The latest from Iraq: http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL01687040
The over/under on days until hillary calls it quits is 10. That leaves one week for the effect of June 3rd’s primaries to sink in.
One interesting angle to watch will be whether Obama can manage to get enough supers to commit between now and Tuesday to clinch the nomination that night. He would obviously like to be able to declare victory in his speech that evening. If he can’t get it done he will have to claim the nomination with a press release announcing he hit the magic number later this week.
Does anyone have a sense of what Hillary is going to do? It looked like she was willing to let the race end this week until Harold Ickes through that tantrum at the DNC rules meeting, threatening to take the fight over Michigan all the way to the convention! How should Obama handle this one? Offering her anything less than the VP slot would be insulting but there is no way he would ever want her on the ticket. How do you dems out there feel about the way this race is going to end?
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1 Stephen Stewart (sastewart09) // Jun 1, 2008 at 9:01 pm
But many argue that by sticking in the race this long and all the name sullying that has occurred has all but ruined her chances for getting a nod for VP.
I really don’t like her chances for it.
2 Sam Rudman (srudman09) // Jun 2, 2008 at 1:06 am
I agree, she should be Obama’s last choice. Imagine all the Republican ads of them bickering at debates and her questioning his experience and ability to lead.
But Obama has to make some serious reconciliatory gestures to her wing of the party. If he wants to make up by offering her a post in the adminstration I think he has to offer her the VP slot because anything else would be rejected out of hand.
This leads me to believe, since, as you point out, Clinton has run too negative a campaign to be on the ticket, that Obama will have to reach out to her supporters in a different way. He can’t make a policy concession since they agree on everything. So how does he do it? Taking on her staff will only get him so far. I think most of the party will come together out of fear of another GOP adminstration but something needs to be done to get the ball moving in the right direction by the time the convention rolls around.
3 Dan McCune (dmccune09) // Jun 2, 2008 at 1:11 am
I agree with Steve that she has very little chance for a VP nod. Part of that stems from the arguments and insults while the other part has to do with the fact that with Hillary comes Bill. Between the pair of them, they will make life VERY difficult for Obama.
Another possible solution would be to promise to nominate her for the first Supreme Court spot that opens up. It is a more prestigious and interesting position than VP, it would give her profound opportunities to go effect change and be remembered, it would help liberalize the court, and it would finally allow her to divorce Bill (as her public image would finally be less important). (Yes, I am assuming that their continued marriage is based solely on public image, which may be untrue, but I suspect that it is likely.)
For a more detailed analysis of this proposition, see the Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001571.html
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