March 06, 2008
Heads Up
UPDATE: Full transcript here.
Ron Brownstein has an interview with Ed Rendell airing tomorrow on National Journal On Air and XM in which the PA guv says that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton should seriously consider running together. Rendell, an HRC backer, said he'd encourage her to be Obama's veep, if it comes to that ... Here's a snippet:
Brownstein: Do you think it would make sense for the winner to offer the Vice Presidency to the loser, either way?
Rendell: I do - and that doesn’t mean the loser has to accept. But I think it’s important that it be offered, and if the loser doesn’t accept, I think the loser can say why. But no, I think that would be very, very important. You know, obviously, I’d love to see a Clinton/Obama ticket. But if Senator Obama won, I think his offering it to Senator Clinton would be a great gesture. I’m not sure she would take it, I’m not sure he would take it. But either way, I think that it would be good if the offer were made.
Brownstein: Would you encourage either one to take it, if it was offered, if you were asked?
Rendell: Sure, sure. I mean, I think you’ve got to do it.
Posted at 11:37 PM
Comments
Personally, I wont vote for any ticket with any Clinton's name on it.
just another dem | 03.07.08 10:27 AM
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Amen to comment #1. I am hoping Obama is our nominee. Why would any Democrat want to see Clinton on the ticket. She has the highest negatives of any candidate in decades. She drives away Independents and Republicans from crossing over. Obama needs a running mate that will actually help the ticket. That is definately not Hillary. How about Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, Anthony Zinni, Jim Webb?
xargaw | 03.07.08 10:35 AM
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When you listen to the derogatory and belittling comments Hillary Clinton has made recently about Barack Obama, it doesn't sound like she wants to be his VP. It's more like she wants to be John McCain's VP.
Insulting certain states and a Democrat who has been voted by more people and more states are DEFINITELY NOT the qualities of someone who should be given the leadership of the Democratic party. Hillary will never change - she is and always will be evil and selfish.
Sarah Jane | 03.07.08 10:44 AM
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Clinton would hurt Obama's ticket - her negatives are too high. And it's unlikely she would agree to run his kind of campaign.
My big question on any "dream ticket" is ... what about Bill? He's not going to be happy being the spouse of the VP. And he gets in the way of any VP if Clinton is the top of the ticket. What a mess that White House would be.
Bill is a huge problem. What's his role? Will he continue to make megabucks giving speeches if HRC does win? His finances are an issue that has not yet been discussed and they should be. It's potentially a lot more damaging to the presidency than selling time in the Lincoln bedroom.
Eh. What am I saying. HRC won't win in November.
Catlanta | 03.07.08 11:07 AM
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I think the last two comments clearly show a lack of education in politics, and probably the world in general. The democrtaic party needs to come together. It's time for Obama and Clinton to grow up and come together to support each other no matter what happens. The biggest negative is creating an even larger rift in the democratic party which obviously creates a huge advantage for the Republicans. Karl Rove is probably one of the the greatest political minds in Washington. A rift will make his job a whole lot easier.
Jeremy Fixler | 03.07.08 11:31 AM
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Jeremy wrote "I think the last two comments clearly show a lack of education in politics, and probably the world in general."
I believe it's possible to express an opinion without denigrating the opinions of others.
I agree that "the democrtaic party needs to come together." I don't believe that the only way to do that is with an Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama ticket. Either of those tickets is the same-old political expediency arrangement. Voters will see it for what it is and not as an authentic "coming together." I think that a joint ticket was once a possibility but no longer. The negativity line has been crossed. As long as the campaigns do not get even more negative, it's still possible for either one to support and campaign for the other. But if the attacks get worse ... ?
My opinion does not come from ignorance (as Jeremy charges) but from the perspective of believability. Yes, the two candidtaes can/will hold their noses and support the eventual nominee. No question. However, the more negative the primary campaign, the less believable, and less useful, that support becomes to general election voters.
Catlanta | 03.07.08 12:47 PM
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You're right, Jeremy. The party needs to come together. And I'm one of those who would've been happy with an Obama-Clinton ticket.
But as I said in my previous post, the bad blood from Hillary lately has made me seriously re-consider. Her attitude of it's-me-or-no-one makes you wonder if the VP won't do anything to get the prez out of the way.
Sarah Jane | 03.07.08 02:46 PM
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On the surface, it sounds like a good idea.
But, you can never mix milk with oil. She is an evil, evil meglomaniac who will stop at nothing to get her way.
Easy | 03.07.08 06:20 PM
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On the surface, it sounds like a good idea.
But, you can never mix milk with oil - it ends up tasting like rancid cream.
Easy | 03.07.08 06:21 PM
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No way in hell I'll vote for a ticket with Hillary on it!
rjk | 03.07.08 07:11 PM
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News from the midwest... It wasn't the 3am ad; it was the photo (look, see, he's a muslim!). The uneducated electorate that she courts eats that stuff up. The 3am ad was just the cover for Clinton's dirty tricks.
IndeDem | 03.07.08 10:57 PM
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Those who think the so-called negativity line has been crossed have not been paying attention to past tickets. In the 1960 Democratic Primary, Lyndon Johnson derided Kennedy as "a little scrawny fellow with rickets." The Kennedy camp responded by reminding people about Johnson's heart attack. And those two still wound up on the ticket together. And then there was Bush I railing on about Reagan's "voodoo economics" in the 1980 Republican primary. Those two wound up on the ticket as well. I do not buy the notion that this Primary race has been particularly nasty. This perception is mainly due to the media and oversensitive supporters of one candidate. Politics is not for the squeamish.
Ogre Mage | 03.08.08 11:48 AM
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