Over the weekend, despite having collected more Democratic primary votes than any other candidate in the history of the party, Hillary Clinton suspended her presidential campaign and endorsed Barack Obama.
It is not likely that that will be the end of the Hill and Bill story of this historic presidential campaign. Barack Obama will need the vast majority of Hillary's primary votes to win in November.
The 2 Regular Guys at CBS 2 School looked at how Obama might approach the dedicated Clinton coalition.
Will there be an invitation for Hillary to join the ticket as his vice-presidential candidate? Perhaps Obama could promise her a Cabinet seat or a spot on the U.S. Supreme Court. Because of the unique nature of this long, energizing and contentious contest, Barack must now be careful not to disrespect Hillary or her supporters as he tries to bridge the gap between two huge segments of the Democratic vote.
And what about Bill? And the Clinton brand name as head of the Democratic Party? Is that day over? John F. Harris of the Politico considers the future of the Clintons here:
What's your Hillary projection? Blog here what you think is next for the Clintons.
And for comic relief, the Politico blog reports on how John McCain's website is using the 70s & 80s pop group ABBA to woo Hillary supporters away from Obama.
2 comments:
Obama needs to distance himself as much as possible from the Clintons. He should not give them ANY appointments. To quote someone who wrote in to the Tribune, putting Billary on the Veep ticket would be like having a car with three steering wheels: one in each front seat and one in the back seat. I would also like to quote the Republican party bosses on learning Theodore Roosevelt was on the ticket in 1900: "My God, don't you realize that cowboy is one life away from the Presidency?"
If Obama can't stand up to the Clintons, he'll demonstrate his utter uselessness against Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Kim, Osama, and pretty much everyone else, especially The Putin.
I think that Obama should not distance himself too much from the Clinton's because he needs the democratic votes and the support from key players that Hillary and Bill control. Many of Hillary's supports are voting for Obama, but not enough. According to NPR's show All Things Considered, Obama has only 72% of Hillary's supporters behind him. The show also says that Obama has been loosing ground overall since June, only 83% of the democratic electorate are supporting him while McCain gains ground with 87% of the republican electorate.
Here is the link if you want to listen to the show.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93575211
The show also has more important statistics and reasons why McCain is gaining ground while Obama is loosing ground. Overall, I think that Obama needs the support of Clinton because she has key supports that are (as of now) not voting for Obama.
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