Comments on: Clinton Fighting for VP?

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:42:23 +0000

What "remaining leverage?"

She presumably has the ability to keep quite a few of her partisans angry at Obama.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:29:07 +0000

What "remaining leverage?"

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:01:29 +0000

...and if he's really smart he'll make Hillary his Milton Waddams

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:09:22 +0000

If Obama's campaign is really smart, they'll put Hillary of his VP selection committee, so while she will not be VP, she will be involved in selecting the VP, making him or her at least slightly more acceptable to Hillary's supporters.

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:19:33 +0000

At least the planning portion of Hillary's campaign is still in high gear. They are very carefully coaching their words. Hillary concedes the delegate count, but apparently not the nomination. It could be just a delay tactic to weigh their options, but more likely they are planning something of a challenge against the primary rules or an appeal to the superdelegates. Don't forget -- Its all about Hillary.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:30:39 +0000

I would want to have a life insurance policy on Obama if Hillary is in the VP slot. Better pay off odds than vegas.

By: Fence

Fence — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:55:55 +0000

Hillary doesn't want to be the VP nominee. She wants Obama to lose to McCain so she can run in 2012. That's why she is still in the race that was impossible for her to win as of late February. She knows Obama won't pick her (he can't even if he wanted to); but she knows that she will make it even harder for Obama to win back her supporters when she creates expectations she should be and could be the #2 and then gets rejected. And she times it to muck up the press coverage of Obama's big night. I think she also forces Obama to pick his #2 sooner rather than later to put this talk to an end. One question is whether her stunts have backed Obama into needing to pick a woman (a different one), when what he really needs is someone with foreign policy gravitas. I hate to suggest that those two don't overlap, but no one comes to mind who fits both. I wrote this before watching her speech and then figured I'd watch it to see if there was any sign I was wrong. Nope, she congratulated Obama the way winners salute losers, claimed she won more votes, explained why Obama isn't ready, and then still won't back out even though it's over. And that's because it isn't. Iowa 2012 is still more than fifty months away. Ugh.

By: Kevin Colby

Kevin Colby — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:38:31 +0000

Of course Hillary wants to be back in the White House any way she can. We saw she didn't always play nice during the campaign because she was so driven to be President.

I just don't know after all that how they can work together.

By: Evil Pundit

Evil Pundit — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:29:50 +0000

Well, you never know what might happen.

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:46:14 +0000

she'll be the last one to realize that heron the ticket would be Obama's single biggest weakness.

I pretty much agree with that, but the spin doctors will be working overtime to paint it as 'Hillary singlehandedly saves the Demo Party' by discontinuing her compaign.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:41:06 +0000

It's a pretty big leap to get from

Clinton, a New York senator, said she was willing to become Obama’s vice presidential nominee if it would help Democrats win the White House... in response to a question from Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez

Hillary Clinton desperately wants to be on the ticket, even if it’s in the number 2 slot

By: legion

legion — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:52:37 +0000

Pardon me while I catch my breath from laughing so hard. The Republicans are already putting together ads showing her criticizing Obama. But just like she's the last one on the planet to realize she can't win the nomination, she'll be the last one to realize that heron the ticket would be Obama's single biggest weakness.

By: Spoker

Spoker — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:43:45 +0000

Of course she is open to it. If she can't be # one, she wants to be just one heartbeat away. (As she so delicately put it 'remember 1968') BHO's big problem is the Clinton's come as a pair. What is BHO going to do, provide entertainment for Bill to keep him out of town?