The media wants Obama/Clinton, for better or worse that will be a factor in his decision

[Hippo_Tron]

Whether or not Obama can unite the party without putting Clinton on the ticket is up in the air. But you can bet that the talking heads will be going on nonstop about how he definitely needs to put her on the ticket to unify the party and if they repeat it enough times, it may become reality.

[gateley]

1. Uniting the party isn't the only concern, here --

we ALSO have to attract crossover voters. It's not just Dems voting in November.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

2. Who did Senator Clinton make the offer to first?

Obama or McCain ?

Did you watch Cafferty today?
McCain is singing the praises ,of Hillary Clinton!

You have to be a little concerned when you hear that! :scared:

[Thrill]

3. Thats the Republican Dream Ticket. Not the Democrats

[newmajority]

4. The corporate media has supported the corporatist DLC

and it's been a mutual relationship. FUCK what they think.

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

5. I'm sure

that we will see the same even-handed response from Obama that we've gotten used to: the dude's not going to be pressured into anything.

Senator Clinton should go back to the senate, where she can do the most good for the American people. She still has a great career ahead of her, and may be a much better candidate in 4 or 8 years.

[BlueJac]

6. You know, the media wanted the war too....

they also get rid of liberal reporters.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Makes for a much better story that way.

[WA98296]

8. The "MEDIA" wants it...Well, that ought to settle it then. The corporate media.

[TexasObserver]

9. Hillary: good choice to sell TV commercials, lousy choice for VP

[Orsino]

10. Yeah. I can't pretend to understand everything he has to consider...

...but he can't ignore her popularity, even if he ultimately picks a different veep.

[moondust]

11. M$M thrives on conflict.

Conflict is sensational and attracts viewers, which raises ratings, which attracts sponsors, which drives up advertising rates, which makes the corporate bosses very rich and powerful.

With an Obama/Clinton ticket the M$M will continue pitting them against each other and creating divisions and distractions FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OR MORE! Obama gets the ball rolling on something and the M$M will start running an endless loop praising Bill and Hillary for something/anything, following them around with the cameras instead of Obama.

I can hear Wolf Blitzer 18 months from now: "Who is really running the government? Barack or Bill?"

Republicans will eat it up.