Not Saying There's anything Wrong With That, But...

I saw the original question where this came up and Clinton did not propose it. The conversation went something like:

Reporter: You both have a lot of supporters. What about the idea of a combined ticket.

Clinton: Well, anything is possible, but I think the people of Ohio have spoken and said they think I should head that ticket.

My take on it was that Clinton was just giving a politically correct answer to the question, not that she was offering Obama anything. I think this has been blown way out of proportion.

Who was that, over the wekeend, suggesting that Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama running together on the same White House ticket could be "an almost unstoppable force?''

That was Bill Clinton.

At a campaign rally for his wife in Biloxi, Miss. -- where Democrats will vote on Tuesday -- the former president seemed to acknowledge the weaknesses in both candidates while touting their apparent strengths as one, unified team.

Obama "would win the urban areas and the upscale voters,'' the former president said, "and she wins the traditional rural areas that we lost when President Reagan was president.

"If you put those two things together,'' he said, "you'd have an almost unstoppable force."

sozobe wrote:

Possibly. I don't think that's the primary motivation, though. I mean, why would Obama supporters vote for her based on that, as opposed to just voting for Obama?

Because they're still trying to tell us, as subtly as possible here, that a black man cannot and will not win the presidency.

COLUMBUS, Miss. - Senator Barack Obama implored voters here today to discount the political chatter about him joining the Democratic presidential ticket with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, declaring: "I don't know how somebody who's in second place can offer the vice presidency to someone who's in first place."

"If I'm not ready, how is it that you think I should be such a great vice president?" Mr. Obama said. "Do you understand that?"

sozobe wrote:

Possibly. I don't think that's the primary motivation, though. I mean, why would Obama supporters vote for her based on that, as opposed to just voting for Obama?

Because they're still trying to tell us, as subtly as possible here, that a black man cannot and will not win the presidency.

(CNN) - Hillary Clinton's campaign spokesman said Monday that Barack Obama was not yet prepared to serve as commander-in-chief - but might be able to cross that threshold in time to join the Democratic ticket this summer as a vice presidential candidate.

Over the weekend, Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton and campaign surrogate, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, all suggested that Barack Obama might make a good vice president.

On a conference call with reporters and several prominent military supporters of Clinton's presidential bid, spokesman Howard Wolfson was asked: if Obama is not ready to lead in times of crisis, how can he be considered for the vice presidency?

"We do not believe that Senator Obama has passed the commander in chief test," said Wolfson. "But there is a long way between now and Denver."

He did not say what Obama might be able to do to get ready in the months before the Democratic convention this August.

In response, Obama spokesman Bill Burton e-mailed reporters the quote, along with the Clinton campaign press office number, and urged journalists to call and ask them what Wolfson's statement "could possibly mean."

engineer wrote:

I saw the original question where this came up and Clinton did not propose it. The conversation went something like:

Reporter: You both have a lot of supporters. What about the idea of a combined ticket.

Clinton: Well, anything is possible, but I think the people of Ohio have spoken and said they think I should head that ticket.

My take on it was that Clinton was just giving a politically correct answer to the question, not that she was offering Obama anything. I think this has been blown way out of proportion.

BUNK!!!! Bubba has been touting this for a week.

These snakes will try to do anything to make sure Hillary gets what she is "entitled" to.

eoe wrote:

sozobe wrote:

Possibly. I don't think that's the primary motivation, though. I mean, why would Obama supporters vote for her based on that, as opposed to just voting for Obama?

Because they're still trying to tell us, as subtly as possible here, that a black man cannot and will not win the presidency.

Er... I can't say that I've read that into anything I've heard directly from the Clinton camp.

Do you have some examples I may have missed?