Obama will be the nominee, but Clinton does have the support of just about 1/2 the party and its support that Obama wil need. Assuming she is interested in it, not offereing it to her could be a huge mistake and cripple his chances. Unlike some of Obama’s supporters here, I’m pretty sure many of his advisors are very aware of this.

Earlier today I posted Air America’s Thom Hartman’s message that Obama should “ask” Clinton to be his VP, in response to the news that Obama has pegged “Jim Johnson to begin vetting potential vice presidential picks.&#8221…

Biden is a bit more hawkish, thus why he’d go up against McCain’s hawkishness well. I don’t seem him being on the short list in a million years however. Just a gut feeling. Meanwhile as I said in another reply to you, all this fussing about this nomination is starting to make me ill. Or has been making me a ill for a while, in fact. You need a strong stomach for politics and mine isn’t so strong sometimes.

While I’ve been on record as favoring Obama for three or four months now, I can’t come to that position without reservations. Would Clinton join the ticket if asked? Maybe, and maybe not. Would we all be better off if the attempt at reconciliation were made? I can’t see any negatives in trying.

I can understand Sen. Clinton believing that she really is the better person to be at the head of the ticket, but I can also understand political pragmatism, and the importance of putting country ahead of self. I mean, if nothing else Cheney has proved that the V.P. ain’t chopped liver. I doubt that Obama would let the V.P. rule the roost like little Georgie did, but how could he possibly put a better face on the number two spot than to let it be Hillary?

From where I sit Obama has used plenty of old school style attacks while claiming to be above the fray. Regardless, I get that Hartman’s point it to attempt to unify the voters who are at this point largely split between the two candidates by a reasonably close margin. Obama has not been able to get to the nomination after all these months. Hillary is stilling winning votes and primaries. It’s a problem in a realistic sense.

How do we solve it – with both on the ticket.

Aside from that I think Joe Biden was hugely undercredited in this primary season as a good credit with strong credentials. He’d be a great VP choice in my opinion, but there are many who would be.

I agree with C. Colistro (comment #1). The one doing the old school style attacking has been Hillary. I would rather it was beneath her, but this campaign has shown otherwise. Look at how many delegates have cited it as their reason for defecting to Obama’s camp.

An Obama/Biden ticket would put an abrupt end to McCain’s claims of superiority on foreign policy straight talk express.
Biden runs circles around McCain. It’s no contest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fkuhcelZ_g&feature=related
And Biden also blows Hilary away on foreign policy and straight talk.
We need a foreign policy expert in the White House at the very top who’s not afraid to say it like it is.
We need someone with years of good experience in this category in order to help get the US out of the serious trouble the Bush Administration has put us in.
It would be easier for the Republicans to attack an Obama/Clinton ticket than a Obama/Biden ticket. Hillary has too much negative polling.
Biden will probably run at the mouth and get in trouble a few times, but at least he knows what he’s talking about, he’s not afraid to say it, and he’ll be more respected by the 15% of Republicans we need to get stuff done.

Listen to Biden talk about Iran vs. Pakistan, etc.
and compare it to Hilary’s “obliterate Iran” comment if you need any convincing about who’s playing politics and who’s paying attention to real threats to American security (Youtube).

When you call Clinton divisive, you are using the very meme that Obama put out against her as a political attack.

So in that thank you for sharing. As a candidate Clinton has received as many or more of the popular vote, that is not “divisive” now is it?

Her positives for me were:
She is Bill Clinton’s wife and we all LOVE Bill
Most likely shares the economic policies of her husband
The Clinton Administration was one of the best in recent history
Great to have a woman President

But I don’t want someone on the ticket that I could mistake for a republican. Also, I think that in the White House she would be working against him. He has been incredibly genuine and nice to her during the whole primary and she just attacks him viciously. She used and backed propaganda that the Right wing media used against Barack to stregnthen her position. She PERFECTLY embodies someone who would say ANYTHING to get elected and is exactly what Barack wants to change in Washington.

Maybe he can offer it to her for the purpose of uniting the party but I don’t want her on the ticket. She’s proven she would stop at nothing and I would honestly fear for his safety.

I see the challenge of uniting the party after her divisiveness as being VERY GREAT. But please don’t use CLINTON!

For all intents and purposes it does appear Obama is closer to the nomination than HRC at this point. He does need to start vetting VP candidates. This can not go on forever – we need to win in November.

And I am sorry but the Obama can’t win lines are offensive to me and with reason:

From August ‘03 through November ‘04 I put my heart and soul into getting John Kerry elected. I was lucky — my candidate won the nomination. But I remember so strongly, as do many Kerry supporters, the pissing and moaning from others whose candidate’s did not win the nomination. Many loudly complained that Kerry could not win. I have always felt that all that pissing and moaning hurt Kerry. I vowed not to do that myself this time out.

My heart still breaks that Kerry was not elected. If he were in this race, I would be supporting him, not HRC — that is no secret around here. I like both Obama and HRC, but ultimately decided to endorse HRC. Both will be great presidents. I will my tail off for either. I urge everyone to do the same — and I think if HRC can’t some how pull off the nomination, the best possible scenario for Dems to win in November is for Obama to choose her as the VP. It is a winning ticket in my book.

And now…. I have work to do….

“Will the Republicans have a field day with her on the ticket? Yes! Is their some bad blood in the water due to some negative campaign strategies on the part of the Clintons? Probably. Can Hillary be a tough fighter able to play tough allowing Obama to stay higher above the fray? Yes!”

1. The Pox on both houses is annoying. We know who’s been using misogyny and race-baiting.

2. So, now, Hillary would have to go and fight Obama’s battles for him so he can remain pure and virginal? Are you kidding me? How condescending is that? If he can’t fight his own battles (for whatever reason), then he should not be the nominee.

3. Under this configuration, what’s in it for Hillary apart from getting down and dirty so Barack can keep his reputation as the great unifier… oh, and by the way, Hartmann conveniently says nothing as to how said unification will occur. Considering the level of hardening among Hillary supporters (myself included), such unification ain’t going to happen if Obama is the nominee.