Comments on: The LBJing of Hillary Clinton http://themoderatevoice.com/19560/the-lbjing-of-hillary-clinton/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:29:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amanda http://themoderatevoice.com/19560/the-lbjing-of-hillary-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-151920 Amanda Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:42 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19560/the-lbjing-of-hillary-clinton/#comment-151920 Obama doesn't need Hillary Clinton to unify the party or the country. And, to be blunt, he also doesn't need to make this the Repressed Minorities Campaign for President. There are still a lot of people in this country who find the idea of a black man running for office to be a tough pill to swallow. Pair that with putting a woman on the ticket, and you have an awful lot of inherent prejudices to overcome. Considering Clinton's negatives and the fact that Obama doesn't want either of the Clintons overshadowing him in the White House, there's no logical reason why he should offer her the VP slot.<br><br>As GreenDreams said above, Obama would be better off with someone like Richardson or Nunn. He needs a VP candidate with foreign policy chops, low negatives, and the ability to bring in more votes without alienating half the country. The worst thing that the Democrats could do now as a party would be to throw out Dean's 50-state strategy and go back to the losing pattern of relying on the northeast and northwest, and picking up a few big states. Putting Clinton on the ticket, in either spot, automatically hands the Republicans all but a handful of states east of California and south of the Mason Dixon line. Obama doesn't need Hillary Clinton to unify the party or the country. And, to be blunt, he also doesn't need to make this the Repressed Minorities Campaign for President. There are still a lot of people in this country who find the idea of a black man running for office to be a tough pill to swallow. Pair that with putting a woman on the ticket, and you have an awful lot of inherent prejudices to overcome. Considering Clinton's negatives and the fact that Obama doesn't want either of the Clintons overshadowing him in the White House, there's no logical reason why he should offer her the VP slot.

As GreenDreams said above, Obama would be better off with someone like Richardson or Nunn. He needs a VP candidate with foreign policy chops, low negatives, and the ability to bring in more votes without alienating half the country. The worst thing that the Democrats could do now as a party would be to throw out Dean's 50-state strategy and go back to the losing pattern of relying on the northeast and northwest, and picking up a few big states. Putting Clinton on the ticket, in either spot, automatically hands the Republicans all but a handful of states east of California and south of the Mason Dixon line.

]]> By: Slamfu http://themoderatevoice.com/19560/the-lbjing-of-hillary-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-151919 Slamfu Tue, 13 May 2008 01:07:34 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19560/the-lbjing-of-hillary-clinton/#comment-151919 Democrats are not the GOP. You can't just tell them this guy is totally incompetent, not ready for the job, and a closet black pantehr to boot, then expect the voters to forget when you reverse the story once its politically expedient to do so. That may fly with Bush supporters, Rush fans and the listeners of FOX News but democrats actually remember stuff. Its why talk radio never caught on for the left. Democrats are not the GOP. You can't just tell them this guy is totally incompetent, not ready for the job, and a closet black pantehr to boot, then expect the voters to forget when you reverse the story once its politically expedient to do so. That may fly with Bush supporters, Rush fans and the listeners of FOX News but democrats actually remember stuff. Its why talk radio never caught on for the left.

]]> By: GreenDreams http://themoderatevoice.com/19560/the-lbjing-of-hillary-clinton/comment-page-1/#comment-151918 GreenDreams Mon, 12 May 2008 23:04:22 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/19560/the-lbjing-of-hillary-clinton/#comment-151918 This seems really unlikely to me. First, it seems unlikely that Hillary Clinton wants to go to the White House-her house-to work for President Obama. Second, she has the highest negatives of anyone except Bush, and after she worked so hard to raise Obama's negatives, combining hers and his makes no sense at all. Plus, it's questionable that she really brings states into the fold that he could not win anyway (New York for instance). Then, there's Hillarycare. She already tried to launch that out of the White House during her husband's tenure there. When you look at another choice, say Sam Nunn, he brings Georgia, military and foreign policy experience and many more years of insight into the workings of the Senate than Hillary can offer. Richardson is strong out West, has executive experience and the admiration of Hispanics. This seems really unlikely to me. First, it seems unlikely that Hillary Clinton wants to go to the White House-her house-to work for President Obama. Second, she has the highest negatives of anyone except Bush, and after she worked so hard to raise Obama's negatives, combining hers and his makes no sense at all. Plus, it's questionable that she really brings states into the fold that he could not win anyway (New York for instance). Then, there's Hillarycare. She already tried to launch that out of the White House during her husband's tenure there. When you look at another choice, say Sam Nunn, he brings Georgia, military and foreign policy experience and many more years of insight into the workings of the Senate than Hillary can offer. Richardson is strong out West, has executive experience and the admiration of Hispanics.

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