Though Hillary and Bill disgusted me during the primary campaign, I have lately come around to the idea that Obama choosing her as her running mate might be brilliant. All the speculation about why Bill won't come around and why Hillary isn't doing more would turn out to have been more of what some are calling Obama's rope-a-dope strategy. Maybe he decided early on the pick her and he let this suspense build and the reports of bad feelings and even the PUMA BS so that when he did pick her the excitement, the surprise and the "boldness" would be the story for a long time. If he did choose her, the two downsides of course would be the lurking presence of Bill and the satisfaction of the PUMA crowd in believing it was their hissy fit that brought this about.
However, last night I saw a poll on CNN, I believe, that showed while 43% of respondents would like to see Hillary Clinton become president some day, 49% never want her to become president. That's a huge negative, one that would be hard to overcome. If Obama's internal polling shows anything similar, he will not choose her and he has good reason not to, no matter how long her rabid supporters continue their juvenile tantrum.
On the other side, the talk of Lieberman being on the ticket is something I would find hard to believe. However, since he is tied or even ahead of Obama in the polls now, thanks to the resurrection of "McCain, the Myth, the Maverick," he may think he can get away with it.
I can hardly wait: McCain-Loserman: Bush III, with a twist, a pro-choice, sour grapes former Democrat. It would get him as much press as an Obama-Clinton pairing, but I would guess there might even be more people who hate Lieberman than hate Clinton.
Ever since Lieberman refused to honor the results of the primary when Ned Lamont defeated him, and decided to become an independent and appeal to Republicans to win in the general election, he has shown his true colors. He is really a Rove Republican who doesn't play fair, believes in huge power to the executive branch and doesn't have much respect for the Constitution. He'd be a perfect vice presidential pick for McCain.
However, last night I saw a poll on CNN, I believe, that showed while 43% of respondents would like to see Hillary Clinton become president some day, 49% never want her to become president. That's a huge negative, one that would be hard to overcome. If Obama's internal polling shows anything similar, he will not choose her and he has good reason not to, no matter how long her rabid supporters continue their juvenile tantrum.
On the other side, the talk of Lieberman being on the ticket is something I would find hard to believe. However, since he is tied or even ahead of Obama in the polls now, thanks to the resurrection of "McCain, the Myth, the Maverick," he may think he can get away with it.
I can hardly wait: McCain-Loserman: Bush III, with a twist, a pro-choice, sour grapes former Democrat. It would get him as much press as an Obama-Clinton pairing, but I would guess there might even be more people who hate Lieberman than hate Clinton.
Ever since Lieberman refused to honor the results of the primary when Ned Lamont defeated him, and decided to become an independent and appeal to Republicans to win in the general election, he has shown his true colors. He is really a Rove Republican who doesn't play fair, believes in huge power to the executive branch and doesn't have much respect for the Constitution. He'd be a perfect vice presidential pick for McCain.
We could show the picture of McCain hugging Bush right next to the picture of Bush kissing Lieberman.
