Obama Unlikely to Pick Clinton as Running Mate, Kennedy Says

[oberliner]

May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't likely to pick rival Hillary Clinton as a running mate, according to one of his most prominent supporters.

``I don't think it's possible,'' Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's ``Political Capital With Al Hunt,'' airing this weekend.

Kennedy, 76, without naming names, said Obama should pick someone who ``is in tune with his appeal for the nobler aspirations of the American people.''

``If we had real leadership -- as we do with Barack Obama -- in the No. 2 spot as well, it'd be enormously helpful,'' Kennedy said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080509/pl_bloomberg/amjmt7olwig0;_ylt=AvPQ3eFDecfS0rsAO.lBAZSs0NUE

[George_Bonanza]

1. Wow, that's a scathing attack: "real leadership"

[oberliner]

2. Yeah that language did some pretty harsh

Who do you see ending up as the VP choice?

[roguevalley]

18. clark please

[PinkTiger]

3. Sorry - but Kennedy is a jerk.

He hates the Clintons and they don't like him either. Goes back a long ways.

[oberliner]

8. Why do you say that?

What caused the rift?

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

10. Kennedy is more of a true Democrat than the centrist Clintons will ever be.

[roguevalley]

17. Ted Kennedy in his worst day is a better person than the clintons.

go and read his legislative record before you whine about him talking about this.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Yep, but here is a PSA to the kids

a reality check

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5894592

[book_worm]

29. Really? they were very close when Bill was in the WH

for instance the Clinton's vacationed on Martha's Vinyard and went yatching with the Kennedy's. Ted was a loyal soldier for Bill in the Senate. Can you go into some detail to support your comment?

[gateley]

4. Do you think there are those in the Party who

might be encouraging such a ticket? I just wonder if this is all media speculation, or if there's some nugget of validity to the possibility.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. HISTORICALLY speaking, it would not shock me

Jack Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson could not stand each other

I am sure Ted remembers that.

This said... for many reasons I don't think she's accept it

[geiger]

5. ouch.

it's time for her to cut her losses.

[murielm99]

6. Is he thinking about his involvement in the 1980 campaign? n/t

[oberliner]

7. Do you think Clinton will do something similar to what he did in 1980?

That would be somewhat surprising.

[murielm99]

14. I don't think she should try to get delegates released

from their commitments, the way he did. But he gave a speech of reconciliation. I do think she should do that.

I am a Clinton supporter. I will continue to defend her (and myself) from the childish and vicious attacks I have seen on DU. However, I am a realist and I have been around politics for a long time. Obama will probably get the nomination, and we do need to have peace in the party. I think that will happen. Like Kennedy and Carter, they are professionals, and they know what needs to happen. And we should remember, too, that in spite of Teddy's personal problems, he is a party elder who has served honorably and kept liberalism alive through some very dark times. HRC could be in the same position in thirty years (minus the dark times...I hope).

Back then, I sort of had the impression that Teddy did not really want it all that badly. He fought for it, but it never struck me as real. He went through the motions. He ended up serving us better in the Senate. I think that can be Clinton's legacy, too.

I wish there were a few more grounded people at DU who were posting for both candidates. I live in Illinois, in a red area, so of course I get a skewed picture of what sort of support is out there. And I don't trust pollsters any more. I always wonder who is paying them.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. PSA

what is at stake

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5894592

[WA98296]

9. K&R

[Scurrilous]

11. K & R

:thumbsup:

[barack the house]

12. Her campaign left him no option in the end. Janet Napolitano is the answer take McCain's state.

[DemVet]

13. Probably wants the spot for his alcoholic son.

It's Chivas time!

[roguevalley]

20. more evidence that you are not and never were a dem. Get.

[DemVet]

30. Nope, I won't "Get", but I feel Teddy has always been an embarassment.

[Alhena]

15. I doubt Kennedy would have said that without Obama's tacit support ...

he's likely giving Obama political cover to say "love ya, Hill- but my supporters just wouldn't accept you as VP."

[jasmine621]

16. So, Hillary is not appealing to the nobler aspirations of the American people?

Kennedy is a slimeball. I thought what he did to Carter was bad enough, but what he is doing and saying about Hillary puts him really low among the Dem elites in my book.

[dailykoff]

22. And another trailer door closes forever.

:hi:

[roguevalley]

24. given her racial campaigning, no, she doesn't. It just shows how

shallow some dems are that they dump on people who are heroes of our party. Too bad.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. PSA

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5894592

And I thought it was only ten of you... god was wrong by fifty percent, it is only fifteen of you

[Beacool]

28. Yeah, she's soooo unappealing that 15 plus million people voted for her.

Just how many states did HE win when he ran against Carter?

[JVS]

21. ZING!

Nice comment about real leadership

[Beacool]

27. He has the balls to talk about leadership????????

Hey you fat bastard, remember what you did to Jimmy Carter who happened to be a SITTING president when you went against him and fought him all the way to the convention floor probably costing him the presidency????

I still don't know how the party ever forgave you.

YOU are the one with no leadership skills!!!

The nerve of this guy......