Keep Dreaming For a Clinton-Obama Ticket

Posted at February 4th, 2008 1:34 pm by lyndonjohnson
Filed under: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton

Many Democrats are abuzz over the possibility of a “dream ticket” featuring Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama running for the White House.

Some experts, such as James Carville, think it’s highly possible.

Others, such as CNN’s Roland S. Martin, say forget about it.

A great deal will depend on the results of Super Tuesday (Obama-Clinton and Clinton-Obama tickets are very different, as Barack himself said during last week’s debate). But here’s Martin’s reasoning …

Obama on the MoveHillary Clinton

  1. Clinton will not be overshadowed by a V.P., and her popularity pales in comparison to affection showered on Barack Obama.
  2. Barack Obama, win or lose, offers a vision of hope and of change, and would not want to carry Hillary Clinton’s baggage.
  3. Too much bad blood between the two during this campaign. We’d say this is easily fixed, but the race-baiting strategy used by Bill Clinton and other Hillary surrogates absolutely enraged Obama’s camp.
  4. Being No. 2 is unthinkable for a Clinton.
  5. Obama doesn’t want to be LBJ, ostracized because of the influence of Robert F. Kennedy (in this case, Bill Clinton).

Bubba

We don’t buy a lot of this analysis, but there’s enough validity in some of these points to make you think twice. Clinton-Obama may be the dream ticket to many, but sadly, nothing more.

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2 Responses to “Keep Dreaming For a Clinton-Obama Ticket”

  1. Catherine Bermudez Says:
    February 6th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    IF the Domocrats want to win the General Election, they had better at least consider a Clinton Obama ticket.
    The factions in the party would be brought together in a way that would almost certainly win in November.
    Black. Hispanic, WOMEN, youth, would all be players in this and it would be very good for the party as a whole.
    As we have seen in the primary election,
    the turnout (which is vital to a win) would be enormous.

  2. Frank Tillery Says:
    February 7th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    It is unlikely that Mrs. Clinton would accept the Vice-Presidential role for any President after spending eight years witnessing Al Gore’s plight. Also, Mr. Obama would probably not be able to endure eight years of being Vice-President to the Co-Presidency of Bill and Hillary Clinton. By the way, does a co-presidency even have or acknowledge a vice-president?

    OBAMA-HAGEL ‘08

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