by settling for the VP. I rather see her move on

to better things.

[anigbrowl]

60. Yeah, and a future for campaign chairman 'sure is' possible too. In la-la land.

[enid602]

61. OK. . .

But only if she keeps him on a VERY short leash.

[zonkers]

62. T- Mac smokin the good stuff.

[dysfunctional press]

68. if hillary is the veep, the VRWC will have him assasinated in a way that "frames" shillary...

as either a conspirator, or the actual trigger-woman ala vince foster.

she needs to pack it in and head back to the senate.

[susankh4]

69. Seein the ole JFK/LBJ ticket play out again, eh?

On this point... I will agree that Hill would be kinder to herself to go back to the senate.

but I don't think she will... if the party asks her to run with Barack.

[yourguide]

72. Right...sure terry and Hillary can still win too!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

You actually think after that Drudge BS yesterday the Obama camp would think that is a great idea???? HA!

[paulk]

74. there is a real split in the party - the demographics of the two

candidate's supporters are very different.

I think a unity ticket - one way or the other - is almost a certainty.

[Hieronymus]

77. I'd be surprised if Obama chose Hillary as his VP.

[From The Left]

78. Same Here

Barack could do so much better. Why should he burden himself with Hillary Clinton?

[Raine]

79. Put down the crack pipe Terry

it's making you delusional. :crazy:

[Mezzo]

80. I am an Edwards Turned Clinton Supporter and I think it means she's done. nt

When senior staff members are saying such things, they are signaling.

[Hieronymus]

86. Gov. Richardson says he get carpet bombed by the Hillary campaign ....

everyone from Bill to staff calling him. With Obama it's just Obama calling him .. strategic bombing.

[Mezzo]

97. along with all the money he's pouring into superdelegates.

allowing republicans to have more of a voice in deciding our democratic nominee in VA than a democrat in Florida will give GOP the candidate they most want.

[rodeodance]

115. First i have heard of it. Odd. just odd.

[musicblind]

81. All this thread does is show how out of touch DU is with

the opinions of the real world. Obama/Clinton is a very real possibility and a lot of people, who do not follow politics like rabid wolves on a messageboard that is 75% pro Obama, are very excited about the idea of this ticket happening. The applause at the simple mention of it during their first one on one debate said a lot. I hear people in the real world hype this ticket, and talk about this ticket. Hillary will have broken records in the amount of support she has as the first runner up to the nomination. They will be between a rock and a hard place if they decide not to include her on the ticket...

... and if she is not on the ticket they will still need her to campaign heavily for Obama during the GE.

That may not be what people on DU want to hear, but it is the reality.

The sad part is, probably 50% of the people on here know it, they just... deep down... refuse to admit it. However, that is fine and does not bother me. That is merely a trial between you and your mirror.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

90. every person I know and speak with in the real world has ALL said the same thing.

[Kahuna]

95. Bull! Obama doesn't need Hillary. He needs someone with foreign policy

experience. She doesn't have any.

[davidpdx]

107. Clinton will not be on the ticket, even as VP nominee

First, I think Terry M is probably talking about Clinton being at the top of the ticket, not as a VP candidate. I haven't (nor will I) read the article, but that's my guess.

Second, in terms of "real world opinions" Obama supporters would not support making Clinton a VP candidate. Her nasty divisive attacks are exactly why this isn't posssible.

[BeyondGeography]

88. Change You Can't Believe In

Sorry, Terry.

[knixphan]

93. I dunno...

I see the potential argument that Hill would add voters to the Oba,ma ticket...

But then again, how many of Hill's hardcore supporters would even touch McCain. or abstain from voting?

I think that Obama will have female votes with no problem. He can get a veep who brings NASCAR hawks closer...

Like Wayne Palmer did on '24', he can get a military-cred guy, or someone with white hair, or both.

maybe Dodd gets the nod.

[Kahuna]

94. What the hell is he smoking? nt

[shaniqua6392]

98. I wish that would happen.

Obama/Clinton would rock the world. Remember that there are millions of us who like them both. They both got a lot of votes and McCain would not stand a chance. That would look great in the eyes of the world. You never know what the Democratic Party might do with this.

[Auntie Bush]

101. I'd love that!

All the Hillary haters would have to vote and defend Hillary. That would give me pleasure and it would serve them right.

[Name removed]

103. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Mezzo]

105. what a hateful and right wing thing to say about a fellow democrat

I'm alerting this.

[Major Hogwash]

104. Hahahahahaha! The same "You're either with us or you're against us" McAuliffe?

Man, get a clue.

[Jamastiene]

106. Haha, wouldn't that be the ultimate fuck you. n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

109. I am sure he meant a Clinton/Obama

[williesgirl]

110. God I hope not. Senator from NY is fine with me, nothing more.

[Eurobabe]

111. McAuliffe is smoking some strong dope. n/t

[NDambi]

112. ugh

[AgadorSparticus]

113. I'm still undecided about that. Mainly because I'd like to see either

Kucinich or Edwards as VP. I think they would do a better job of keeping him grounded to the people.

[rodeodance]

116. He meant Clinton/Obama. Very cold in WI--his teeth were chattering. Reporters got it mixed up.

[Raejeanowl]

117. I'll Wait To Hear From The Candidates, Thanks

Sorry, no "insider" opinion about this is worth jack sh*t to me.

But I've been saying for a long time I didn't see it happening. Love to be wrong.

[sykalla2]

118. Obama is UNIFIER with Rethugs not DEMOCRATS . No possibility whatsoever *NT*

[From The Left]

124. Totally Illogical

Obama has won 10 of the past 10 primary and caucus DEMOCRATIC races. Read slowly: D.E.M.O.C.R.A.T.I.C.

[JeanGrey]

122. It would create a "thud" and I doubt highly unlikely.

[workinclasszero]

127. Shame on you Barack Obama!!! SHAME!!!!

Umm....can I be your VP now?

buhahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!:rofl:

[stevietheman]

128. Yes, corporatists (DLC) are desperate to get a puppet in the next administration.

Whether it's the first or second spot of the ticket, that doesn't matter so much, as long as they have their person there.