I Think Hillary Will Be the Veep and I Think The Deal Has Already Been Struck

[WeDidIt]

Mark my words...

Hillary will suspend her campaign, possibly tonight.

An Obama/Clinton ticket will be announced, possibly tomorrow in Florida.

Stay tuned......

[DrDan]

1. she has half the votes - he has the other half

and we have been sustaining record turnouts.

Why not . . . . looks like the ticket for a runaway.

[Vinca]

2. I'm so sick of this campaign I could almost accept the notion. nt

[NightWatcher]

7. if it would shut her up and focus everyone on McCain and the WhiteHouse, I'd take it

not a fan of the idea, but we need to move on

[WillyT]

15. Hell... If That's The Case, Why Not Just Put Ferraro On The Ticket, LOL !!!

Isn't it really HER turn?

:shrug:

:banghead::evilgrin::banghead:

[Vinca]

19. Maybe this is her strategy to get on the ticket.

Wear us down until we're ready to jump off a bridge if it doesn't end.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

52. That's what she wants people to think. She's pestering her way onto the ticket.

[WillyT]

3. Oh Great... I Thought The Days Of The Shotgun Marriage Were Over...

:banghead:

[Connie_Corleone]

4. I truly hope you are very, very wrong.

The Clintons as VP is a disaster.

[MonkeyFunk]

12. It would be only one of them

and most democrats agree it's the right ticket.

[WeDidIt]

29. The more I've thought about it, the more I've concluded

it's the smart poltical move for both Obama and the Democratic Party as a whole.

Just so long as Hillary Clinton would take the spot. Obama would have to guarantee her a lot more than just the constitutional role, though.

[democraticinsurgent]

38. you don't get one without the other

...or haven't you been paying attention?

[sfaprog]

40. Bullshit

Every poll I've seen at DU has a LARGE majority not wanting Clinton on the ticket. She's history.

[oviedodem]

5. I don't have a problem with it although I am not enthused about the prospects.

[AllexxisF1]

6. No way in hell he would ever pick her.

There is no way in hell they would ever be on the ticket. Period.


This Primary battle was not only about Barack against Hillary but also the Progressives vs. the DLC. Many in the Democratic Party have had it up to here with the DLC and there "be in the middle" mantra.

Progressives have won the day and there is no way in hell he would put her on the ticket.

[FredScuttle]

10. Precisely

if that madwoman is added to the ticket, the slogan immediately becomes "Fuck Change - Extortion You Can Believe In"

[WeDidIt]

11. Dean, Hillary, and Obama have been meeting

MArk my words, it's a done deal. That's why Michelle Obama had to be adament on television yesterday that there was no way possible she would have said anything against Hillary Clinton being the Veep.

[MonkeyFunk]

17. That's one of the sillier assertions you guys make

there's no measure by which Obama is more "progressive" than Clinton. They're virtually identical on policy.

[WeDidIt]

21. The differences between the two on policy are about a dime thick

And she is the PERFECT Veep candidate because she already has the repuation as an attack dog.

Plus, it makes her the heir apparent for 2016 when she'll be 68, which is an incredibly young age for women (who still outlive men).

It's perfect.

[AllexxisF1]

43. Yes but...

Their policy differences maybe on the surface a dime thick but their are VERY REAL differences to who their backers are. Clinton is all about big money backers and corporations where Obama is centered on mass donations from voters.


Put it this way, if their was little to no difference between the two then why haven't Clinton's big money backers just simply slide on over to Obama's side, but are instead bribing Super delegates. If their policies are the same then why bother bribing super delagates for a lost cause.


They might be close on policy but they are immeasurably apart on how they see this world.

[Major Hogwash]

60. Perception is more important than the differences between their stands on policies.

Hillary generates hate and anger in her campaign.

Obama generates hope and admiration in his campaign.

[yourguide]

8. Doubtful

She'd tone it down a bit more if that were true. That blogger conference call was over the top.

[nebula]

9. Say hello to President McCain

[WeDidIt]

14. She fits the Veep role to a tee

Attack dog.

[nebula]

20. Rush's dream come true

if hillary is on the ticket

[WeDidIt]

23. Landslide victory

After witnessing the turnouts for both candidates in state after state, the victory of this team would be so huge that it would guarantee a Democratic majority for a generation or more.

[nebula]

28. Obama supporters will stay away in droves

with Hillary on the ticket.

and her presence will mobilize the GOP vote like nothing else.

its a disaster waiting to happen.

[WeDidIt]

31. So, everybody that fought so hard to get Obama to the top of the ticket

would just sit at home after he gets the top of the ticket because of some perceived slight over clinton being on the ticket?

Grow up!

[nebula]

39. His talk of changing Washington politics would prove empty

with that thing on as his VP.

People would rightfully stay home.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

48. Count me out. I won't vote for grandpa, just stay home.

[MonkeyFunk]

44. his support is that fragile?

that doesn't bode well for him whoever he picks.

[EnviroBat]

55. I won't stay away, but,,,

Hillary would be nothing more than a turd in the punchbowl. She's toxic to everything she touches. WE WANT HER TO GONE, LIKE A FART IN THE WIND.

[Submariner]

37. Hillary would get creamed by McSame on the Bosnia sniper lie

The ad comparing a POW to the sniper story lie would drag the ticket down. Hillary has no political future. You don't lie about being shot at and get away with it. Not ever.

[Major Hogwash]

61. If she was Hitler's veep.

Her racism is closer to being more like Eva Braun's than any living Democrat.

Other than Bubba, who himself is a racist pig.

[geiger]

13. she's a liar; why would anyone accept her as their number two. she can't be trusted. eom.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

49. If only lying was her sole problem.

[lojasmo]

16. If it shuts her goddamn yap...

That's fine with me.

[dailykoff]

18. Yes, and she's secretly been "vetting" him all along.

See, she's just trying to help!

[Doityourself]

22. I completely disagree. Totally.

[dailykoff]

24. They'll cut a deal but it won't make her veep.

They might help her pay off Mark Penn for example or give her and Bill a cable talk show somewhere.

[remember2000forever]

25. So, She Ends Up Stamping Her Feet

And In The End, Getting Her Way. Priceless! Poor, Poor O.

[williesgirl]

26. That goes against everything he's said from Day One. Plus, there's no way they can keep Bill from

embarassing Obama's administration for 8 years! He'll do or say something that'll bring out everyone's knives once again.

They are too tied to corporations and the old way of doing things to compliment an Obama presidency. I sincerely hope this doesn't happen. It'll be the downfall of the Democratic party.

rec'd

[hokies4ever]

27. and I think that hell has frozen over

:rofl:

[Connie_Corleone]

30. People are forgetting that Hillary really hasn't been vetted during this primary.

Obama has not thrown the kitchen sink at Hillary. If she's his VP, the republicans will focus more on Hillary than Obama. Every single "new" scandal that has been brewing since the Clintons left the White House will be brought up.

It will be the Bill and Hillary roadshow from now until the election.

We're trying to get away from that nonsense. What was the point of this whole primary season if we're just going to end up with the same triangulating Clintons taking over everything?

[bowens43]

32. If you're right, McCain will be president.

[KittyWampus]

33. Wrong. She will not stop til first week of June. She will not be VP. It is impossible.

[southern_belle]

34. God, I hope not!

:(

[highplainsdem]

35. I've been wondering about this ever since Edwards endorsed Obama,

with both of them praising Clinton.

We'll see...

[dailykoff]

42. Edwards got boos when he praised Hillary.

I doubt that's a response anyone would like to repeat.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

54. Rightfully so.

[ima_sinnic]

36. UGH! no effing way would Obama put that backstabbing, lying, fake "democrat" on his ticket

it would make him look like a weakling who is juat a Clinton placater, with no mind or will of his own. And AS IF he's going to let Bill upstage him! This is Obama's, not HillBillary's -- they just don't go together AT ALL.

[sfaprog]

41. Mark my words... It won't happen. She's history, and has no chips left to bargain with.

There is nothing she can offer. If her support in the GE is conditional, she's not a real Democrat.

[high density]

45. No way. Clinton is against the very core of Obama's campaign

Not gunna happen, even if the media is orgasming over the idea. (Though I was wrong about Edwards getting the VP slot, too.)

[IDemo]

46. "Mark my words..."

The sure sign of wild conjecture.

[WeDidIt]

56. Of course it's conjecture

So there you are.

[undeterred]

47. That would be awful.

[debbierlus]

50. I really hope not. The woman is poison. Pure poison.

I don't think Obama will give it to her.

[Genevieve]

51. No.

And then we lose.

[burythehatchet]

53. no chance in hell

[book_worm]

57. I'll stay tuned because I don't think it will happen.

[Major Hogwash]

58. Hillary won't even be in Obama's cabinet.

Because there is no such position as Secretary of Bitch.

[AZSlacker]

59. If this happens, I'll eat my right shoe

People are taking them both being in Florida as a conciliatory gesture, however I haven't read anywhere that they intend to appear together. I interpret Clinton going to Florida as well as an adversarial gesture, in attempt to remain relevant and in the news cycle. I think that Hillary truly believes (wrongly in my opinion) that Obama can't win the GE, and as such I don't think she is going to drop out or join a ticket with him, until she is voted out at the convention.

[PBS Poll-435]

62. That would be nice....

For HOPE and UNITY and all that.

[graycem]

63. I agree with you..

I think many people may not like it, but they'll get over it once we're all on the same team and Hillary and Bill are even more ferocious in their attacks on McCain. I'm ready for it. :party: