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If the two of them can get past the bitterness of the campaign, the best thing for both of them would be Hillary as VP with an agreement that she gets to pick a domain where she gets control (probably health care. They could announce a joint plan where they focus both on reducing costs and required insurance which would be a good choice). VP is better than Senator from NY and gives her another shot if she wants it. Even more important, it is the ticket that would produce the landslide that they both want - a chance to really make a change. Notice that we have had an enormous outpouring of Democratic voters. The trick is to get them all to vote Democratic in the fall.

If the two of them can get past the bitterness of the campaign, the best thing for both of them would be Hillary as VP with an agreement that she gets to pick a domain where she gets control (probably health care. They could announce a joint plan where they focus both on reducing costs and required insurance which would be a good choice). VP is better than Senator from NY and gives her another shot if she wants it. Even more important, it is the ticket that would produce the landslide that they both want - a chance to really make a change. Notice that we have had an enormous outpouring of Democratic voters. The trick is to get them all to vote Democratic in the fall.

How exactly does adding a polarizing figure with nearly 50% negatives, a "home" state that is reliably democratic, and honesty ratings in the 30s help the Obama campaign?

The outpouring of voters is not because of Clinton. She didn't even energize voters in her last Senate campaign. While she did win most counties in NY, she won them all by a smaller margin than Elliot Spitzer who was at the top of the ticket.

You only really hear this argument from Clinton people who want her to get the consolation prize. Can anyone name a high profile unaffiliated Democrat who supports this idea?

I think you've outlined a few 'surface items' that Hillary Wants. These are the obvious second-tier lusts. But Hillary is a savage warrior and I don't think she's still in the race just to spite Obama for not paying her debts. She wants One Thing: Eight years in the White House, 2009-2017.

Heading: It's because he's black!

Has anyone considered that the reason Clinton (and her supporters) will not cede the nomination is due to the fact that Obama is a black man? (pause for sighs and rolling eyes) I am a white man, but I come from a unique perspective having been raised for a part of my life by a black family. At some point this question will come up. I also come from rural North Carolina and if anyone thinks that in 2008, the candidate's race is not important then they are sadly mistaken.

DREAM TICKET! DREAM TICKET! DREAM TICKET!

For a VP, there is nobody who can do as much for Barack Obama as Hillary can, she is the best attack dog in the business, he can stay above the fray and she can attack. Between the demographics that she attracts and the demographics he attracts they will be UNBEATABLE. Its such an obvious unifying solution.

Who better to have as your attack dogs than Hillary and BIll, there you get the REAL two for one.

Lets UNITE this part NOW with the DREAM TICKET.

DREAM TICKET! DREAM TICKET! DREAM TICKET!

For a VP, there is nobody who can do as much for Barack Obama as Hillary can, she is the best attack dog in the business, he can stay above the fray and she can attack. Between the demographics that she attracts and the demographics he attracts they will be UNBEATABLE. Its such an obvious unifying solution.

Who better to have as your attack dogs than Hillary and BIll, there you get the REAL two for one.

Lets UNITE this part NOW with the DREAM TICKET.

This so-called "Dream Ticket" idea assumes Hillary as VP will carry the same demographics as in the primary. Yet, in looking at the map in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, the places where she won are areas that vote Republican. Obama won the places that vote Democratic. Neither of them nor both together are likely to win the Republican areas. Obama just needs to win over the true Democrats (and any independents) who voted for Hillary in both the Republican and Democratic areas.

In Indiana at least--if not in Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, Hillary's win was helped by Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos." By the time of the Texas and Ohio primaries, McCain had locked up the GOP nomination, and the Republicans began meddling in Democratic primaries by voting for Hillary. That probably accounts for the large number of Republicans in Pennsylvania re-registering as Democrats, since Pennsylvania was a closed primary.

I think the "Dream Ticket" would be a nightmare. The Republican base is not very excited about McCain, but Hillary's presence on the ticket would mobilize and energize that base. Rightly or wrongly, that's the way they feel about her. Many Republicans voted for her in the primaries only in order to cause the contest to go on and because they preferred to run against her rather than Obama.

Obama/Clark? If that is what Hillary wants, give it to her. I met Gen. Clark at a fundraiser & heard him speak on Iraq and Bush. Was impressed as hell. He also would be a great ticket balancer in terms of national security experience.

Not a bad idea even if it is not what Hillary wants.

If this is true, this does not make sense. If she spent a money for her campaing that is a risk that she took for herself. It is not logical, to ask a rival to reimburse the amount that you spent to fight against him during a primary election race. It would make sense if she were fighting to be on the ticket in case she is not the nominee. A vice President is a prestigious position. This is the thought of a bad looser. if this is a truth, it means that she does not care about the interest of the democratic parties and she cares only about her greed. The president position f or her is like a dynasty. if you can't win, you must accept that you lose. She cannot also pretend that her health care is better; the citizen is the one that decide who to chose. And they decide to follow Obama. Even if her health care plan was better, it does not make sense to me. A candidate can come with his program and some of them are perfect and some are not perfect but the citizen will make a choice; that's set. Also, Barack Obama did not send Hilary Clinton to take a loan; she was so obsessed about winning the election that is why she takes the risk. This does not make sense to me. Another problem, I feel is Hillary did not make any reserve when she compete with her rival and she might feel uncomfortable to run for the white house with Obama. Another point is she might want to be the nominee or she will boycott the democratic party or she might say if the democratic party does not chose me, everyone will loose. In other words, " If I am not the nominee, everyone will lose including Obama and the democratic party". This is what is look like.