Arkansas Blog

in politics, MATH TRUMPS ALL

which means that Hillary's quest for the nomination now has an exceedlingly slight possibility of success.

but it also means that an Obama/Clinton ticket is almost a necessity.

(with the possible exception of an Obama/Richardson ticket, O/C would be an electoral (college, HoR, & Senate) "juggernaut"

Hillary has a reputation for being "tough" (which she is again demonstrating this month), or to put it more bluntly, as an "attack dog", which is historically the role of the VP nominee in the GE campaign. (yes, such a ticket would undermine somewhat a key component of Obama's message of "moving beyond the 'politics of the past', but politics, especially national, makes for strange bedfellows, ala 1960, 1980, 2000 etc.)

thus if the MATH dictates, Hillary will have 3,4, or 5 months with which to heal the wounds of the primary season, assume the role the electorate has decided she should play, and go on to make History.

she (and a few million others) will need help during the next month or so, in not only realizing it, but embracing it.

for now, it is truly up to her.

p.s. killer new political map site

http://www.csmonitor.com/patchworknation/

If it can't be a Clinton/Obama or a Obama/Clinton ticket I'd like to see a Obama/Keillor ticket! Imagine the gorgeous rhetoric that would flow out of the White House with Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. and Garrison Keillor warming the #1 & #2 seats!

Plus uniting the whitest man in the world with dusky Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. has to be pleasing to all but the most racist among us. We could have peace in the Middle East sponsored by the U.S. Ketchup Board and one day indeed maybe in America all the girls would be good looking and the boys would be above average again. Obama/Keillor '08!

And forget not that Mark Pryor is a lard-assed neo-con loving rat!

Speaker Pelosi has already ruled out, unequivocally, an Obama/Clinton ticket. And why do people keep talking about putting her FIRST? She's so far behind the popular vote and pledged delegates, she can't catch up. That would go over like a lead balloon in the party: "Yeah, the black guy technically beat her in terms of the vote, and delegates, and is far more popular, but we're giving the nomination to the white woman and letting the black guy be her number two." Only an idiot would think that would work.

via FDL

Meanwhile, Patrick Leahy calls for Hillary to quit the campaign:

"There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win enough delegates to get the nomination," Leahy said. "She ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama. Now, obviously that's a decision that only she can make. Frankly I feel that she would have a tremendous career in the Senate."
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Dear Goddess, please do not even think for one minute about HC as VP!! If the D party cannot rid ourselves of the DLC politic once and for all.. we are not worthy of a damn thing.

meanwhile, from the "let the voters speak" (unless they are in caucuses) file...

Hillary Rodham Clinton's Texas campaign is challenging the seating of delegates from numerous precincts for Saturday's Democratic county conventions, particularly in Barack Obama's strongholds.

State Senate District 23, which includes much of southern Dallas County, was a central target of the Clinton campaign.

Just before Wednesday's deadline to file complaints before the county convention credentials committee, Clinton campaign officials delivered a large packet of challenges.

muleboy - That would be fine and dandy if Bill and Rush Limbaugh had not successfully thrown the popular vote by asking Texas Republicans to screw with the D primary.. Exit polls show that's exactly what happened. Anyone think those Rush ditto people are about to back a Dem of any kind in the general? I didn't think so.

The Clinton's.. always a POX on the D party, Always.

"they thought it would be so easy and never bothered to wonder what they would do if it wasn't"

who am i talking about ?

who am i talking about ?<<

Lum n' Abner ?

no, not Lum n' Abner

but those would be good caricatures.

Hillary Clinton/Lee Scott

gettin' warmer : )

No guessing there mule.

Hillary Clinton/Lee Scott is my suggestion for Prez/run mate.

1000 pardons El,

is it too late for FEINGOLD/WEBB ?

Feingold to tell the Israelis where to stick it (only a Jewish POTUS could get away with that)

and Webb, to scare hell out of anyone trying to get rid of Feingold :)

Obama will pick Bloomberg as his VP,
if he is the nominee. You can bank
on that. Of course, all the Obama-nuts
will argue it is fine to have a
non-Democrat on the ticket.