Rendell: Obama would have to be an “enormously big person” to pick Hillary, she would upstage him.

[jefferson_dem]

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell – one of Hillary Clinton’s strongest supporters – today warned her: “There’s no bargaining. You don’t bargain with the Presidential nominee. Even if you’re Hillary Clinton and you have 18 million votes, you don’t bargain.”

In an exclusive interview with NY1 Political Anchor Dominic Carter, Rendell added that Obama would have to be an “enormously big person” to pick Clinton as his running mate and that Clinton sometimes “couldn’t help but upstage” Obama on a joint ticket.

Rendell also said former President Bill Clinton could greatly complicate things if his wife was the Vice Presidential nominee.

“The Obama campaign would have to make strict rules, you know, about what President Clinton could and could not do during the campaign… For example, the Obama campaign would have to control his schedule; where he would go into, what states,” Rendell tells Carter.

“You know, normally politicians don’t want to be outshone. Well you know you’ve got Bill Clinton lurking in the background. But Hillary Clinton, a very charismatic figure for many Americans — generally a lot of politicians don’t like to put somebody like that on the ticket. You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It’s rule one. You know, Hillary Clinton in some ways couldn’t help but upstage, even if she was trying not to”

http://thepage.time.com/rendell-on-ny1/

[Max_powers94]

1. OK

[adoraz]

2. “There’s no bargaining. You don’t bargain with the Presidential nominee."

awesome. glad someone told her

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. Ouch.

[bullimiami]

4. i dont think she would upstage him. he can handle himself and his cabinet im sure.

whoever he picks.

[Kittycat]

9. Two things I would worry about...

Bill - you can't control him.

Her not getting her way on something and going off message.

[NotThisTime]

17. Well Bill did go back to his foundation today & who knows, maybe he would stay there if she was VP

might be a required stipulation if the offer was made

[PoliticalAmazon]

27. Guns and knives? n/t

[madaboutharry]

5. Oh, brother.

I really don't know what to say anymore.

[Avalux]

6. Upstage? No. She and Bill would drag Obama down.

Their negatives would completely neutralize his campaign and the message of change that has worked so well for him. Shove it up your ass Rendell.

[leftofcool]

7. Correct! She is way to strong a person and candidate

[JVS]

8. Wow. Ed Rendell turning down the vile shit vibes. If that bootlicker has turned, Hillary is screwn!

[HeraldSquare212]

11. I think it's 'scrod.'

[Growler]

23. 'scroden'

...I think.

[Cant trust em]

10. Finally, Rendell is making some sense.

My biggest worry about the "dream ticket" is that the Clintons wouldn't understand that they are now officially number 2 to Obama. They don't get the steer the ship anymore.

[Frustratedlady]

12. I hope Rendell has never been on Obama's VP list.

I don't trust him and this post just confirmed my feelings were correct.

Let's move on.

[Cant trust em]

13. cnn.com put him on the short list.

There's no way in hell that he can be on the ticket. I'd support Hillary on the ticket before I'd support this chump.

[BklynChick]

14. I dont' agree that she would upstage him, but I do agree with his other points and I'm glad her

supporters are saying these things.

[sniffa]

15. Breaking: Rendell makes power move to steal VP slot from HRC

Will the sexism ever stop?

[DaveJ]

16. I have an opinion too, even though I'm not a governer

My opinion is that Mr. Rendell appears to be overthinking this. If 18 million voters would like to see Hill as V.P. then I think that's fine.

[WA98296]

18. "strict rules" re Bill Clinton....yeah, right. There is no controlling him.

[calmblueocean]

19. Yup. Ironically, if she hadn't fought so hard to stay in the race, she could've been VP

If she wanted to be veep at all, she needed to show that she respects Obama and is a team player.

She didn't and she isn't.

So now she's painted herself into a corner. Even her own supporters realize that Hillary as VP would be too much of a distraction and that she does not possess the willingness to make the sacrifices required to be on the ticket.

[City Lights]

20. Maybe sanity will prevail after all. nt

[cyndensco]

21. In respect to who Obama chooses as his running mate,

and ONLY in respect of it, I hope Sen. Obama is not "an enormously big person."

[tularetom]

22. Of course she would TRY to upstage him

She's been trying to upstage him for the past year without much success.

But I think he's a bit smarter than to let her do that.

Hillary's a bit of a whiner and charismatic is one adjective I'd never apply to her - she's basically an introverted bookworm trying to be a glad hander like Bill. She might be better off as some sort of policy analyst in the WH - but she just ain't cut out for any kind of executive or leadership role.

[uponit7771]

24. LIKE WHOA!!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Welcome to GE boys and girls

thanks governor Rendell

[salguine]

26. And Obama's got to know that if he picks Hillary, he gets Bill, too. Fuck that.

[crankychatter]

28. he's huge

"It's twue, it's twue"

[ShortnFiery]

29. IMO, Fast Eddy Rendell is a racist FREAK. n/t

[Tatiana]

30. So is Eddie putting his name on the VP short list?

Because this is the kind of party leadership that will get him there.

[hokies4ever]

31. How long until Hillary throws Rendell under the bus?

She could just link him to Farrakhan you know. :rofl:

[Zavulon]

32. Make that "enormously stupid person."

Regardless of my feelings towards Hillary, none of which are good, the fact remains that if you bring Hillary aboard, you get Bill as well. As grateful as I am to him for his administration, he was a campaigning disaster this time around.

Also, let's not forget how selfish Hillary is. She'd upstage him every chance she got.

Besides, if you're looking for change and unity, the last thing you need is the same old crap and a polarizing figure as your VP.

[moondust]

33. I think he means TRY AS HARD AS SHE CAN to upstage him.

The husband, too. Attention hounds do that.

[Why Syzygy]

34. That's the only reason she would take it... to upstage and push her own agenda. NO!

[billyoc]

35. Let it slip that Rendell's on the short list. He'll drop Hillary like a bad habit.

Which, she is.

[Crunchy Frog]

36. Even Hillary's supporters know it would be a disaster.