Obama kicks "Dream Ticket" Into Touch.
Obama has finally turned his attention to the ridiculous notion of Hillary Clinton offering the Vice Presidency to a man who she claims is not fit for the job.
Hillary's determination to become the presidential candidate cannot be disputed, but her methods - including asking that pledged and super delegates ignore the votes of the electorate - have certainly been eyebrow raising. And her offer that Obama, who is so far ahead of her that it is numerically impossible for her to catch him, should become her VP speaks volumes about her sense of entitlement.He suggested that the Clintons were being duplicitous in their offer, implying on one hand that he was not ready to be president, but that on the other, he could solve the party’s political impasse by joining together.
“I don’t know how somebody who’s in second place can offer the vice presidency to someone who’s in first place,” Mr. Obama told a town meeting at the Mississippi University for Women here, alluding to his lead in delegates. As the crowd cheered, he said: “If I’m not ready, how is it that you think I should be such a great vice president? Do you understand that?”
She is hoping that he will accept VP and give her a possible eight years in office and then step in and have his shot at the prize. And she does this at the very same time as she and her campaign go to great lengths to tell everyone that Obama has not yet passed the Commander in Chief threshold. Perhaps eight years of watching her from the VP's office will be all the preparation he needs.
This is nothing more than another example of Clinton's desire to become the presidential nominee no matter what the electorate want.On a conference call with reporters, as military supporters of Mrs. Clinton promoted her ability to be commander in chief, a campaign spokesman, Howard Wolfson, was asked why the campaign was talking up Mr. Obama as a possible running mate while it was also arguing that he was not qualified to be commander in chief — a standard most presidents want their vice presidents to meet.
“We do not believe that Senator Obama has passed the commander in chief test,” Mr. Wolfson said. “But there is a long way between now and Denver,” site of the party’s nominating convention in August.
As she campaigned Monday in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Clinton, of New York, said it was “premature to talk about whoever might be on the ticket.” But she also said, “A lot of Democrats like us both and have been, you know, very hopeful that they wouldn’t have to make a choice, but obviously Democrats have to make a choice, and I’m looking forward to getting the nomination.”
In Mississippi last week, Mrs. Clinton said: “I’ve had people say, ‘I wish I could vote for both of you.’ Well, that might be possible someday.”
It's good that Obama is finally knocking this offer on the head whilst pointedly refusing to make a counter offer that she should be his VP. The message is quite clear. When Obama wins the nomination, Hillary Clinton will not be on the ticket as his VP. After all that she has said, how could he possibly extend such an offer to her?
She has, much more than John McCain, done everything in her power portray him as unfit for the job. Indeed, with her 3am TV ad, she has developed a theme that the McCain camp are certain to amplify going into the election.
She has, in short, been a bloody disgrace. So, Obama is making it crystal clear that there is no place for Hillary in his presidential campaign.
Good for Obama. The Clintons have for many weeks now been behaving disgracefully. Hillary's offer of the VP slot was just another example of her bad behaviour and her contempt for the democratic process.“I don’t want anybody here thinking that I, somehow, well you know, maybe I can get both,” Mr. Obama implored his audience. “Don’t think that way. You have to make a choice in this election. Are you going to go along with the past or are you going to go toward the future?”
Mr. Obama then added, “They are trying to hoodwink you.”
Obama has, at last, forcefully dismissed it.
Behaviour of the kind that Hillary has been engaging in should not be rewarded and I am delighted that he has kicked any notion of a "dream ticket" into touch.
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I think that if Obama can hold onto the nomination, then there's a very good chance for the Democrats to win the White House (excellent, in fact, since on the few occassions that someone gives hard numbers for "record" voting turnouts, the Dems seem to have about twice the voters as the Republicans: landslide, anyone?). I think that if Obama wins, Clinton supporters will, for the most part, vote Obama, even if they prefer Hillary. I dont think that the same is true should Clinton "win" the nomination, though. If she somehow pulls off that off, the whole nation will know that the fix is in and democracy in America is dead. Many Obama Democrats will not turn out, and the race, at best, will be a lot closer than it should have been. (Personally, I'd be tempted to vote for McCain in the hope that it hastens the Collapse - maybe if it's quick we'll have a better chance to salvage something from the rubble).
It will also be a lost chance for the Democrats to sweep the Republicans out of many of their seats, because they'll come to vote for president, and stay to vote for representatives, councilmen, congressmen, judges, JPs, etc. If Clinton is allowed to screw Obama out of victory, then many will stay home, disillusioned, and the status quo will be preserved. But maybe that's Clinton's goal.
One thing I've never seen pointed out: Bill Clinton, arguably the most effective president of the last quarter century (and the only president in that time under whom the poor and middle class didnt lose ground) could not have been any more past "the Commander in Chief threshold" when he became president than Obama is now. And yet he seems to have done okay.
Dave, I totally agree. The new supporters that Obama is generating are young college students genuinely excited to be part of the political process. If Clinton manages to play old style politics and steal the nomination through super delegates the optimism of these new voters would rightly be lost in a nano second.
And I did see Bill Maher ask a Hillary team member about Bill's foreign policy experience before he took office. The Hillary guy started, "It's a different world we live in post 9-11...."
And was immediately interrupted by Maher who said, "Before we get to the bullshit part of your answer...."
It was very good and raised a very good point. This experience argument is mostly overdone by Hillary.
Microsoft is older and more experienced than Google, but Google are doing rather well...
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