Obama/Clinton Ticket

[Ivor Karabatkovic]

I've said this on the forum before, only to have it shot down (like my prediction from last February that Obama will be the democratic candidate in November) that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will run on a joint ticket.

Several Obama supporters on this forum laughed at me and said that there is no chance of a joint ticket, but now that the race is over (for the most part) and Clinton said openly that she would be happy as a vice president, it gives more reason for it to occur.

Not to mention that Barack Obama has continuously said that Hillary Clinton would be on anyone's short-list of candidates as Vice President.

I'm curious to see if the same posters that shot down my idea of a Obama/Hillary ticket will be posting when it happens!

[Jim DeVito]

Ivor,

While I am by no means a political expert. I believe a safer less polarizing choice for VP would be Edwards. Hillery may want the spot, she may even be on the “short listâ€

[Ivor Karabatkovic]

I'd love to see Edwards run for PRESIDENT, not VP, and I agree with you completely.

It's just that Edwards already came out to the media and said that in no way is he interested in the VP position.

I just wanted to come out on public record and predict this so that I don't look like I'm hopping on the bandwagon and saying "YEAH! I knew it would happen!" when in fact two months ago I said there's no way in heck that it would.

Obama/Hillary would be unstoppable, no matter how much of a show McLame puts on.

[Brian Pedaci]

Hillary stays in Senate, becomes point person on health care reform. The bill will probably even be known as the "Clinton Health Care Reform Bill" or some such nonsense.

The news of the delegate clinch made me briefly consider dipping into my wallet for another Obama donation, but I held off lest my donation go towards paying off Clinton's campaign debt.

[ryan costa]

The news of the delegate clinch made me briefly consider dipping into my wallet for another Obama donation, but I held off lest my donation go towards paying off Clinton's campaign debt.

She kind of succeeded in exemplifying negative stereotypes by running up massive campaign debts, then not achieving anything anyways. Let me get this straight: her campaign is a separate entity from herself. she loaned it a few million dollars. Now the campaign's "debts" will be assumed by the Democratic Party or someone else's campaign fund?

I generally stop watching television during presidential elections. Just a few minutes of their "campaign" commercials are enough to make me swear off donating to any campaign. I will probably just write-in Ross Perot again.

[sharon kinsella]

I'm thrilled that Obama won.

I never thought I'd live to see this.

When I was born (1949 - the Ice Age) Jim Crow laws were still alive and well. I've seen John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. There's been thousands of other wonder that have come to fruition.

This is the pinnacle for me. Personally, I'm thrilled.

[Bret Callentine]

How can Obama claim victory when not all of his 57 states have held their primaries?

[Brian Pedaci]

Ha ha, that's a funny one, Bret. Did you know Obama can't bowl, either?

Meanwhile, McCain the foreign policy expert can't tell you whether Iran is supporting Sunni or Shia, or whether or not we've already drawn down our forces to pre-surge levels.

There's a profound difference between a simple verbal gaffe - like any of us would have if forced to talk all day long, every day for 18 months - and some of the "misstatements" by McCain. These examples aren't just a case of substituting one word for another, but show either a fundamental misunderstanding of the topic at hand, or a callous disregard for the intellect of the listener.

[Bret Callentine]

ooops, your right, I forgot, it's obvious that one is a simple mistake, while another is an obvious character flaw.

More curiously, why do you automatically go into attack mode against McCain just because I poke fun at an Obama gaffe?

Is it wrong to be amused at these comments? I realize that ALL the candidates are living under a microscope. Does that take away the comedic value of the events?

I don't know about you, but I'm not going to hold ANYONE to the level of scrutiny that they aren't allowed a slip up here or there.

I don't approve of Obama not because he can't bowl, but because I don't agree with his policies.

I'm not particularly for McCain either, but not because he mistook Shia for Sunni or the other way around, but because I don't agree with some of his policies either.

Currently, I'm actually researching Bob Barr, however, he's already looking at strike one for having a Vegas bookie for a running mate.

Right now, I'm leaning toward a write in vote for "None of the Above".

[Mark Moran]

I think an Obama-Clinton ticket is possible, but I will vote for it with my nose held.

Hillary Clinton's narcissism is pathological. Yes, last night was all about "what does Hillary want."

For the Clintons, it is always, always, always, always, about them.

Can someone please explain to me why people want this trailer park family back in our national lives?

[ryan costa]

Can someone please explain to me why people want this trailer park family back in our national lives?

Bill Clinton was warm and amiable. He took office after the cold war had finally warn itself out, and the Personal Computer/Internet age was turning people into millionaires and billionaires all over town. Globalization lowered the cost of production enough to buy advertising to float all kinds of new television and cable shows, so people were more entertained. Gas was cheap, and there was plenty of land to build malls and mcmansions on, after the previous batch of malls and mcmansions "went bad".

McCain will probably end up running the same campaign Bob Dole ran in 1996. i voted for Bob Dole in 1996 because I was conservative and naive, while Bob Dole was really Old and had been in World War II. I didn't like most politically active baby boomers at the time. I remember how in the movie Napolean Dynamite they order this Time Machine off e-bay. If there were real time machines, it would be possible for John McCain to start out 15 years earlier: then he could have fought in world war II.

[Stephen Eisel]

He took office after the cold war had finally warn itself out,

[Stephen Eisel]

Clinton will probably run as an independent.

[Mark Moran]

Clinton will probably run as an independent.

She'd probably like nothing better than to derail Obama that way. But she'd be a fool to do it. She wouldn't win, and she'd be branded as the Ralph Nader of 2008.

[Brian Pedaci]

ooops, your right, I forgot, it's obvious that one is a simple mistake, while another is an obvious character flaw.

More curiously, why do you automatically go into attack mode against McCain just because I poke fun at an Obama gaffe?

Is it wrong to be amused at these comments? I realize that ALL the candidates are living under a microscope. Does that take away the comedic value of the events?

I don't know about you, but I'm not going to hold ANYONE to the level of scrutiny that they aren't allowed a slip up here or there.

I don't approve of Obama not because he can't bowl, but because I don't agree with his policies.

I'm not particularly for McCain either, but not because he mistook Shia for Sunni or the other way around, but because I don't agree with some of his policies either.

Currently, I'm actually researching Bob Barr, however, he's already looking at strike one for having a Vegas bookie for a running mate.

Right now, I'm leaning toward a write in vote for "None of the Above".

I realized my post sounded kinda strident. But it really is a case of a slip vs. a character flaw. The '57 states' thing is the kind of stupid BS that's repeated everywhere, as though it actually means something.

I wouldn't mind it if Obama took McCain's offer of Town Hall meetings. It'd be a good venue for both of them and a chance to have friendly disagreements.

BTW, I wouldn't hold Root's selection as VP against Barr too much - as I understand it, Libertarians vote for the VP slot at the convention the same way the do for the top of the ticket.