What’s scarier than Madam President Clinton or President Obama? A Clinton-Obama ticket (or vice versa). Bill and Michelle included. From the CNN ticker:
CQ’s Craig Crawford explains how this could happen: “If Clinton or Obama cannot find some miraculous way to lock down a nominating majority in the remaining primaries and caucuses, look for undecided super delegates to opt for the easiest way out and urge them to run together for the November election.” Hillary seems convinced that she would be at the top of the ticket. But at Contentions, Jamie Kirchik notes that if Hillary is even able to get the nomination, “[t]o prevent the party from tearing itself to shreds, Clinton will have no choice but to offer Obama a position as her running mate.” Most bloggers are skeptical that either candidate will agree to a “dream ticket,” or that it’s even worthwhile to either of their political futures. While Marc Ambinder is in favor of the dream ticket, the TAPPED bloggers say it’s an all-around bad idea. Allahpundit says we shouldn’t worry: “Hillary doesn’t want to be outshone by a vice president with ten times the appeal she has, who’ll be expected to have a major role given all the media attention lavished on him. Likewise, Obama doesn’t want to languish for eight years in a do-nothing job Hillary will only use to try to isolate him.” Drew M. at Ace of Spades has more observations that show Hillary doesn’t want this scenario: “She cackles when giving the answer and she only does that when she hates what’s being said, so I am not sure how sincere she is about this.” Obama responded that it is too soon to talk about a “dream ticket.” The Vodkapundit Stephen Green reminds us why Obama shouldn’t want to be VP: “The Dems don’t exactly have the best record (Gore, Mondale) at electing former veeps to sitting presidents.”
