Clinton, Obama: Why Not Both?

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Here's a quick rundown of the many advantages the Democrats enjoy at this stage of the 2008 campaign. Voter turnout in most states is running well ahead of that for the GOP. Democratic fund-raising continues to break all records—even those set previously by Republicans. The Democrats' issues cupboard is fuller than it has been in a decade and a half. And voters have narrowed the field to two wildly popular candidates, either of whom would make history if nominated, much less elected.

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Given the embarrassment of riches, it was only a matter of time before Democratic voters looked at the choice between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and asked the question, Why not both?

That idea had been on some voters' minds even before the dream was made flesh two weeks ago in Los Angeles, where, at the end of the Kodak Theatre debate, Obama and Clinton smiled, embraced each other for more than the usual nanosecond and then seemed to whisper something knowing in each other's ear. After weeks of hand-to-hand combat and rumors of tiffs that may or may not have been real, the Hug rightly or wrongly got even more people thinking about the power of two. Even if their act was dutiful, evanescent and faked for the cameras, party regulars seemed to eat it up. It was all there: the visionary and the technician, the candidate who could inspire the masses and the candidate who could get under the sink and fix the plumbing.

For Clinton, pairing with Obama would repair some of the damage with African Americans brought on by her campaign and, at least in theory, push her husband to the sidelines. Obama, in turn, would get a mechanic to match his magic, someone who could turn his poetry into governing prose.

A new TIME poll reveals that 62% of Democrats want Clinton to put Obama on the ticket; 51% want Obama to return the favor if he is the nominee. The party's right brain and left brain, dancing together at last, right?

Link to article: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1710667,00.html

[ShortnFiery]

1. No, I honestly don't envision this scenario. IMO, they're two very different personalities

that mesh like "oil and water." :shrug:

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3. Agreed

Hillary is a package deal...too much baggage...

Obama can do better without Bill poking his nose in..and you know he will..he's proven over and over again, he just can't stay out of it.

Nope. Obama will be better with no Hillary in his cabinet.

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[Bicoastal]

2. This article was written before Obama's sweep week...

...I think the dynamic is going to be a little different from now on...

[MBS]

6. yes, and this pairing would not work anyway.

Too different, and, I think, not a lot of love on either side. This is a non-starter.

[my3boyz]

7. I don't want Obama on Hillary's ticket and I certainly

don't want Hillary on Obama's ticket! I don't respect the way they lied and attacked him prior to South Carolina. Hillary did not actually do it but she allowed her surrogates and Bill to do it. Then when questioned about it she did not say it was wrong. I don't want Obama tied to someone as disrespecful and dirty as Clinton.........Obama has proved you don't have to "go there" in order to win.

[OzarkDem]

8. Clinton/Obama would be ok

He could use it for training to see if he's really up to the job later.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Obama/Clinton is just scary

I can imagine the one photo she'd have on her desk.

[Orsino]

10. They would walk all over the GOP's doofus ticket.

Though this pairing seems unlikely, it's not much stranger than Reagan/Bush or Clinton/Gore.