Clinton: Open to being Obama's vice president

Personally, I can't figure out how Obama could possibly offer her the VP slot or how she could possibly accept it if he did. I mean, she has spent 6 months hitting him on his lack of experience for the job and how we need someone (her) with more experience. So how can she possibly go out and campaign for his election after all that? I can hear her now. "We don't need experience in the White House like I once thought, so vote for Obama."

No, I think the less said by Hillary from here to election day would be the best scenerio for democrats. But I doubt that will be the case.

Personally, I can't figure out how Obama could possibly offer her the VP slot or how she could possibly accept it if he did. I mean, she has spent 6 months hitting him on his lack of experience for the job and how we need someone (her) with more experience. So how can she possibly go out and campaign for his election after all that? I can hear her now. "We don't need experience in the White House like I once thought, so vote for Obama."

No, I think the less said by Hillary from here to election day would be the best scenerio for democrats. But I doubt that will be the case.

"I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made," said Carter. "That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates."

Carter!

That's interesting, and is another wrinkle.

So much of her campaign has been "god not HIM!!!" -- would she actually even bring her supporters on board if she's Obama's VP?

Well, that's exactly the point.

Would having Hillary as a VP be more or less likely to get a Democrat in office?

I think less likely, for several reasons, but Bear brought up another that I haven't seen talked about much.

A central argument for having Hillary as the VP is that it would be, in fact, unifying. That her supporters would say "Well dang, I wanted her to be the presidential nominee but if she can't have that, I'll vote for her as VP."

Bear brings up the (valid) point that it ain't necessarily so -- that her supporters might say "I'm disappointed in her for accepting the VP slot of that idiot Obama, and I ain't voting for either of them."

As in, the supposed "unity" ticket might not be all that unifying.

Health and Human services, and tell her 'make universal health care work, or your ass is grass.'

Cycloptichorn

CoastalRat wrote:

Personally, I can't figure out how Obama could possibly offer her the VP slot or how she could possibly accept it if he did. I mean, she has spent 6 months hitting him on his lack of experience for the job and how we need someone (her) with more experience. So how can she possibly go out and campaign for his election after all that? I can hear her now. "We don't need experience in the White House like I once thought, so vote for Obama."

No, I think the less said by Hillary from here to election day would be the best scenerio for democrats. But I doubt that will be the case.

I could easily see her saying "I was out there fighting for you, for better healthcare, an end to endless war and a fair deal in the workplace. For all of you who supported me, who saw me as the champion to carry your banner, I say it is time to get behind Senator Obama. Of the two remaining candidates, he is the one who will fight for the things you told me are important to the continued success of the United States. We cannot continue with the failed policies that have brought so much heartache and sadness to so many. We cannot continue to pursue failed ideologies that imagine by giving up everything that makes America great we can buy a little more security. A vote for Senator McCain is a vote for continuing those policies, policies that have brought us unending war in Iraq, policies that have made Guantanamo Bay a stain on our national reputation, policies that have dramatically benefited the wealthiest among us while leaving the average American staring at higher prices and less opportunity and policies where the liberties of all of us are under constant assualt. Senator Obama's call to action is a call we can all heed. A call to hope rather than a call to fear. A call to seize a brighter future with both hands rather than a call to hunker down and remember the past. A call to strive for the best of what we can be. It's a call that resonates with me and for those of you who I have listened over the last year on the campaign trail, I think it is a call that resonates with you as well. We have a clear choice this election. For those of you who have so enthusiastically supported my campaign, I ask you to vote for your hopes, vote for your dreams, vote for a better, fairer America. I ask you to vote for Senator Obama."

Something like doesn't directly conflict with all the negatives she espoused over the last three months while still issuing the call to arms that Clintonites need to hear.

sozobe wrote:

A central argument for having Hillary as the VP is that it would be, in fact, unifying. That her supporters would say "Well dang, I wanted her to be the presidential nominee but if she can't have that, I'll vote for her as VP."

Bear brings up the (valid) point that it ain't necessarily so -- that her supporters might say "I'm disappointed in her for accepting the VP slot of that idiot Obama, and I ain't voting for either of them."

As in, the supposed "unity" ticket might not be all that unifying.

This I don't buy. Accept for the very bitter; they wouldn't really need to unify the Dem party, so much, because their instincts will naturally tell them they prefer the team to another 4 years of Republican Rule.

engineer wrote:

CoastalRat wrote:

Personally, I can't figure out how Obama could possibly offer her the VP slot or how she could possibly accept it if he did. I mean, she has spent 6 months hitting him on his lack of experience for the job and how we need someone (her) with more experience. So how can she possibly go out and campaign for his election after all that? I can hear her now. "We don't need experience in the White House like I once thought, so vote for Obama."

No, I think the less said by Hillary from here to election day would be the best scenerio for democrats. But I doubt that will be the case.

I could easily see her saying "I was out there fighting for you, for better healthcare, an end to endless war and a fair deal in the workplace. For all of you who supported me, who saw me as the champion to carry your banner, I say it is time to get behind Senator Obama. Of the two remaining candidates, he is the one who will fight for the things you told me are important to the continued success of the United States. We cannot continue with the failed policies that have brought so much heartache and sadness to so many. We cannot continue to pursue failed ideologies that imagine by giving up everything that makes America great we can buy a little more security. A vote for Senator McCain is a vote for continuing those policies, policies that have brought us unending war in Iraq, policies that have made Guantanamo Bay a stain on our national reputation, policies that have dramatically benefited the wealthiest among us while leaving the average American staring at higher prices and less opportunity and policies where the liberties of all of us are under constant assualt. Senator Obama's call to action is a call we can all heed. A call to hope rather than a call to fear. A call to seize a brighter future with both hands rather than a call to hunker down and remember the past. A call to strive for the best of what we can be. It's a call that resonates with me and for those of you who I have listened over the last year on the campaign trail, I think it is a call that resonates with you as well. We have a clear choice this election. For those of you who have so enthusiastically supported my campaign, I ask you to vote for your hopes, vote for your dreams, vote for a better, fairer America. I ask you to vote for Senator Obama."

Something like doesn't directly conflict with all the negatives she espoused over the last three months while still issuing the call to arms that Clintonites need to hear.

I like that. Mind if I swipe it and send it off to her as a suggestion for Saturday?