Barack Obama Veepstakes begin...Anyone but Clinton!

Despite its superficial appeal, this so-called dream ticket could be a nightmare for both:
1)He's trying to be a unifying force. Obama's appeal to independent voters and disgruntled Republicans rests on the promise of a nonpartisan approach. Hillary Clinton is a super-partisan figure. Putting her on the ticket would be like John McCain picking Newt Gingrich as his running mate.
2)All but one reason for selecting a running mate don't apply. Geographic strength (Obama can win New York without her); ideological appeal (she's just slightly more conservative); and compensating skills (both are senators) don't favor her. The role of attack dog, however, is one Clinton, among others, could handle.
3)Race would be back. Clinton's declaring that Obama is weak with "hard-working white Americans" would allow the news media and McCain allies to more legitimately discuss Obama's race and bigoted voting.
4)Working-class voters aren't permanently attached to her. Winning blue-collar and older white voters against a black man is one thing; winning them against a white man (and war hero) is quite another.
5)Bad chemistry. Remember Obama's comment at a debate after she said she liked him? "You're likable enough," he replied with what was called the warmth of a divorced man handing over the alimony check. Clinton has since called him "patronizing" and "elitist" and said she would never have stayed in his pastor's church. All of this can be seen on YouTube, the website that could affect politics in a big way this fall. It's already made Rev. Jeremiah Wright a source of misery for Obama.
6)Her experience argument worked against Obama, but it doesn't work against McCain. She said, "I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002." More YouTube material.
7)Her negatives haven't gone away. In February, polling showed 49 percent of American voters were favorable toward her, 49 percent unfavorable. Today she's 46 percent favorable, 53 percent unfavorable.
8)The baggage. Obama doesn't want to spend 10 seconds discussing Travelgate, Whitewater, the Marc Rich pardon, Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Monica, and donors to the Clinton library. But the Clintons don't believe in letting anything slide.
9)What about Bubba? If Bill Clinton couldn't control himself during his wife's campaign, how can he hold his tongue to "help" the man who beat her?
10)They have differences on some fundamental matters, such as change vs. experience, going to war in Iraq, negotiating with America's enemies, and making health insurance coverage mandatory.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/05/22/...

The Field can now confirm, based on multiple sources...Senator Clinton has directly told Senator Obama that she wants to be his vice presidential nominee, and that Senator Obama politely but straightforwardly and irrevocably said "no." Obama is going to pick his own running mate based on his own criteria and vetting process. And that is all that anybody needs to know to understand the childish and wounded behavior of Senator Clinton yesterday, grandstanding hypocritically to senior citizens in Florida, telling them they should consider themselves under sniper fire in Bosnia, er, Zimbabwe, aggrandizing herself as some kind of civil rights leader (MLK? or LBJ? She didn't say this time) and attempting to corner 30 members of the DNC's Rules & Bylaws Committee that will meet on May 31 to resolve the disputes over whether, and, if so, how, delegates from Michigan and Florida might be seated at the convention in August...Senator Clinton, whose spouse just can't help himself and obviously is not helping her. Through being so indiscreet about his obsession with getting near the levers of state power again that the first major media confirmation of the Clinton vice presidential aspirations involved a report that he's the one who wants it most, he has definitively reinforced that the "nightmare ticket" is deservedly off the table, and created a monstrous distraction that impedes Senator Clinton from consolidating all she has built for herself this year in the short term...For Bill, it is about wrestling back "the Clinton brand" from his spouse. How's that for petty?...now that Bill has pushed himself so unnecessarily into the photo, confirming that he is the most compelling reason why an Obama-Clinton ticket will never happen, and you shall know them also even by those who oppose it but who worry, fret and gnash teeth aloud that somehow it could be forced to happen after this latest development.
http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=1248

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[dustee]

Sorry, but I still say NO to Hillary!

If Hillary Clinton had won the primary - I'd say NO to Obama.

Those two are like oil and water...they don't mix together.

[ddavey066]

Okay, I think your comment is ignorant. Just for the record: Obama never got 100% of the black vote and never will. Obama WON because he got more of the "white vote" than Hillary.

Obama will be president because he will win more electoral votes than McLame.

[Winterfairy777]

bill better? holly shit yea right. biden? i do not think so. and Hillary no thanks she goes how ever the wind blows. At least there r black and white people not liking and voting for Obama . he is an idiot

[williss11]

wat was obama before president?

[mc0558]

Well, I do not agree. Hilary Clinton was the best candidate for the job of President. Bill would have been better but he was not eligible.

You must have amnesia if you do not remember what America was like when Clinton was President. He provided the steady base on which peace and the biggest economic growth in history were built. He refunded Social Security and paid down the national debt. This is the kind of America the Clintons are associated.

For VEEP:Biden is fine, but Clinton wd be better.

[sttonknod]

After years of flip flopping on the war,crying phony tears for votes,using dirty negative and racist ads and comments and lies and and dirty trick to win Mrs Clinton is the most unelectable person of all!I will not vote for Obama if she makes him pick her for vice president and I will not support her in 2012.The democrats will never win with Mrs Clinton on the ticket.They have their big chance to make it without the Clintons.

[nrthdude1]

The reason why Clinton supporters cannot stand or forgive Barack Obama and his campaign is because Obama supporters are sore winners.

They're entitled, arrogant and cannot handle any disagreement, debate or competition.

Worse yet, was the absolute deafening silence on behalf of Mr. Obama in the face of the disgusting sexism his supporters displayed against Mrs. Clinton, a former 1st lady no less, during the campaign.

Just check out the vulgar videos on YouTube - unbelievable.

[ddavey066]

Look people stop the NO-Hillary crap!! Im a longtime Obama supporter I hated Hillary during the primary but we are family. Get over your anger direct it to McSame. If Obama chooses Hillary Im all for it and you should be too.

[STATEMENT99]

No Hillary!