Ever since the first time I heard Obama speak at the DNC, I have been cheering "OBAMA 08!" I'll continue to cheer as we move through the presidential elections, and send money too when a bit frees up
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I could not agree more with what you have to say here. I really wanted to support Hillary. She just didn't make the cut for me. I can't support a candidate, *just* because she/he represents a demographic, ethnicity, religion, or gender, that I feel has not been as represented in a position of government authority. I dream of having a female president someday. I would love to have this occur in my lifetime. But, sadly, Ms. Clinton is not the one. I still think she has enormous potential for the future, and I agree that this campaign has really seasoned and changed her in positive ways.
I don't know how naive of me, or improbable it is. But, I'd love to see Obama pick her as his running mate. Hey, we've never had a female VP either! Many former VP's eventually make it to the position of Prez. I think that together they could really be amazing. That would certainly solve the issue of the Dems who have threatened to vote Republican. I agree that the Dems need to united, not divided.
While I agree completley about wanting the Dems to be united, not divided, I'm not sure that picking Clinton as the VP nominee will help us more than it hurts us. First of all, I'm not sure she'd be content being just the VP, and I think we'd have lots of problems of VP trying to be stronger than president that we've got with Bush and Cheney. Also, I think there is a middle road of voters who'd like to end the Bush era, but who might not be comfortable voting for either a black man or a woman, much less both at the same time.
Unfortunately, I think the only graceful way to resolve the issue lies in Clinton's hands, with an announcement that she is done with the nomination race and has no interest in being VP. Otherwise Obama is backed into a corner of either having to ask her or having to specifically NOT ask her, and possibly pissing off her supporters more.
This is the one thing about this entire situation I am most nervous about today.
I also don’t think the Vice Presidency is where she could be most effective. She comes out of this campaign with a lot of political capital and influence, which she could use to very good advantage in the Senate (maybe as majority leader, a big part of which is arm-twisting, which she’s good at). And I think she could be more effective in an Obama administration in the cabinet than in the Vice Presidency (Cheney’s scary example notwithstanding).
Anybody who votes for McCain in the general had better love dead soldiers, dead Iraqi civilians, declining US power to the extent of threatening our long-term survival, and wire hangers and dead young pregnant women.
Preach it, brother! (So tired of hearing Clinton supporters talk about how they'll vote for McCain because he'd be better. I wish Clinton would come out and make a STRONG statement against that concept.)
I hope Obama prevails in November. The prospect of McCain in the Withe House is depressing. Unfortunately, McCain strikes me as a much stronger candidate than either Clinton or Obama. He embodies all the macho bullshit that people look for in a Commander in Chief, and unless the Democrats hit on the idea of running against the party instead of the person, I don't think they'll beat him.
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I really wanted to support Hillary. She just didn't make the cut for me. I can't support a candidate, *just* because she/he represents a demographic, ethnicity, religion, or gender, that I feel has not been as represented in a position of government authority. I dream of having a female president someday. I would love to have this occur in my lifetime. But, sadly, Ms. Clinton is not the one. I still think she has enormous potential for the future, and I agree that this campaign has really seasoned and changed her in positive ways.
I don't know how naive of me, or improbable it is. But, I'd love to see Obama pick her as his running mate. Hey, we've never had a female VP either! Many former VP's eventually make it to the position of Prez. I think that together they could really be amazing. That would certainly solve the issue of the Dems who have threatened to vote Republican. I agree that the Dems need to united, not divided.
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Unfortunately, I think the only graceful way to resolve the issue lies in Clinton's hands, with an announcement that she is done with the nomination race and has no interest in being VP. Otherwise Obama is backed into a corner of either having to ask her or having to specifically NOT ask her, and possibly pissing off her supporters more.
This is the one thing about this entire situation I am most nervous about today.
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