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Veep Stakes

By Booman Tribune
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Patrick Healy of the New York Times opens with:

No power brokers in the Democratic Party are openly campaigning for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as their vice-presidential nominee this year, and even Mrs. Clinton’s closest aides have stopped talking her up. Yet privately, some Democrats continue to see her as exactly the partner that Senator Barack Obama needs.

So he's going to write a whole column about it. I've said it before, but Michelle Obama has already exercised veto-power over the selection of Hillary Clinton and the Obama campaign enshrined that decision into iron-clad law by hiring Patti Solis Doyle to head up the Veep-pick's staff. Doyle was fired from the Clinton campaign and as far as I know they are not on speaking terms. But that's no reason not to write piece after piece after piece about how 'some Democrats' really want Clinton to be on the ticket.

It looks like a toss-up right now between Biden and Kaine. Given that choice, I have a slight preference for Kaine. I've always liked Joe Biden, but he's too risky for me and I don't agree with him on some major foreign policy issues. Kaine is a better fit for Obama's brand and he'll help in Virginia, which could be a decisive state. I'm not thrilled with Kaine, either, but I prefer him to Bayh. I still am holding out hope for Jack Reed or Kathleen Sebelius. I'd be psyched about either one of them. Kaine and Biden would be just okay. Bayh would annoy the crap out of me. But maybe there will be a big surprise.


Are Obama people Really democrats?

"Indeed, a recent New York Times/CBS News poll of convention delegates found that 28 percent preferred Mrs. Clinton for vice president — by far the largest bloc supporting a candidate. (More than a third offered no opinion; 6 in 10 of Clinton-pledged delegates wanted her, but only 3 percent of Obama delegates named her.)"
Boo,
Why do Obama supporters hate Cinton?

Don't they know anything about politics and that Hillary provides his best chance of getting a democratic mandate in the fall that Obama needs to fight off the republican'ts and their corporate media talking heads..

I like Biden much more than I like Bill or Hillary , but he can not provide the political punch that Obama requires to overcome his shortcomings.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109456/Gender-Gap-Among-White-Voters-Bigger-N...

Again, I believe with Hillary on the ticket, she can get 50-55% of the critical white female demo.

If I am right, we will have the political mandate to reverse the errors of the current adminstration and hold those accountable for their failings if not crimes.
Thanks

By KvnRJohnso407August 19, 2008 - 2:12pm