Last week, Hillary suggested that she could run on a ticket with Obama–provided she is at the top of the ticket, of course. Bloggers were mostly skeptical of the idea of this “dream ticket.” This week, the Clintons are continuing to push the idea on the campaign trail: Bill said the duo would be “an unstoppable force.” Bloggers wonder why Hill is pushing this idea. Slate’s Christopher Beam says it is strange: “To deliberately plant the idea in people’s heads is at odds with the campaign’s never-say-die ethos. It’s the equivalent of saying ‘if I win’ rather than ‘when I win.'” Marc Ambinder agrees: “When Bill and Hillary Clinton tout the virtues of a joint ticket with Barack Obama, they’re trapping themselves in a bit of a box about the qualifications necessary to be vice president. The subtext of HRC’s ‘ready from day one’ argument is that she IS, and he ISN’T.” So what is she trying to say? We can always count on Bill to clear things up. MSNBC’s First Read reports his answer to these questions:
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