January 31, 2008
"We're Having Such A Wonderful Time"
Witness the cyber conversation of your Hotline editor-in-chief, Amy Walter, and your Hotline On Call editor, Jennifer Skalka.
Scene: Our respective family rooms. Enter Jennifer ...
JS: Here’s my feeling … This debate is, on the surface, totally useless. BUT despite the frivolous niceness, we are actually seeing the candidates' true strengths. Obama consistently out-charms and out-inspires HRC (he even pulled Clinton's chair out for her at the start of the debate). Clinton’s fierceness shines through. Her depth of understanding of the issues, health care in particular, is without peer.
I do think that together – in either order – they’d make the strongest ticket the Democrats have had in modern times.
AW: Agree. Except on the joint ticket thing. The presidential candidate is like a bride - no one is allowed to outshine her. And, regardless of who tops the ticket, the other one is clearly able to overshadow.
... Curtain
(J.S.)
Posted at 09:22 PM
Comments
I could not be happier nor proudest of these two folks. Either one will make an outstanding president. Perhaps, just perhaps, our great national tragedy wil indeed be over once W go back to his ranch to do....well.....nothing.
Robert_V | 01.31.08 10:06 PM
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Hold that thought on the ticket idea. If its one thing our political process does too fast and thoughtlessly its who ends up being VP. Because often the VP will end up being President some day. Also, its crucial to get it right because it affects how the other party comes at you. These two candidates should play it smart and go for ticket balance. Obama needs someone like Sam Nunn for instance. A southernor with experience. Sam Nunn would do wonders for Obama, while Hillary could balance better with the younger but still somewhat southern Mark Warner. But hold the thought on that 'unite the ticket' idea; it might work and it might unify the party - but could it win? It is already daring to just have the first woman, the first African American - having them both there might be too much at once for voters like Independents and Reagan Democrats, who you want to appeal to for winning in November.
sacha | 01.31.08 11:35 PM
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sasha, as an Independent, I would say that Independents would welcome a ticket that is headed by both a woman and a non-white candidate.
I don't understand Reagan Democrats, so I'll pass on that part on your comment.
No matter who any of us name as a possible VP (who is not Barack or Hillary) it is obvious that who the voters like is BOTH of these candidates.
In my opinion, the vice-presidencies of both Al Gore and Dick Cheney have obliterated the idea that the VP is not a powerful position, both in America and thoroughout the world. They were both more or less advertised as co-Presidents.
I'm a Clinton supporter, but I can actually see her relishing the Gore/Cheney "wonk" role to the BClinton/GWBush "PR" role.
Jan | 02.01.08 01:29 PM
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sasha, as an Independent, I would say that Independents would welcome a ticket that is headed by both a woman and a non-white candidate.
I don't understand Reagan Democrats, so I'll pass on that part on your comment.
No matter who any of us name as a possible VP (who is not Barack or Hillary) it is obvious that who the voters like is BOTH of these candidates.
In my opinion, the vice-presidencies of both Al Gore and Dick Cheney have obliterated the idea that the VP is not a powerful position, both in America and thoroughout the world. They were both more or less advertised as co-Presidents.
I'm a Clinton supporter, but I can actually see her relishing the Gore/Cheney "wonk" role to the BClinton/GWBush "PR" role.
Jan | 02.01.08 01:30 PM
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Hillary already has a VP on the bill -- (oops not a pun)
AMBER | 02.01.08 03:26 PM
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