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March 5, 2008 9:10 AM

Clinton: Ticket With Obama May Be "Where This Is Headed"

Posted by Scott Conroy
Still glowing from her big wins in Ohio and Texas, Hillary Clinton made some news this morning on CBS's The Early Show when she suggested that a Clinton/Obama general election ticket was a real possibility.

Co-anchor Harry Smith fueled the flames of speculation when he said to Clinton, "We talked to a lot of people in Ohio who said there really isn't that significant a difference between you two, and they'd like to see you both on the ticket."

It was a question the New York senator could have easily sidestepped. But she chose to answer it head on.

"Well, that may, you know, be where this is headed," Clinton said. "But of course, we have to decide who's on the top of the ticket, and I think that the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me."

The prospect of a Clinton/Obama ticket has been suggested countless times by pundits and Democratic voters who are torn between the two superstar candidates. And while Clinton and Obama have both alluded to the possibility of joining forces in the past, this seems to be the first time that either has left the door so wide open.
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by ji_john March 8, 2008 2:54 AM EST
Pigs flying everywhere! Unicorns guarding 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue! Dragons flying through Wall Street! Walmart selling products Made In The USA! The Pied Piper leading children down the road! Hillary Clinton asking Obama to be her running mate after she threw mulltiple kitchen sinks at him! Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic Nomination for President: When Pigs Fly!
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by forthepeopl1 March 6, 2008 11:15 AM EST
IF OBAMA HAS ANY BALLS HE WOULD COME OUT AGAINST THIS IN A BIG WAY..
HE SHOULD COME OUT AND SAY SHE IS IN OZ IF SHE THINK I WOULD CHOSE HER.
HE NEEDS TO COME OUT AND SAY TO AMERICA IF YOU WANT BUSH 2 (MCCAIN) IN OFFICE THEN HAVEING CLINTON ON ANY TICKET WOULD DO THAT.
THATS WHY I CHOSE JOHN EDWARDS AS MY V.P.

THEN SHE WOULD LOSE ALL THE REMAINING STATES BY TRIPPLE DIGGET...
REMEMBER THE REPS WANT CLINTON BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WILL BEAT HER IN A NATIONAL VOTE. I WOULD AND MANY OTHER IND/DEMS WOULD VOTE MCAIN INSTEAD OF HAVEING HER IN ANY PART OF THE WHITEHOUSE.

misery hillary, go home....no more slick willies allowed...
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by cstockton3 March 6, 2008 10:07 AM EST
I find it worrisome that our national obsession with well-framed messages void of substance, illustrated by the strength of vacuous advertising, makes us susceptible to believing a demagogue who sings a single note and insists that his single moment of courage is "change." We want what looks good, safe; and a woman who dresses like an alien and speaks with clarity and depth is anything but safe to the status quo.

Which is ironic. Our nation was founded on the notion that disruption works, that dissension speaks louder than complacency. We are only beginning to understand what the framers of this country were saying, and we jeopardize that by allowing our rights to erode away. And the only candidate with the real courage to protect the fundamental rights, the only candidate with the depth to truly understand what is at stake, is Hillary Clinton.

And why is Obama so opposed to the idea of banding together? Isn''t the Democrats'' real purpose defeating the Rebublican marauders? Yet he swaggers in his male superiority and casts aspersions on her.

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by cstockton3 March 6, 2008 9:58 AM EST
I find it worrisome that our national obsession with well-framed messages void of substance, illustrated by the strength of vacuous advertising, makes us susceptible to believing a demagogue who sings a single note and insists that his single moment of courage is "change." We want what looks good, safe; and a woman who dresses like an alien and speaks with clarity and depth is anything but safe to the status quo.

Which is ironic. Our nation was founded on the notion that disruption works, that dissension speaks louder than complacency. We are only beginning to understand what the framers of this country were saying, and we jeopardize that by allowing our rights to erode away. And the only candidate with the real courage to protect the fundamental rights, the only candidate with the depth to truly understand what is at stake, is Hillary Clinton.

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by cstockton3 March 6, 2008 9:57 AM EST
I find it worrisome that our national obsession with well-framed messages void of substance, illustrated by the strength of vacuous advertising, makes us susceptible to believing a demagogue who sings a single note and insists that his single moment of courage is "change." We want what looks good, safe; and a woman who dresses like an alien and speaks with clarity and depth is anything but safe to the status quo.

Which is ironic. Our nation was founded on the notion that disruption works, that dissension speaks louder than complacency. We are only beginning to understand what the framers of this country were saying, and we jeopardize that by allowing our rights to erode away. And the only candidate with the real courage to protect the fundamental rights, the only candidate with the depth to truly understand what is at stake, is Hillary Clinton.

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by suze24 March 5, 2008 6:12 PM EST
FCFisher, you said, The vitriolic responses to this are reminiscent of Karl Rove - that is what bothers me most about Obama supporters. We should be uniting, not dividing - that''''s how we got where we are now

Okay...nice thought, but...it''s very tough to unite when Clinton has just spent the past month smearing Obama (or pretending she had nothing to do with those smear and fear campaigns). I tend not to try to chum up with people who punch me in the face. If she attacks her own in this manner, do you really believe she can work with the Republicans to compromise and get things accomplished?
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by dinslc March 5, 2008 4:47 PM EST
Hillary is SOOOO arrogant.

Here''s a newsflash, Hillary- YOU''RE LOSING.

Hillary is still behind in delegates, and even if she won every contest from here on out, she can''t overcome Obama''s lead.

The only way Hillary could be the nominee is for the superdelegates to overthrow the results of the primaries. They have never done that, and won''t this time, either.

Whether it''s giving the Republicans all the ammo they need against the soon-to be-nominee, Barack, or creating civil war at the Democratic convention, Hillary is determined to throw the democratic party into the garbage.

Hillary only cares about getting herself into the Whitehouse. Even if that means destroying the Dem party, and insuring that NO democrat gets into the Whitehouse.
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by forthepeopl1 March 5, 2008 4:23 PM EST
IF OBAMA HAS ANY BALLS HE WOULD COME OUT AGAINST THIS IN A BIG WAY..
HE SHOULD COME OUT AND SAY SHE IS IN OZ IF SHE THINK I WOULD CHOSE HER.
HE NEEDS TO COME OUT AND SAY TO AMERICA IF YOU WANT BUSH 2 (MCCAIN) IN OFFICE THEN HAVEING CLINTON ON ANY TICKET WOULD DO THAT.
THATS WHY I CHOSE JOHN EDWARDS AS MY V.P.

THEN SHE WOULD LOSE ALL THE REMAINING STATES BY TRIPPLE DIGGET...
REMEMBER THE REPS WANT CLINTON BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WILL BEAT HER IN A NATIONAL VOTE. I WOULD AND MANY OTHER IND/DEMS WOULD VOTE MCAIN INSTEAD OF HAVEING HER IN ANY PART OF THE WHITEHOUSE.
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by shadeofgood March 5, 2008 3:42 PM EST
LOL, I am an unusual demographic to be supporting McCain. I am a black male, age 28, and I was thinking about Obama. Now that I have been studying these Politics, I am beginning to realize how much the Left Wing has been influencing the culture of my people, in fact this is something that has been happening for years and it is just starting to really surface now.

Either way, I think both sides are bad. I think the right wing is greedy, racist, and hypocritical. And the left wing is pro-gay, pro-feminist, with some really twisted views on Christianity(it will almost make me feel better if they would claim to be not Christian instead)

Either way, I lose. If I wasn''t a Christian, then maybe I would be happy, yet I would most likely be blinded to the things that I am seeing now. I just can''t take the polical stance of the democrats even though I do believe they have the better economical plan.
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by pywakitt-2009 March 5, 2008 3:38 PM EST
Bush supporting McCain now thats a great team! They will continue to make the wrong choices and teach the youth of what it is to be such an ego fed robot. Bush has only been in it for money not for us! I hope they just go away!!! McCain is still in his own little mind war!
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by pywakitt-2009 March 5, 2008 3:29 PM EST
Spoken like a man!! Wake up there are many woman that have surpassed many a great man! Fear of a woman for president is nonsence! Voting for a man just for his gender is rediculous!
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by pywakitt-2009 March 5, 2008 3:25 PM EST
I understand that a woman in office, is still a factor in for many and it shows, but as I read in one of the blogs that she is worried for her kids if a democrat wins. Well good luck with that they may learn something on the true nature of a democratic country. Which has been lost for to many years. Those that want McCain the 100 year war fanatic, will find their kids fighting this 100 year war just as their lives begin. It seems that in being a P.O.W McCain would not want to put our youth in harms way for ego!
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by austinang-2009 March 5, 2008 3:24 PM EST
(con''t from below)

"She is the quintessential self serving political hack and wants to be president for self aggrandizement. Being in bed with corporate lobbyists, she will not change politics an iota."
- I somewhat agree. Since being First Lady, her M.O. has been to get into the Oval Office herself. Don''t forget we called them "Billary" for quite some time, and for good reason. I do wonder about her sincerity, whether or not she is in it for herself, or in it for all Americans. With Obama, there''s no question he''s in it for us.

"As an Independent, I support Obama not because he is all that I would like to see in a President, but because of the promise and potential that he might change the way politics is done in this country."
- THIS is what "I totally agree" with. :)

"She is a hegemonist and a militarist in the tradition of the hawkish politicians of this country." - Eh, not so much. I like the idea of a balanced government, but if we want true change to come about, it will have to be with one party in control of all three branches. We''re at a stalemate right now, and nothing is happening.

"Obama speaks about %u201Cchanging the mind set that gets us into wars". That difference is critical at this juncture." - Agreed.
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by austinang-2009 March 5, 2008 3:23 PM EST
Okay, "totally agree" was a poor choice of words, I admit. Let me break it down:

"It is clear from Sen. Clinton''''s idea of including Sen. Obama as her running mate is that she recognizes she has no chance of winning the general election without him."
- I do agree with this point. Who else would she choose?
"Well known as a divisive force, she has further alienated a lot of people by her Machiavellian tactics (use race, religion, falsehood, etc.), as she has done in Ohio & Texas, and she knows it. She is dishonest, but not stupid. She knows she needs Obama, but Obama does not need her."
- Again, I agree. There have been some rather childish low blows to Obama. I don''t necessarily agree that she''s made all the blows, but when you have campaign staffers do the dirty work, it''s guilt by association.

"While a woman President would be welcome, she is not it."
- That I don''t agree with. Like I said before, if she gets the nomination, sure, I''ll put a Hillary sign in my yard and vote for her.
(con''t)
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by shadeofgood March 5, 2008 3:11 PM EST
Like I said, most likely I will be voting for McCain because if I do Obama or Clinton, he will force my kids to participate in *** ed at a young age, will allow people to abort kids right before they are born(Do you know how aggressive hospitals are to try to convince you to abort your child, especially if they have a disability?) and make it harder for my kids to understand what it means to be a man. If I was raising girls, or if my sons turn out gay, then I guess I would be ok, but since they are straight, they are going to have a lot of hell to deal with in this world. These groups try to force religion out of schools, yet at the same time, they are forcing their own "religious" ideas on our children which if you look at things at a long term perspective, it hurts more than it helps, especially as a people.
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by democrat101 March 5, 2008 3:02 PM EST
AustinAng, you really totally agree with all the negative things msiddique1 has to say about Hillary? How can you defend Obama and then participate in behavior that is the exact opposite of his message? Unbelievable.
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by austinang-2009 March 5, 2008 2:58 PM EST
msiddique1, I totally agree. Obama will hopefully change the way out political machines are run.

Whoever said they are voting for Ron Paul... seriously?
He wants to repeal Affirmative Action. He wants to repeal Roe v. Wade. He wants to abolish the minimum wage. He supports offshore drilling, no fuel production taxes, mining on federal land, and conservation efforts.

He might as well be Charlton Heston as far as guns go. He''s opposed to separation of church and state. He opposes gay rights.

Do you really want another President that doesn''t believe people can make choices for themselves (religious, personal, or ethical), that only the rich should get tax breaks, that would destroy our environment, and that would drive our school systems into the ground even more?

Oh wait, you might want to reconsider McCain, too.
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by democrat101 March 5, 2008 2:54 PM EST
msiddique1, the beautiful thing about this country is that we have the freedom to disagree. With that said, it is obvious with whom your allegiance stands and no amount of bashing will change anyone%u2019s mind. Interesting though how negative and degrading you can be while at the same time championing Obama.
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by geodubyahloz March 5, 2008 2:52 PM EST
Oh Whoa is me. I cannot believe there are so many uniformed people in this country. How can anyone in their right mind believe that Obama would come within a million votes of winning the election against "Old What''s His Name" McCain? In looking at the maps of the country where Obama has won against Hillary, those are Republican strongholds like the southern states and Nebraska. Obama only wins in the largest cities with high numbers of African American voters and highly educated rich white men voters. That highly educated rich white men crowd likes him only because he "inspires" them. Whow! That means Obama gives a good speech but I question whether he has ever walked into the Senate and inspired anyone "across the aisle" in the Republican hate mongers pit, to vote for any proposal Obama has sponsored. Oh and by the way what legislation has Obama sponsored that made a big difference anyway? Anyone without an agenda, if you do the research, you will vote Hilary without a doubt! Get over it, Hillary wins against "Old What''s his Name" McCain without a doubt. If you want another 4 years of the Bush agenda, vote for Obama because the Republicans will win in November!
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