(CNN) - Even as Hillary Clinton's campaign attacked her rival, Barack Obama, for failing to "deliver on his promises," her husband, former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that a joint ticket pairing the two would be "almost unstoppable."
The former president referred to his wife's own comments that indicated a willingness to consider the prospect. "She said yesterday and she said the day after her big wins in Texas and Ohio and Rhode Island that she was very open to that and I think she answered explicitly 'Yes' yesterday," said Clinton during a Mississippi campaign appearance.
"I know that she has always been open to it, because she believes that if you can unite the energy and the new people that he's brought in and the people in these vast swaths of small town and rural America that she's carried overwhelmingly, if you had those two things together she thinks it'd be hard to beat."
He added that, in his view, Obama would win the "urban areas and the upscale voters" while Clinton claims "the traditional rural areas that we lost when President Reagan was president. If you put those two things together, you'd have an almost unstoppable force."
Hillary Clinton told a CBS interviewer earlier this week, shortly after she ended a string of 11 losses with wins in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, that a joint ticket "may be where this is headed. But of course we have to decide who is on the top of ticket. I think the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me."
The New York senator has made the suggestion in other interviews, as have her campaign surrogates. On Friday, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell told the National Journal that it was important for the winner of the Democratic nomination to make the offer to the runner-up this year.
The Obama team has largely avoided making similar statements.
UPDATE: In an interview with CNN affiliate KTVQ in Billings, Montana, Obama called the notion "premature," saying he has won twice as many states as Clinton and a greater share of the popular vote, and he believes he can maintain a delegate lead.
"You won't see me as a vice presidential candidate, you know, I'm running for president," said Obama.
–CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand
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if the 2 end up together it should beby popular vote who s on the top of the ticket
the Clintons are so smart, got to give them that. She does have more of the democratic base behind her...She needs what he has and he needs whats she has, I hope these two can get past thier egos and go for this for the best of our party. Clinton should be on top because of experience...
I don^t think that Obama is ready for the vice president post
either....
I think that Hillary should select Edwards as her running mate....
Obama- Clinton would be much better, but he wouldn't have her on the ticket.
As much as we get angry and opinionated with one or the other
I agree with Pres Bill Clinton
they would be *unstoppable* together and America needs to stop
McBush so you can out of this costly dragged out Iraq war that keeps dragging down the economy!
Its basically burning out the troops and getting no where fast!
obama should take that deal. I do not like it it should be edward and Hillary on top of that ticket. Obama will never have my vote.
ya, if barack is on the top of the ticket, i would agree.
President Clinton is right. A Clinton-Obama ticket would be unstoppable. Hey, go for it people! If Obama can handle the Veep job then he'd be a shoe in for President & be on the political scene for 16 straight years. Something he should seriously consider.
Your two reporters doing the Saturday coverage today are doing a great job. Jessica brings intelligence & non-partisanship to her broadcasts. CNN needs more like her. You really should, however, consider getting rid of that analyst Gloria Borger who is shallow & petty.
Of course, he's ignoring one huge factor. Many of those upscale Obama supporters, such as myself, will never support a ticket that includes Hillary Clinton.
How convenient that he suggests a Clinton-Obama ticket despite the fact she is behind no matter which way you slice it.
Typical Clinton spin, really.
Looks like the old Clinton "good cop-bad cop" routine. Bludgeon your opponent daily, question his morals, judgement, honesty, and experience, then.......offer him a job that is one heartbeat away from the presidency. This is just one more example of the boundless cynicism of the Clintons.
Not in my lifetime, I will not vote for HRC, only Obama. And not for Obama if he is on any ticket with her, even if he is first.
They would certainly balance each other's strengths and weaknesses.
She has more international diplomatic savvy than he does, and seems more willing to think outside the box.
Depends of who McCain picks as VP, tho I can't imagine a VP candidiate which would be as marketable with him as Obama would be with Clinton.
Bush has made such a mess of so many things that McCain may have to distance himself from Bush as the months go on. May be part of the reason why McCain got the Bush endorsement and photo-op out of the way early.
Keep dreaming Bill !!
I don't think Obama would go for this even though he claims to want to unite the country. He is in this to win period..
Bill, would Hillary be suitable for vice president after the type of attacks she is making now? What if she still thinks she is in the solutions business and Obama is just talking? And didn't she say that McCain would beat them?
Go BARACK!!!
Yes We Can!!!
Send cry baby Hillary home
Voter's don't let Hillary or Bill fool you!
Hillary has become a MASTER manipulater.
She manipulater her supporters into thinking she didn't have any money left by giving herself $5million dollars and you fell for it.
She cried in NH, you fell for it. She cried because she spent 25million in Iowa and lost!
Now she and Bill are tossing out to voters the dream ticket in hopes of you beliving you will get both if you vote for her. Please don't be fooled! Based on Hillary's monsterous campaine tactics it would be a nightmare. Hillary tried to cut Obama down but forgot to lift herself up! Let's move toward change of old tactics, old faces and old gridlock in Washington.
I cannot understand why anyone would want to be Hiilary's Veep choice. The job would be bad enough on its own terms, but then throw in the fact that you'd have to compete with Bill Clinton all time....no thanks. And I don't see Obama picking Hillary as a running mate. A better choice might be someone like Rep. Jane Harmon who has a lot of intelligence expertise and would pick up the female vote.
Unstoppable, maybe, if it's a Clinton / Obama ticket. However, I'd live in fear if Obama makes the Presidency OR if Hillary makes the Presidency and god-forbid – something would happen to her and Obama took over. I have said it before and have heard many, many people say – If Obama becomes our President, another 9/11 is a sure bet. Anyone who REALLY cares about this country – from improving the economy to the safety of our country – would not want Obama running our country. This man is full of false promises!
So we would have two liberals who would treat symptoms of problems (social security, out of control health care cost, etc) by taxing & spending . Sounds like Kerry-Edwards. Dream ticket, yeah right. Rock star and celebrity are more like it
Republican candidate isn't much better.
If it is Hillary-Obama you can forget it. She is a liar like her husband.
NO NO NO NO. You and your wife should pack your bags and go home. All those lying and framing of Obama this past week with Nafta disgusted many people. How can you do something like this to your own party member.
Hillary, you are nothing but a TRAITOR.
Only if it is an Obama/Clinton ticket with Hillary as VP. Obama would be crazy to team up with Hillary as her VP when he has earned the most delegates and the right to the nomination. Reversing the roles and giving the nomination to Hillary would split the party, alienate the new voters that Obama has energized and gotten excited about being involved in the political process, and ensure a Republican victory in the fall. If the Democratic superdelegates give this nomination away to Hillary, Obama would be better off staying in the Senate where he can do some real good. He could never accomplish anything as Hiullary's VP. She would take credit for anything he accomplished just like she is taking credit for Bill's accomplishments.
I think the Clintons are driving the DNC train straight over the cliff. They don't care about the DNC, or the American people for that matter.
Obama 08
Many of us Independents will not vote for a Clinton ticket even with Obama on it. Losing even a portion of the Independent vote would be trouble for the Democratic party, particularly in states where Independents make up 30%+ of the voting population (and statistically we vote more frequently and more regular than our Democrat or Republican counterparts).
Mr. Obama can do better than HRC.
Why would Sen Obama tarnish his political career by being a VP in the Hillary CLINTON ADMINISTRATION with all its baggage. For the good of the Democratic Party ?
....Uh, no, I didn't think so.
Finish your term and the run for Governor of Illinois. Someone needs to clean house at the Illinois State House.
Gov Obama..sounds good to me. Governors are more electable.You will have none of those controversial Iraq war funding votes to haunt you.
Bill is really reaching now!
Why is it that everytime Bill tries to help his wife, we find something of the beginnings to an end with his attitude toward her campaign?
Join the Movement.
Obama '08
As much as I'm a huge fan of President Clinton, I think he's just trying to avoid heat. He doesn't wanna say that a Clinton-Obama ticket is TOO MUCH change for traditional people. They are both novelties who think that 08 would be enough for one of them to "make history" due to the unpopularity of Bush. If Bill said this, the media lynch mob would come after him with all their spins and stakes.
This is their new tactics of presenting Obama as only good for second place and her as the best andidate to be at the top of the ticket.
I just wonder ;of all the 320 million Americans, how many are still blinded by their tricks and lies. Seriously!
Obama would bring a lot to the table (like the whole dinner, a few bottles of wine, and dessert) for Clinton, but what would she do for him? There are a legion of Democrats with more experience and less baggage than Clinton. Any of them would do a much better job of enhancing an Obama candidacy.
Only if Obama is the Presidential candidate.
Yes, there is a reason why the more sophisticated Democrats vote for Obama as Bill Clinton says....
Do your research people.....
I don't see it happening especially after Hillary has pretty much said that she and McCain" would bring years of experience to the White House but all Barack would bring is a speech. What kind of crap is that? It's okay to have Obama on your team if your name is uptop but you wouldn't consider it if it were the other way around.
OBAMA 08
Hillary is trying to trick undecided voters into supposing that by voting for her, they can get them both. Whether or not she would actually take him, she is really just trying to edge over him in the race.
Enough of the Dream Ticket talk by the Clintons. Barack Obama is leading in states won, popular and delegate vote and he is running as the President. I trust his good judgement to pick a great Vice President that really adds something to the ticket. It will not be Hillary Clinton.
Why on earth should Clinton be at the top of the ticket, though? Regardless of how anyone feels about the candidates, the voters should decide. If Obama wins, then Clinton can be his V.P. and vice versa. But, Clinton shouldn't use the possibility of a joint ticket (especially after her recent attacks on Senator Obama) to somehow convince voters they are getting a two-for.
Funny how the Clinton campaign leaves out No opportunity to bash Obama. But for a VP position they think he'll be a fantastic choice.
Yes, the Clintons will stop at nothing to mislead their followers.
Obama doesn't need the Clintons in his administration. Thank goodness.
It's just another Clinton trick. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me again, and again, and again, and again, call me a Clinton loyalist.
The people of Ohio do not speak for everyone in this country Hillary, so cool your jets. I'd say eleven straight wins speaks more clearly to the voice of the people.....oh after Wyoming it will be 13 wins, right. We need Obama in the White House.
Back door, brain washing
With Obama as the President......!!
Of course the Clintons are salivating over Obama's ability to generate excitement and bring in new voters. But if Obama were to line up with the Clintons, he would have betrayed those who have supported him so far, because the very concept of decent, honest, respectful politics excludes the Clintons.
Clintons: Quit trying to get a vote with this joint ticket idea and stop riding on Obama's back. Do you really think the American people don't know what your campaign is trying to do?
Obama is running for President not VP and with Hillary as VP candidate would only hurt Democrats chance at the White House!
ok here is the fact. Obama is ahead of Hillary by 150 pledged delegates. He won 27 contests and Hillary just won 14. Obama has more popular votes than Clinton.Then how come this Clinton Obama ticket.? He is the front runner and challenger is proposing this. What does it mean? do they think that American people have no mind and they are mindless animal? or what? This shows how dishonest Clintons are. this is their arrogance and they have accepted the defeat. American people decide soon.
No Way . Please, Obama, do not agrfee to this trap. Your supporters have gove above and beyond for you, we do not like Hillary, We wil not vote for you if she is on the ticket, Cant you see that?????? Wake up, do not let us down, she is losing and desperate, let her run again after your 2 terms are up, but not now
This is a great idea. Senator Clinton is the vested Senator and should be the president. Obama should get some experience and then run for President.
Interesting gambit on the part of the Clintons. He may be right, but I have a hard time imagining Obama settling for the VP role given his significant lead in the delegate race. The Clintons are arguing from a position of weakness.
There is no way I would vote if Hillary was on top of the ticket. She has proven to be as devious as any Republican. We need a fresh start in this country and a positive approach. If Obama was at the top I would tolerate her. By the way what happened with the outcome of the Texas caucus? Also, I saw an article about the Clinton's having contacted the Canadians in the same way they accuse Obama of. I do know psychology and when someone accuses someone else of something it is something they have done or would do. Hillary needs to let the country move forward. Her time is past!
You have to be kidding me. The Clintons are masters in political manipulation, that is for sure. More like, barely 10% more people in Ohio said it should be than told Obama.
I almost get sick to my stomach thinking about Clinton on any ticket.
Hmmmm, so Hillary gets to look like the party unifier and get the top of the ticket? I'm not against a joint ticket, but the true unifier needs to be at the top.
At the end of this primary, Obama will have won both the delegate count and the popular vote. If the voice of the people is ignored, the party will no longer deserve the title of Democratic.
CLINTON DID NOT WIN TEXAS. PLEASE REPORT THE TRUTH AFTER CAUCUS.
Obama is unstoppable. Hillary is dead weight. Why settle for "almost" unstoppable when you can have Obama without Hillary? Hell, Obama-McCain would be better.
That's really nice, Bill.
Barack Obama said on National News today that he wasn't running for Vice President.
Your wife is trailing and you look like a total dope for putting this out there. Then again, you already looked like a total dope, so I guess you're just keeping in character.
Why are they reporting on this? Is Hillary above the Law?
The indictment, rare for a political campaign, was unsealed in Los Angeles charging David Rosen with four counts of filing false reports with the Federal Election Commission. The charges focus on an Aug. 12, 2000, dinner and concert supported by more than $1.1 million in "in-kind contributions" - goods and services provided for free or below cost. The event was estimated to cost more than $1.2 million.
The FBI previously said in court papers that it had evidence the former first lady's campaign deliberately understated its fund-raising costs so it would have more money to spend on her campaign.
Isn't the VP supposed to be qualified to step into the Presidency from day 1 (remember harrison–31 days in office)...
Nice endorsement Bill. Glad you and Hillary both believe he IS qualified for the Presidency after all. We knew you'd come around.
Typical Clinton arrogance...of course it would be Hillary on top...NADA aint go happen. WE dont play to tie, we plan to Win. Obama 08
Tell billo to shut up.
why would Obama give up his probable nominee status to be vp to Billary and why would he taint his own presidency with having a corrupt Clinton on the ticket?
This whole fantasy thing is ridiculous and designed to make voters who are gullible actually believe this would happen.
Never will.
Check out reality sometime.
It takes a former US President to muddle the water – hey, isn't that true that it is Hillary who is behind the total delegates count? Since when the country would take a loser's VP idea so seriously? CNN are you indeed a Hillary Network?
My guess is that the Clintons have heard from a number of Super delagates that have expressed thier concern with Hillary's recent comments that both she and McCain are better candidates than Obama. Such comments are clearly divise to the party and indicatve of an it's me or McCain attidude. By linking herself with Obama she hopes to gain his voters because she can not win the nomination and the support of the party while at the same time creating negative commercials that WILL be used by McCain to defeat both she and Obama.
This is an obvious ploy by the Clinton campaign to sap votes from Obama by offering "you get him if you vote for me". Why doesn't Hillary run for VP – Obama/Clinton. Now that could be a winning ticket. Hillary would have to stop denegrating her running mate though.
The attacks between the three of them (Hillary, Billy and Barack) need to stop. Otherwise, their hot heads will steam over and the likelyhood of a "dream team" will be for not.
Otherwise, this could be the Democratic unstoppable team of all times.......even the Republicans would have difficulty in keeping some of the "red states" in thier domain.
I would love to see the South split this November election. And, this possible Democratic ticket could do it!!!!!!!
i expect the clintons smell defeat–this is just another dirty trick from their dirty campaign.
'08AMA
This appears to be a ploy by the Clinton campaign, "well you might get Obama on the ticket if you vote for ME." SORRY, HILLARY, THE JIG IS UP. Why would Barack Obama want to be your VP when he is ahead right now???? We want him to be PRESIDENT – not your VP.
You mean, an Obama-Clinton Ticket.
I'm not at all the biggest Obama fan, but if that were the case, I agree it would certainly unite the party. Let Obama get some more experience so that way he can practice what he preaches concerning "good judgement". The only way I'd vote democrat this year is if Hillary were first on that ticket. If Obama is first, I'm voting republican or independent. I couldn't stomach a Obama/Clinton ticket, but I'd seriously consider a Clinton/Obama ticket. Let's face it, Obama is not strong enough to win those battleground states, and that's what's needed to win the general election. I think these superdelegates are starting to realize that too. It will be interesting to see how many jump the Obama ship and swim for Clinton shores if Hillary wipes Pennsylvania up with Obama!
The joint ticket may be unstopable Mr Clinton , but we want it to read OBAMA- CLINTON Ticket. This country wants and needs change, and not a make over using the same people who created the problems in the first place.
Clinton -Obama may not work because Hillary Clinton has already endorsed McCain. She is prety much out of the race . So, what we democrats want now is for Hillary to get out of the way so that BAMA can start unifying the party , and move on to defeat McCain and Bush in November.
Joint ticket you You anywhere nearby
would be
CONTAMINATED!!!
I don't see how Clinton can invite Obama to join her if she is only issuing negatives comments on him.........negative and dirty politics is the gamne a Hillary wants to play and it will be against her at the end....
Obama 2008!!!
Yes keep fooling people into thinking that by voting for you they will still get Obama, not that most of us think you will have a very hard time winning in November. Clinton shame on you for thinking that the voters can be won by playing on ignorance.
Obama 08'
Keep dreaming, Billy!
This is derogatory and demeaning to Senator Obama. Why would the candidate with the most votes and the most enthusiastic supports be on a joint ticket with Mrs. Clinton?
While we're asking questions – did Mrs. Clinton agree with the presidential pardon of a drug dealer that earned her brother $200,000?
This is the biggest political ploy. We all know that Gen. Clark will be her VP. She is pandering for votes. If Obama picked her for VP he would lose credibility.
This will never happen! Bill, go away.
Gee Hillary, why would you want to run on the same ticket as a Senator whose entire campaign is based on one speech, whose stance on the Iraq War is a "fairy tale," whose plans to meet with world leaders is naive, and whose supporters are "cute but insignificant"...? Oh wait... because none of that is true.
This guy is a joke. did u mean an OBAMA/clinton ticket?
I dont even think he should pick clinton, after all her negativity in this campaign
OBAMA 08'
Dream on!
It'll never happen. Obama wants a fresh approach. No scalndals, no disloyalty!
Clinton doesn't deserve to have her name on the same ticket as Obama. As a result of her dirty tactics and backstabbing of her own party, she's basically excluded herself from any possibility of a joint ticket by practicing the opposite of what Obama stands for.
Hillary is clearly second fiddle, but she would sacrifice the orchestra rather than let Obama play the lead.
Big win in Texas??? Wait up, when you add the caucus and the primary votes, Obama wins.
There could be a joint ticket, but polls show a favourable support for an Obama- Clinton administration. America needs the leadership of Obama to unite the country and restore its place as well-respected powerful nation in the world. After Bush, no one needs Hillary's divisive nature at the helm. I think she is almost conceding that a face-off may not go her way. But she has not heard Obama give any hint to having her as his running mate. She should invest some time in seeking audience with him on the matter, for the good of the party and for the betterment of the nation.
Bill and Hill need a REALITY CHECK........Obama is the frontrunner...he will be picking a VP ...not her!
I am sick of Bushes and Clintons.......they are in the same category as far as I'm concerned.................CORRUPT TO THE CORE!
A "dream team" is a "gross" mistake–Just say no, Barack.
Are the Clintons' heads so far in the sand that they don't know Obama is leading in this race and they don't make the call about the ticket. I would be very surprised if Obama chose Clinton as his running mate; in fact, I 'm not sure she would help the ticket.
I certainly hope America will not fall for this little ploy from the Clintons to get votes.
Obama has become somewhat arrogant, in my view.
He has gone from a one-term senator to the potential Democratic party nominee for president and he has the audacity to denounce any ideas suggesting he join Hillary on a joint ticket.
There you go again..........Billyboy....you'd better not be making such comments...unless authorized to do so!!!! According to Obama....he ain't interested.
Keep dreaming Bill. We all know she can't win without Obama, and that Obama wouldn't compromise his values by selecting her as his VP.
Pleeeeeease, Hillary and Bill Clinton are just playing tricks. They think they can bring Obama supporters over to their side if she forces Obama to consider running with her with Clinton as the President and Obama as the Vice-President. We, Obama supporters do want this to be left unaddressed out there - we do not want anything to do with Bill and Hillary Clinton. They both, together and alone, have too much baggage and lies along with deceit and trickery. They do not represent a change in the political ways of the past. We need a change at all levels of government, and we will welcome Senator Clinton as a member of the United States Senate.
So Senator Obama is ready for VP, but not POTUS, great. I guess you folks can't win this without his support. But I think Senator Obama can win this on his own credentials.
The Clintons are just using this "ticket" to get Hillary votes. They are not stupid, they know that a lot of people would love to see them run together. They also want the democrats to fall for the "vote for Hillary, she'll pick your guy". How stupid do the clintons think we are? Hillary, on the campaign trail in Mississippi, said," Obama and I would be a great ticket, so I need you to vote for me on Tuesday " she left out the word" dummies" . She must really think that everyone is stupid, not just people who are voting for her. You Hillary voters, you need to look up her name on google. Watch the videos about her on facebook and you tube. The Clintons are dirty fighters!
This is another tactic from the Clinton Camp to get votes...t.
No problem, Obama/Clinton
The Obama campaign needs to respond to this tack more effectively. The Clinton campaign is basically saying that a vote for Hillary will still lead to Obama being on the ticket. Being Vice President with the "First Spouse" stalking the hallways is a fate I wouldn't wish on anyone. It's also giving the republicans exactly what they want with Clinton as an easy target at the front of the ticket.
Only with Obama on top !
Hillary lacks the character, integrity and moral ethics to be Vice President on Obama's ticket. That is what you meant, isn't Bill, that with Obama being the Democratic Presidential Candidate and Hillary would be the Vice Presidential Candidate? I believe that all the Obama supporters wouldn't want Hillary on the Obam's ticket because of her weaknesses and flaws.
A Clinton-Obama ticket wont happen, Obama is throwing her under the bus after he wins.
How can Hillary Clinton in good conscience say Obama is not capable to lead on national defense, and then, in the same breath, say they should be on the same ticket?
Is this a picture of Hipocracy?
I agree with President Clinton. The "Dream Team" is unstoppable as long as Obama is in the VP slot! He needs more on the job training.
I thought Hillary was going to appoint Obama to a Whitehouse Intern position.
Is that a Joint Ticket or simply a Cigar?
I can't imagine the joint ticket strategy working for these particular people.
Absolutely contrary to Obama's platform of change. If he chooses Hillary as his V.P. whether to "unite the party" or to "seal the deal", he compromises his integrity and he knows it. If she wins the nomination and chooses him, I doubt he accepts because it's a risky lot he casts – if the Clinton administration does a disservice to the nation for 4-8 years (if they win the general) his hope of winning after her terms are up is blown to hell.
Either way, this is one true democrat that can't vote for a "dream ticket". It's Obama/Anybody-but-Clinton or no-confidence for me!
These Clintons are quite crafty and insulting. I think Obama is too smart to share a ticket with Hillary. Even if he was at the top of the ticket, Hillary and Bill would try to pull a Dick Chaney on him.
Sorry Bill. I will not vote to put you or your wife back into the WH. Go back to your billion dollar life and stay out of the rest of ours. Peace.
I do hope the press and the American people aren't gullible enough to fall for this "dream ticket" stuff. The Clinton campaign is pushing that idea because it benefits them, but they know perfectly well that this is never, never going to happen. This is just a sneaky attempt by the Clinton campaign to fool voters and the press into thinking that Senator Clinton is ahead in this race and is the inevitable nominee (not true; Senator Obama has more delegates and states and popular votes), and to try to persuade those "on the fence" to vote for Hillary and get Obama as VP in the bargain. There is no way on earth that Senator Obama would ever agree to be Hillary's VP, and she knows this. Her campaign's pushing this absurd idea of a "dream ticket" is just another dirty trick on the part of the Clinton team. She is trying to sell the notion that somehow Senator Obama needs "training wheels" for the presidency and that he should in the meantime take the feckless job of VP, and play second fiddle to Hillary (and Bill). It's an insult to Senator Obama to suggest such a thing– he's way over-qualified for the vice presidency, a job that Jake Garner once said wasn't worth a bucket of warm spit (I'm bowdlerizing; he used another word). Senator Obama has much too much integrity to want to hitch his wagon to the Clintons and have to run on their...er... reputation. Senator Clinton needs Senator Obama's supporters, many of whom will walk away from being active in Democratic politics if Hillary is the nominee. And all of this is moot anyway because Senator Obama is leading in the race for the nomination and if the country and the superdelegates make the right decision, he will be taking the oath of office as our president in 2009.
Billary have been sooooo negative in this campaign, and to top it off they have now become parasitic by trying to feed off of Senator Obama's message of HOPE. The same message they mocked, i.e. "This is just a fairy tale" and "Celestial choirs will sing". Now a dream would be if the Clintons would just bow out gracefully and go fight one of their other many battles...Let's see maybe she should be lawyering up for the PETER PAUL scandal that the news has conveniently ignored!!
Obama/Richards or Edwards, etc (almost anyone but HRC) '08
Obama as President. Clinton as Vice Preident.
Together they will make an unstoppable team.
Goooooo President Obama
Gooooo VP Clinton
Will someone please tell me what the heck went on on Larry King yesterday with that statement about Hillary to put him in the back of the bus. Surprise eh!!!! Larry asked if that is what was said the back of the bus.
God help us if that is put on the TV's with clarity.
The two would make a great team but Hilary will have to cut the verbal attacks that have beengoing on as of late including her team.
I'm from PA and will talk against this dirty styled campagning
Argh! This is a dirty trick!
Clinton says: vote for me, you'll get Barack too. Does anyone really think this is serious? Does anyone think that Obama wants to be a Clinton tool?
She has no right to say this, and is schizophrenically attacking and praising Obama. What a monster.
In your dreams.
Sorry Bill! Hillary would only be dead wait for Obama! His ideology and hers are worlds apart even though most of their plans may be quite similar. The lack of integrity that Hillary has shown overall pales in comparison to Obamas... You're old school Hillary, I would never accept that and I certainly hope that Obama knows better!!!
Obama for President
Anyone else but Hillary for VP – Possibly Al Gore
Why are the clintons consumed about the Joint ticket??? I think she is bailing out after "Pens".
cheers,
A joint ticket is the only way Hillary will beat McCain. Hillary is too far left to win moderates or independents. Obama on the other hand is moderate enough on his own to do it without Hillary. If Obama runs as an independent for a three way race it could be anyones game.
No way Bill. Get this through your thick, lying, cheating, disgraceful head. The majority of the US want no parts of you and Hillary setting foot back in the White House. The people have spoken loud and clear and continue to do so. I might have considered a Clinton/Obama, Obama/Clinton ticket before you both decided to play low-down-'n-dirty, but that shipped has sailed. See you in Pennsylvania.
Obama is a very cool and cautious candidate in his actions...specially when we need a major "CHANGE" in our political system. In that respect, Obama is bold..but don't wont to be very negative on his opponents. Give him a chance to be president...NO VICE PRESIDENT JOB..he deserves to lead our country towards prosperity and peace around the world....
OBAMA 08..!!!!
This would be a good solution and a great combination. What a team these two could make! If they can ignite this much excitement now in the primaries with record turnouts, imagine what they can do together.
Don't Fall for it OBAMA!!! It's a ploy!! She is trying to trick your supporters!!
REMEMBER Al Gore!!!!
You need Huckabeean math to win the pledged delegates, Hillary, so I guess you mean Obama-Clinton, right?
Nice try, Bill. Your wife doesn't deserve to share a ticket with anyone who shows honesty, integrity, decency and ultimately, respect for the Democratic party and process. She has shown her true colors and resembles a Republican operative more and more every day. Her (and your) tactics and dialogue are right out of the Bush and Rove playbook, lesson #101. Why don't the two of you change party affiliation before you destroy the party in your mutual quest for power. Get out now and find a blind and mindless order of minions to populate a newly formed kingdom in the alternate reality of King and Queen Clinton!
While you at it, big guy , please ask Hillary to relinquish her delegates from the Nevada "caucuses" and some of the "small states" she has won since they don't really count nor do the voters, right? You and your well-monied white trash family with power have made a joke of former first families and the democracy we live in. Your rules are not the rules the rest of the country plays by, so get used to it, Bubba boy!!! Get those weaselly surrogates like Lanny Davis, James McCarville, Wolfson, Caputo and Penn to climb back in the swamp where they were bred by all that decomposition and bacteria.
My exact words, I've been saying this very thing for months. A Clinton/Obama ticket, or vice versa would be unstopable.
Despite what some of you here who think this would not work, 69% of democrats would be in favor of the two candidates running on the same ticket. It is time to unify the democratic party, I don't see any other way.
Swallow your pride and do what's best for the party, don't jump ship and vote republican if your candidate doesn't get the nom. Don't be a loser and put another loser in office for the next four years, we have had enough of a loser for the last eaight, don't put the same mentality back in there, we will end up in ruins if you do.
How about an Obama-Clinton ticket? Would Hillary be so quick to say YES to that? It's way to soon to start trying to get one of the candidates to conceed to being the vice president. No need for Obama to conceed when he's just won Wyoming and may win Mississippi.
"I think the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me."
The people of Ohio also said GW Bush should be president for another four years back in 2004...
The Clinton camp keeps pushing this line because they know that Obama is the better candidate, and they want their voters to have an "excuse" for voting Hillary (i.e., "don't worry about voting irrationally - you'll get the better man as a side dish, anyway").
No way, Jose.
The Clintons have torched their own legacies in the past six months. I would have liked such a ticket, with Obama on top, if Hillary had not behaved the way she did during this primary. But she has really shown her colors, hasn't she? She is as incapable as a leader as she is vindictive as a politician. We really don't need that.
I wish people would stop reporting what bill clinton has to say. Discredited + disbarred + disgraced + disinforming + distasteful + dysfunctional + disrespectful + disrespectable = DISREGARDABLE.
this would be ideal....Obama would have tame his competitiveness and ambition to be the first one, but I believe he can do this. It would be beneficial for him.
Oh, yeah. That's all a new President Obama would need. A has-been looking over his shoulder saying, "No, you should do THIS!" I doubt that sort of ticket combo would survive.
On the same note, I'd love to see NM Gov. Bill RIchardson as the Vice President nominee. Now THAT's a ticket I could support!
Obama/Clinton. What makes Hillary call the shots. She is loosing. She is trying to use his hame to win votes. "Shame on You Hillary"
As has been stated in the media, Obama has not yet completed his first term as a senator from Illinois. And he readily admitted in a recent debate that he has been campaigning two of the four years he as been a senator.
Of course, Obama has yet to be reelected as an Illinois senator; Hillary Clinton was reelected by the people of New York–this tells me that they were happy with her work for that state.
Hillary has been involved in top-level politics and in international efforts for decades. I think this alone qualifies her to be president vs. Obama.
But I would like to see a ticket with both of them on it. Obama IS the junior senator of the two. And he would easily slide into the presidency after Hillary's two terms are completed.
A win-win situation, in my view.
I guess he has to push for a joint ticket now, since it seems that is the only his wife might get on the ticket! Clinton LOSES again today in Wyoming.
The people are saying it loud and clear, but the Clintons aren't listening:
NO MORE CLINTONS, NO MORE BUSHES!!!!
This is another dirtry trick of the Clintons. They know there is no way, as long as one knows first-grade math, that Hillary will have more pledged, even total delegates than Obama. Now they are fooling the American people that if they vote for Hillary, they can "buy one, get one free." The Clintons are underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
Obama will be the nominee and he does not need a divisive, win-at-no-cost figure like Hillary. An Obama-but-no-Hillary ticket will be the best chance for the Party in November. An an independent, I know I will vote for Obama in November if the VP is NOT Hillary but will vote for McCain as long as Hillary is on the ticket.
Not a good idea Obama, Don't trust the Clintons. They are the king and queen of double talk.
Ummm Hillary... no we didn't. Clearly Obama should be on top of the ticket.
Clinton's are obviously afraid, therefore the joint ticket idea.
I would be devastated if Obama's wonderful reputation and name would be tainted by a joint ticket with Hillary Clinton.
A joint ticket is a step down for Obama and a step up for Clinton.
Obama may not comment but this Obama supporter will.
Let this be clear: If Hillary is on the ticket, I stay home.
What a joke the Clintons are making of this race; they need Obama if they win the race; he doesn't need them...he will find a VP who reflects his views of uniting rather than dividing.
What about updating your delegate count to reflect the superdelegate count; you continue to be behind all other counts and should not be posting it online or on the screen!!
The Clintons are only interested in promoting the possibility of a joint ticket to convince you that by voting for her, you get them both. Obama would never be on the ticket with her, not at the top or otherwise. As for character and leadership, she/he represent everything Obama is against. The Clintons know this. So all this talk is simply a carrot....and many people will foolishly take it. Wake up, people!
Bill please we need fresh faces with new ideas, we are sick and tired of the Clinton's and the Bush's fake Politics
wrong. an obama/anybody but clinton ticket would be unstoppable.
That would be great – if Obama could keep from getting corrupted by Clintons ....
Why are the Clinton's scrambling for a draw?
There's no way Hillary is going to win the nomination.
Obama has worked hard enough to get to this point. There's no turning around. Hillary should concede and campaign for him during the general election. That's what everyone else does.
in your dreams hillary!!!ur going down loser!!!
For Obama's stance on the Iraq war, alone, he's far and above the better candidate. Clinton has already shown how unfit she is to be president, in the mismanagement of her campaign, and the dismissmal of states where she's lost, and in her parroting of republican/mccain talking points in attacking Obama.
Nice try Bill (and Hill) for these startegic hints on a joint ticket but we are not ignorant of your new politcal strategy to sway some votes your way going into Mississipi. We can read inbetwen the lines.
President Clinton is the Best. He is brilliant.
President Clinton should be proud of his record. This man balanced our debt. There were no shortages of jobs and the country was extremely positive. For those that weren't around. He was fun and brilliant. Hillary was a First Lady that all people throughout the world loved.
Hillary will bring the world back to order. Experience,experience......please think with your brains.
I want Universal Health care or do you want to be the one of those 15million that doesn't have health insurance?
Bill, give up already. Obama said he is not interested in running for VP. As smart as he is, he should know that having Hillary as the VP will cost his chance to be the next US President. Please do some good for the country and we will remember you as a good former President.
That would be Obama – Clinton ticket..... the leader doesn't take the back seat Billyboy
What he forgets is that there are plenty of people who don't want Hillary as president!
The Clinton and Obama ticket would make a lot of sense and it would end the decision of how to delegate the remaining delegates in the event one does not get all the required delegates (which is appearing to be the case). The Democrats need a strong ticket to defeat Senator McCain in the fall.
I could go for a Clinton-Obama ticket, if I had to, but NOT an Obama-Clinton ticket. I think we need Hillary's experience.
As a Canadian, I think that would be amazing! What an impressive message to send to the world! However, with all those scathing remarks Hillary has made about Barack, would he welcome it with as much enthusiasm? That remains to be seen.
That goes without saying...but will Hillary accept being 2nd fiddle to Obama?
umm, no
After all the Clintons have done in the last months, I can't imagine voting for any ticket that had her name on it. Democrats who believe that by voting for Clinton they might end up with Obama, too, may be in for an unpleasant surprise. I fear that the fantastic turn-out and participation by new voters will stop dead in its tracks if Clinton is given the nomination by super delegates - and I don't think we can expect those voters to be back anytime soon.
Bill,
Hillary lost Texas. Tell the truth.
Obama’s Silence
Why is Obama silent about the rights of Florida and Michigan voters?
I notice the only people calling for a Clinton-Obama ticket are the Clintons. Can't get into the big house on your own (now that its not inevitible) so you want to ride his coattails in?
Well, HIllary will do anything, say anything, in order to get what she feels she's entitled to. So first she claims that Obama is incompetent, etc. And then if , god forbid, she becomes the nominee and realizes that she can't win without Obama, then she'll be extolling his virtues. She doesn't think words matter. She believes in saying whatever is necessary, doing whatever is necessary, to get what she wants. How contemptible, but how typical of the Big Dog to now start touting the so-called "dream ticket."
Obama is the worse thing that could happen to america. He and his wife are not fit to be elected dog catcher in this country. Put him any where near your ticket and I'll vote for McCain.
Not going to happen unless the media – including CNN – wants it to.
The media is driving this election. Hilary screams foul and all the media outlets shake in their boots. Gutless! Wolf Blitzer, Jessica Yellin and others on CNN are so pro-Clinton its has become amusing. They have become as bad as the Fox News Network. Why doesn't CNN just endorse Hilary Clinton?
Don't anyone worry. She is going to win the democratic nomination and the Whitehouse. CNN and the media will make sure of that.
I totally agree, however, I would NEVER vote for Obama as President. No way, not ever!!!!
Uhmmm... I thought it was the American people that decides who wins the Presidency...not the people of Ohio or Canada.
Can someone correct me if I'm wrong.
It would help greatly if she stopped with the negativity, because if she does become HIS running mate she'll be hard to trust.
OBAMA 08!!!
Cllinton – McCain = more of the same.
I would support a Obama/Clinton Ticket, but I would want to see Obama on the top as president as he is more open to outside opinions so he can form a educated and balanced decision and I really doubt if Hillary would be able to do this as to me she looks like a person that wants everything to go her way even if it isn't always the right or the smart choice. But that is just my observation and I do see both positive and negative aspects.
The Clinton arrogance knows no bounds. Earth to Bill you are losing. So you want Obama to be #2..and why would he link himself with everything that is is fighting against? Remember Al Gore? Your behavior cost him the White House. Just go away...we are so tired of you.
Obama 2008
Nice try Bill, fool those folks and get them thinking that they should vote for Hillary because she is going to add Barack to her team.
If the Clinton's and the Super Duper Delegates steal the election away from the people, then I hope Barack kicks the party in the behind by saying fine, I will run as an independent or write in. He will still win!!! But then he can really clean house and show them what kind of jaw he has!
A joint ticket is quite stoppable. No matter how you stack the ticket, a ticket that has the Clintons on it will cause the Democrats to lose in a landslide. People under-estimate the voters desire to keep the Clintons away from the White House, regardless of what role they play.
In your dreams Bill. Your wife has managed, in the past week, to stop any thought of a duel ticket for your party. When was the last time another Democrat, during a campaign run, has favored a Republican candidate over another Democrat? You and Hillary should really go back to Arkansas and find one anothe again.
Hillary, this past week, has been everything that I do not want, will not support, would never vote for – someone that thinks THEY are why we vote – Bill, you and Hillary just don't seem to get it.
It's about getting a Democrat in the White House, hopefully the Democrat voters will select the best electable, not playing "pit bull" for the Republican opponent.
Definitely think Hillary Clinton for president and Barack Obama for VP would be a winning ticket. That would position him to take over as president in 8 yrs.
Uhmmm… I thought it was the American people that decides who wins the Presidency…not the people of Ohio , Canada or CNN.
Can someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Right! Just Al Gore how easy is to run as Democrat after the Clintons
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
One task at a time. Let's finish this dem nomination and then address the VP position. Right now all I wanna hear about are policies. While you're at it, I wanna know where the $5million you loaned your campaign came from so release your tax returns. The Clintons are known for shady deals - Dubai, Paul, etc.
Quit saying you have foreign relations experience when that has been discounted. Quit attacking your fellow democrat and then playing up the joint ticket in MS. Wait until after the MS primary and this talk of a joint ticket will only surface when convenient 'as usual'. Geez.
CNN = CLINTON NEWS NETWORK. Publish this and I will be impressed.
oops! *ask Al Gore
Never!
The Clintons wish Obama would be on "their" ticket...
As has been said before, Billary needs Obama to beat McCain, Obama needs Billary like he needs Super Aids...
I love how the Clintons look at the "energy and the new people that [Obama's] brought in" as some sort of voting contingency that can just be absorbed through a joint ticket!
Part of the reason Obama has that support is because we, the movement, want nothing to do with the Clinton dynasty...and the corrupt, ruthless, dishonest, manipulative, and calculating politics of old!
As an independent who is a strong supporter of Obama, I think that Mrs. Clinton needs to be much nicer to Senator Obama if she wants to be his veep. And I hope that he refuses the offer if she happens to steal the nomination. I'm don't want the Clintons back in the whitehouse so I won't be supporting her if she's the nominee.
Can Bill stop these dirty little tactics and instead focus on his wife's campaign?? I don't think Obama should even consider becoming her running mate should she win this nomination, something I don't see happening. What Bill is trying to do is to sell the idea of the 'dream ticket' such that it becomes not just acceptable but make the democrats believe that it is the only way the democrats can win this coming general election. Therefore when Hillary fails to win the nomination, the democratic voters would have been brainwashed enough and that they would settle for nothing short of Hillary becoming his VP or Obama would 'alienate' the democratic voters.
The only chance she , Hillary has of being on the ticket is if she Concede – Now! and stop the personal, negative attacks on Barack Obama, otherwise "We the People" will support another candidate such as Edwards!
This strategy is so obvious that it makes me giggle. Let's tear down Obama, but try to co-opt his supporters by telling them, "Don't worry if we destroy him, because we'll include him as VP". Really? Let's just ignore the fact that by the end of the primaries he will have won more states (29 of 43 or 44 thus far), more pledged delegates, and more popular votes. Why? Because the Clintons told us it must be so.
What is so silly about this big state argument of the Clintons is that the only way the Democratic party can really grow is if we learn to compete in a lot of the states Obama has won and in which he has shown he can garner large voting blocks: States like Georgia, Wisconsin, Virginia, Maryland, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Vermont, South Carolina, Kansas etc. . ..Those are the states in which we need to compete in order to have McCain divert his resources there. Does anybody really think that McCain is going to win NY? Or California? No, he won't. No. The only way we can have an election night where Democrats are not just writing off large sections of the country (ala 2000 and 2004) is if we have someone who can expand the states in which we compete.
So, there really is no argument.
Let's not discuss the health of the Democratic party which has the change to grow the party by attaining a higher percentage of the youth voters with Barack as a nominee as opposed to Hillary. Of course, the Clinton campaign doesn't seem to care too much about the party's future. Nope – just getting their remaining eight years in the White House so they can have their Sweet 16 party in 2017!
Obama supporters – I hope you don't fall for this nonsense of supporting Hillary b/c she may pick Barack! We are winning and we will have a much more robust argument than her at the end of the primary season.
But, Bill may be right. Perhaps we can attain this unstoppable ticket. Put Clinton in as VP!
I want to vote for Obama but I will not support any ticket with Hillary Clintion's name on it.
AP – Miami, FL
Nothing will motivate Republicans to get out and vote for McCain like Hillary could if she were on the ticket even as VP. All the polls show that Obama has the edge over Hillary in defeating McCain. Republicans absolutly hate the Clintons. Why do you think that right-wing talkers like Rush Limbaugh and others urged Republicans to get out and vote for Hillary in the recent caucases in Ohio and Texas? They want McCain to run against the weakest Democratic candidate to give him the best chance of keeping a Republican in the W.H.. There is good evidence that a significant number of republicans actually did this. The Texas caucases show a 10 point lead for Obama because Republicans are excluded from participating. I find the Clintons new strategy of trying to paint themselves as the magnanimous, front runners who graciously "allow" Obama a spot on the ticket as VP to fool Obama (who is, mathematicly, a sure thing to be the Democratic nominee) laughable in its transparent, desparation. Please Hillary, do the right thing and drop out of the race now before you rip America apart with your ambition.
How much of an ego is this? Obama needs to decline any hint of a VP title under Hillary, and do it now. he needs to call them for even suggesting this. This is just vile!!!
Give me a Break Bil!!! A Clinton/Obama Ticket Would be a Disaster!!!! Here You again, spouting Off again!!! I for ONE would NOT Vote for this Ticket, Ever!!! You have Had Your day in The Sun, and quite Frankly the American Public is Fed UP with you and Hillary's Antics!!! Hopefully When Obama gets the Nomination and I AM SURE HE WILL, I hope he Has the good Judgement NOT to have her as Vice President.. Give it UP Bill, !!! We are sick and tired of you interferring !!!! Obama 08
This strategy is very condescending. Obama is in this to WIN. That's why he has won more states and more delegates.
ofcourse they are saying this.........she knows she will lose... she is doing her best to hurt sen. obama enough to be considered as a VP. the problem with her tactics is that she doesnt care about the voters she only cares about herself and if she cant get the nomination she will try to wound the person who can..........she is grasping at straws and I think its pathetic.......she should be ashamed of herself.
I say Obama & Edwards 08
Mr. Obama: If you consider Hillary Clinton as your running mate, you will lose a LOT of votes-and possibly the election. You don't realize how many people detest her. I could not vote for her in any way; she and Bill care only about themselves. LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE-don't consider her in your administration. She is poison.
It just goes to show the arrogance of the Clintons to dare to even suggest that Obama run on a ticket with them after their tactics during this campaign!
Just trying to use him for their own selfish gain! He doesn't need them, but they sure would need him. Hope he tells them exactly what they can do with their ticket!
The Clintons will never get my vote with or without Obama!
OBAMA ALL THE WAY!!!
I donot think every delegate repsents the same number of voters. In big states, a delegate repsents more voters than in small states. Can anyone try to calculate the voters ration? I guess the voters ration is more useful to Clinton's campaign.
I am really tired of speeches. All the speeches were made to accuse of an approving vote. Did he do any practical thing to prevent that war from happening? Why didn't the other sentors, who also voted to approve the war, step forward to speak fairly?
All the politician are alike, why donot we choose the experienced and responsible one?
Hillary 08!
The ticket is inevitable! 16 years of democrats and restoring America to esteem and global likability.
Bill please, by August Obama will be a liability.
Neither Hillary nor the democratic party need Obama.
Any day now Senator Obama will be subpeonaed to testify for the defense in the Rezko trial.
Everyday there's more dirt on Senator Obama. Even his own advisors can't help sticking their foot in their mouths and sabotaging their own candidate.
I'd rather see a Clinton/Edwards ticket.
GO HILLARY '08!!!!
With this Rezko house deal where it is obviously clear Obama has recieved a kickback with possible allegations and investigation from the republicans, will president Hillary really need those kind of headaches from her VP. His pretending to be clean while making these side deals is not what you need from your VP, It'll be her call but Obamas ties to a slumlords like Rezko is not going away. Obama has to come clean and answer all questions on why he took a $300,000 payment in the form of a land deal.
Is Bill Clinton saying that his wife is running for Vice-President now ??
I think the Hillary Camp are subtly settling for second place because they sense that they might not win the nomination but at least they can secure the VP spot and perhaps influence Obama's rule in office. Which in itself smells fishy. Every since Clinton fan is saying it... it is a definite ploy.
On the other hand I also sense they are trying to perhaps cut into Obama's possible base. I have heard them say a Vote for Hillary and you can have Obama as your VP. It win-win for everyone.
Some people will just do anything for power.
A Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton ticket would be unstoppable. Unstoppable destruction to Obama's name. Like Powell, Sec of State for W was unstoppable. Prior to Powell's service to this administration, Powell would have had the support to run for President. Obama will win the White House without Clinton. Clinton will have to deal with all the mudslinging and try to rebuild her reputation. I hope Hillary hasn't used up all her favors prior to Obama's crowning. It'll be hard for her to save face.
That is not going to happen Bill...what happened...you just realized that you and Hillary can't steal the nomination from Obama?.
OBAMA '08
Hillary and Bill are only saying this because they know she's got a snowball's chance of winning this thing fairly. On the same token, they're subtly promising Obama a seat at the table if he would just step down and allow her to be crowned. Very calculating, indeed.
I guarantee you that if Hillary were a hundred delegates up, there would be no talk from her about a Clinton/Obama ticket.
This is a joke. These people will say anything to win. There is no way I would vote for any ticket with Hilary on it. I would vote republican.. for McCain first.
The Clinton Team is pretty sharp. They are using the pitch of a Clinton-Obama ticket to draw away undecided voters from voting from Obama.
I see this as an attempt by the Clinton Campaign to try to plant this image of Senator Obama as Vice President as opposed to being President----Hillary keeps touting that Barack doesn't have the experience so he can't be "the President" but he can be Vice President" While it may be a dream ticket for Democrats I don't see it happening. OBAMA 08
It is good to see that Bill Clinton has come to his senses and is endorsing Barack Obama for President! Thank you Bill . . . it's the first non-offensive thing you have said so far this year! But Obama for VP? No way! Hillary as VP? Only on a McCain-Clinton ticket.
Sen. Obama should chose a vice-pres. who will help him (Bill Richardson is one possibility, though I'm sure there are others), not someone who will galvanize the opposition. There may be a place for Sen. Clinton in an Obama administration (or on the Supreme Court?), but not on the ticket.
I see "The Campaign Trail" is still leading online with the story "Defeats Puncture Obama Bubble".
Yesterday's story? Did someone forget to tell the Democrats in Wyoming?
It would be nice to have Obama and Clinton on a ticket together. I dont think it will ever happen. Barrack Obama is a young senator. He has a great career going and that is regardless of if he wins the nomination. Why would he go to the political graveyard that the vice presidency has historically been?
Hillary Clinton is falling short right now and her winning the nomination through the superdelegates does threaten the party, so it is commendable that she would agree to a joint ticket. Sadly I dont think she is offering to be a vice president to barrack obama. She may simply be too old in eight years to run for president successfully. So, in my opinion, a dream ticket is great but it is a dream. The reality is a ticket that has a more traditional canidate on the bottom. Personally I think Edwards makes a great anchor for either canidate
If Clintons had one more deligate than Obama, they would never consider a joint ticket. They would demand Obama to concede. They are injecting the story of joint ticket into the minds of the people as they knew that they had no chance.
It is the Clintons calls for terms even when they were not in the lead.
Join ticket or anything in fact with Clintons is Bad for the country !!
I am surprised how the 239 superdeligates are supporting Clinton compaign. Not sure what information they had before they made decision and why the 800+ other super deligates are not speaking up. I am sure they are afraid of Clintons.
I am sad to see how the politics are going in this country.
The Clinton's are pretty nervy. They do everything they can to tear down Obama and then Bill has the nerve to suggest that Obama, who is leading in the delegate count and popular vote should accept a VP slot on a Clinton for President ticket.
Well Bill,
After all her lying it will be a surprise to me if Obama asks her to be his running mate.
Just more B. S. They are now saying this to sway people over to their side!! WHAT LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me throw up on both of them. They would never ask Obama to be a running mate if they were to win. They just want the idiots that vote for Hillary to think so.
if that's not a concession then i don't know what is. one only makes those kinds of statements when one can't possibly win, which is where she stands now. see if she says that if she wins, which is highly unlikely given the latest math.
Obviously the Clintons need Obama more than he needs Hillary.
I for one went into this process feeling good about whoever won. After spending the last few weeks watching Hillary go into "do anything to get elected" mode, I am not sure I can support her. Pandering to super delagates, pushing to have Florida/Michigan deligates seated when a proper election (one where all candidates participated and voters knew the results counted) has not taken place and general actions that serve to divide the party has turned me off.
If the democratic candidate is chosen without winning a majority of the elected deligates it will leave me feeling like the process is a sham. Hillary is pushing to have that be how she gains the nomination and I will not support her if that occurs.
What a joke!
Power hungry, egotistical, mean spirited, underhanded, secretive, vindictive, etc. These are some of the characteristics that you, (Hillary) and I both share my Scorpio sister. All and more of these traits have been manifested by you in your campaign (lol) I can actually admit to my unfitness for the presidency. Why can't you???
Ka
This would be a great thing but the Obama fans will not settle for the best ticket they only wont to win and win at any cost. Even if it means a loss in the general election. Obama clearly doesn't have the required experience for the job but his fans can't except the this fact.
This is just a ploy to get people to abandon Barack Obama so Hillary can walk off with the nomination. If she doesn't think he's qualified to be president, hasn't she doomed him in the eyes of their GOP rival as a prospect for vice president, considering he's just a heartbeat away from the presidency? More proof that the Clintons will say and do anything in their quest to get back in the White House. Don't take the bait Obama supporters. Hillary Lieberman Clinton should switch parties – she's shown more respect and loyalty to the GOP than she has the Democratic party. She doesn't deserve your vote and she certainly doesn't deserve the distiniction of sharing the ticket with Sen. Obama
I disagree with former President Clinton. I do not believe Senator Obama should or would accept Vice President, especially after the tenor of Senator Clinton's campaign in recent weeks. She and her shadowy operatives are trying to weaken him politically and she has used questionable tactics to impugn his integrity, sincerity, and extensive experience. Despite what she or her husband say, they have one goal in mind (the Presidency) and will do anything to achieve it...
Nor should Senator Obama ask Senator Clinton to serve as his VP running mate. She will not garner any votes he wouldn't win otherwise. A significant proportion of Obama voters have grown increasingly troubled by Senator Clinton's tactics and a fair number of them will either stay home in November or vote for Senator McCain. And, Senator Clinton on the national ticket will certainly energize the Republican base to vigorously oppose her return to the White House - as President or VP...
OKay Dems...keep dreaming. The so-called "unstoppable" ticket would feature a woman half of America can't stand and a liar who can't handle tough questions.
Why do you not include Obama's statement that he is not interested in being vice president?
Horrible reporting by CNN once again just spouting everything the Clinton's say without reporting the other side.
This is Bill's fantasy – fact check this one!
I heard Obama has the intention to appoint Gore as his running mate!!
The only reason they are floating this idea is for people to think a vote for Clinton will be a vote for Obama.
No, no and No! I will not vote for any ticket with Clinton on it. Obama does not need Clinton as his VP to win.
Obama/Edwards,
Obama/Richardson,
Or even better.
Obama/Colin Powell.
Colin Powell has the military experience to trump McCain and will draw in the independents and conservatives.
The Clinton's just wont take no for an answer will they. They don't understand that some people are just sick of the Clinton's and Bush's. I see this as them trying to force Obama into asking her if he wins and I hope he is smarter than that. I would vote for Obama but not Hillary so a ticket with both wouldn't sound good to me.
People, don't buy this. A vote for Hillary is not a vote for Obama. Obama doesn't need Hillary on his ticket. Hillary has a lot of baggage and will only bring this party down.
Obama 08
It is ironic that the Clintons keep mentioning a Clinton/Obama ticket if she's elected...hmmmm Hillary says he's just a speech and not ready to be president...She is supposed to pick a VP who can step in as president if something would happen to her...I guess then Obama would be good enough for her...what a hypocrit......
Rosemary Powell
Hi Bill
Unstoppable if barack is presidential nominee.
Wow!. The Clintons are trying to bribe Obama now with a sure spot on the ticket. That's gotta be a new Guiness World Record for abject desperation.
The smart caucusers and voters in Wyoming are not suckers! They voted very wisely, and are helping to send a very strong message that the Obama Express will not be derailed! You cannot sucker punch Wyoming and expect to get away with it!
Thank you Wyoming! Yes we can!
So funny.
Obama is still win this race. Clintion is fightihg for a VP spot.
Obama 08 and 12
On principle alone, Obama won't work under a Clinton Nightmare presidency. If she is nominee I don't vote at all in the general. Not Dem or Rep. Nada. If Obama isn't president, the USA is sunk to a bitter and divided nation. Hey, kinda like we are now!
This is absurd. First she suggests that she and McCain are experienced enough to be president and Obama is not, then she turns around and says she thinks he should be VP? He can't be both not prepared to be president AND prepared enough to be a heartbeat away from the presidency, can he? This is so obviously just a trick to get people who like them both to pick her because she's older. Don't fall for it.
And I love that bit about "the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me." Uh, Hillary? There are 50 states. There are many voters. More voters have voted for Obama. This will remain so. Get. Over. It.
So Senator Clinton thnks that the people of Ohio are the only voice that matters??? Let's not put too much fate in a state that went for Bush and is a major reason why the Democratic party didn't win the last election.
MCAIN = BUSH
clinton AND obama...i like both....dont care who is pres or vp...as long as its not mcain
DREAM ON!!!
Obama is too full of himself . Power and ambition are what fuel this dude. He wants it all without paying his dues. But he won't win the nomination.
Hillary is in to win it and she will. Then he may want to reconsider if she offers him the VP gig. Or maybe she will want to reconsider. Ask Colin Powel, he's a hell of a lot more qualified than Obama.
The idea of an Obama-Clinton ticket is ridiculous. With Clinton ranting on hysterically, bad mouthing Obama, it seems ludicrous that he would or should consider her desporate fishing expedition.
Obama can win in the general election ,Clinton cannot. She would be a drag on the ticket and bring everyone else down with her.
This is strategy on the part of the Clinton campaign. They have no interest in having Obama on the ticket. They're talking up the idea in order to get more votes for her. As soon as the convention rolls around, they will dump him in favor of someone who won't overshadow either of the Clinton's.
After all the racial attacks and insults, why would Obama run with Hillary? Obama doesn't need Hillary. He can win on his own. The Clinton Machine will say anything to win.
Stop right now Bill Clinton. Obama is the winning candidate and we voters are looking at an Obama to pick his own running mate. You Clintons have done so much unrepairable damage to the democrat party so don't start pandering to us now. Let's get this straight right now, Hillary needs Obama, Obama doesn't need Hillary. Hillary needs to be on the same ticket as John McCain.
whats arogant jerk he wanna back to his desk !! so we have 3 president ? global economy thsnks to u ...
DNA lie keeping going..
Why is CNN promoting Hillarys message, (Falsely implying she would put Obama on her ticket), immediately overshadowing Obamas win in Wyoming?
Yeah, and Obama – President, Hillary – VP ticket may be unstoppable.... thats the only acceptable way for alot of Obama supporters and for the sake of the primary process (i.e. Popular vote, delegates, etc.)
I'm sorry, but Clinton/Obama would not fly. I don't even think Obama would run as VP with her.
Jeese, Hillary why would you want a guy on your ticket who you have characterised as having only a lone accomplished of one speech in 2002? Unless of course, you don't believe your own disrepectful words toward Obama and really do think that he is ready to be the President of the U.S.. since the VP is only a heart-beat away from that most important office in the world.
She's just making sure she's somewhere after she loses.
Hillary/McCain
Well, interesting the Clintons would stay this while at the same time turning ulgy in their attacks. This is an attempt for Hillary to say "hey, you can vote for me and it will be just like voting for Obama". After all she feels that even though she has fewer votes and fewer pledged delegates the votes that she has gotten (i.e. Ohio) matter more than the votes from the previous 12 out of 15 states that she lost. I guess I now know why she says sliming fish was the job that most prepared her for a presidency. Emphasis on the word "slime".
Obama '08 – Yes we can turn away from this type of politics
Senator Obama has a long and brilliant future in politics and it would seem detrimental to his career to spend 4-8 years submitting himself to being third string (after Bill and then Hillary) in the White House. Between the two of them he probably wouldn't be lucky enough to get his picture in the newspaper during a Clinton administration. Best he fight the good fight and when he is nominated in August I certainly hope he won't think adding Hillary to HIS ticket is any answer either.
This is utter nonsense...I for one will vote for McCain before I vote for any ticket with Hillary Clinton on it!
Barrack Obama needs to stand up and shut this dialogue down because the Clintons are out politicing him to get the American people to think they can have both and there is no way this can happen. ASK AL GORE Barrack will be damaged goods after serving along side of the Clintons.
America please wake up and see the Cliontons for the decitful, power hungry, disingenous people they are.
Hillary is very shrewd. While she dogs Obama all day about not being ready to be commander in chief out of one side of her mouth, she talks about putting him second on the ticket out of the other.
Funny since he's the one with the most popular votes, the most pledged delegates and the most state wins. So currently he's on top of the ticket, not her. Just another way to try to get people to buy into her "its my time because I've earned it" strategy.
If she can't win on her own, she's going to latch on to the coat tails of someone that can just like she did with Bill. Hillary sure hasn't changed!
Obama's win in wyoming confirms one thing he gains his delegate count in Republican strongholds. The pattern is clear, Hillary wins in the Blue Democrat strongholds & Obama comes in second. The base of the Democrat party is in Hillary's tent,
After, Hillary wins Pennsylvania, Kentucky, & West Virginia, & Puerto Rico the Delegate will be different & the Super Delegates will be convinced that Hillary best represents the Democrat Party and best to win the General Election.
Why are the clintons pushing a joint ticket? Whatever happened to "shame on you Barak Obama". This is double speak. By accepting to be vice president, Obama will be compromising his principles. Barack, if it doesn't work out, just go and make a slide show or something, you might win a nobel peace prize...
Are you kidding??? You have called this fine man's judgement, experience, and integrity into question with false rumors and mischaracterizations. And now, you want us, his supporters, to believe that you respect and honor him enough to be your VP. My guess is this proves what people have said all along. The Clintons won't be looking for a VP, they'll be looking for a figurehead. Bill will be the VP.
If there is to be a Clinton-Obama ticket could they please still use the slogan change. It is a very powerful slogan
Obama offers nothing to the country but non-substantive rhetoric, Hillary was an actor in multiple crimes during her husband's presidency, and this ticket is unstoppable? I think a McCain – Huckabee ticket will unite republicans and expose the two fraudsters for what they are..
I hope that Senator Obama will say no thanks to this offer. HRC has demonstrated to American that if she can't be the nominee that she would rather Senator McCain win the election. Now that she thinks that she has a chance at the democratic nomination by smear tactics she's saying that a vote for her is a vote for both she and Obama. If Senator Obama does not have the experience to be President as she claims, he also does not have the experience to be Vice President, because the VP is only a heartbeat away from the President. She can't have it both ways.... If they steal the nominator from Senator Obama and I believe they will - he should say no thank you. I will vote for McCain if that happens.
The unspoken message here is this: don't vote for Obama now. Vote for Hillary and she'll take your guy along with her for a while. Then, in 2012, he can be president. This isn't unity President Clinton is espousing. He's trying to undermine Senator Obama's candidacy.
The simple truth is that Senator Obama is the candidate we need RIGHT NOW. We've had a country that has been politically divided for almost 20 years, and we're offered a candidate with such profound intelligence, such beautiful rhetoric, and such inspirational ideas that we may finally be able to move away from those politics where 50% +1 is a "mandate."
Man do these Clintons have chutzpah!! HIllary is losing in the delegate count and Billy is talking about a Clinton-Obama ticket. How about asking fof a Obama-Clinton ticket Billy? That may be Hillary' only option of getting to the White House next year.
Sorry Billary. Barack doesn't want you on his ticket.....nice try though
Would you please give us an update on the Texas caucus and let us know how many delegates are at stake?
Could an Obama win in the caucues put Texas in the win column for him?
There is no news on your site about this.
Hillary wants to play all games by all different (her) rules and win before "she sings"
No way hose!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
That's hilarious. Like Obama would want that kind of weight on the ticket.
Why do the Clintons think that because Hillary is losing and is well behind in delegates that somehow that means that people want to her be President and Obama to be VP? How arrogant these two are!
"You aren't voting for me, but let me be President anyway..." – Hillary Clinton - That's all I hear.
A bit premature to say the least. With Obama in the lead in delegates, why not say Obama-Clinton ticket? That's the "I'm the favorite and inevitable democratic candidate" attitude that got her in trouble the first place. People are not happy with the way she plays her politics. Just look at the both their records in the senate. How many bills has she written compare to Obama??? How many others have co-sponsored her bills?? Not many at all!!!! Lastly, why would I want a President who tears down her supposed choice for VP and claims that his experience amounts to a speech in '04? Please, I wasn't born yesterday.
As long as Hillary is the president I would not mind Obama as vice president. Hillary is the most experienced and could be the most effective one to lead.
HILLARY 08
As long as Obama is heading the ticket!!!
It's truly sad that your obvious bias reporting is perceived to be fact by the average reader. Wake up you idiots. Clinton lost Texas. She did win the primary vote by a small margin but lost the cacus vote by more than twice that margin resulting in a net win in delagates for Obama.
If I have read one more time that Clinton won Texas I will start using the BBC for my election info as they seem to have a more neutral stance on their reports as should you.
A WIN-WIN FORMULA FOR OBAMA AND CLINTON
Here is a win-win formula for Obama and Clinton. This formula will make history: we will have the first woman president and the first African-American as president as well. In 2008 a Clinton-Obama ticket. That is a sure winner. That guarantees the first woman president and the first African-American Vice president. And in 2016, Obama for president. All the Hillary fans are going return the favor to Obama in 2016. Two birds with one shot. That will make history. 2016 will be too late for Hillary. For Obama, who is young, that will be the right time. He will have the experience he needed by then.
A Joint ticket would end my support of Obama and I send me to the other side.
Yes, it is nice for Bill Clinton to say that Barack Obama would be a nice vp candidate, but Obama is not running for VP!! With Obama leading the delegate count, Bill Clinton is trying to psyche the public with putting a seed in the thought that Hillary needs to be on top of the ticket. omg! May be Obama should offer her the telephone operator job so she could take the call at 3 a.m.!
Not to burst your bubble, but just because I support Obama for president, does not mean I support him for Vice-President on a Hillary Clinton ticket. If he was crazy enough to accept that...I would hold my nose and vote McCain. Clinton on the top of the ticket is Clinton on the top of the ticket...eminently stoppable.
I wish Bill Clinton would just shut up.
That might work, Bill.
BUT ONLY IF IT WAS OBAMA/CLINTON!!
I believe that will be a great possibility,Senator Clinton as President and Senator Obama as Vice President. After Senator Obama's negative decision about seating the Florida delegates at the Democratic National Convention, if he be the Presidential candidate, he will not have a winning ticket in Florida, jeopardizing the chance for tha Democrats to win the White House.
I am sick of hearing this- why does Clinton get the nod as President? I do not want Obama to cow tow and just be VP. Let Hilary be the VP.
I am not voting for a Clinton-Obama ticket. It is an insult the Hilary is already talking this way. I feel Hilary thinks she is entitled to the Presidency. I for one loved Bill Clinton and voted for him for President twice, and would vote for Bill again. Hilary I do not trust. I don't like Hilary. I will vote for McCain before Hilary and I am a registered die-hard Democrat.
This is a shame. Such a ticket would be designed for no other reason than to beat the republicans. These two, and their politics, are too different to really want to be on a joint ticket. If they agreed to such a joint ticket that is a sure fire sign that they don't really care about the issues, the voters, or the country; it would be a clear sign that all they care about is securing power unto themselves.
Fool please, why would Barack want Hilary if he wins? For what, so she can undermine him at every turn.
The Clinton family certainly knows how to use the media. Not only do they get coverage for Bill and Hillary' appearances, as well as their daughters, to only singular coverage of Barack's, but they whine when they it's not slanted in their direction. Hard to imagine a Bill and Hillary presidency, but the way they manipulate the media I'm sure, unfortunately, it will happen.
I have said for many months that they should combine the Presidency with both of them operating as equals. One could handle the domestic issues and the other handle foreign diplomacy....ie...to each their own abilities and ideas.
Thanks for the offer Bill – BUT It's a little premature for the offer, the nomination is still in play. What do you think of an Obama – Clinton ticket?
Bill Clinton is right, but everything is 'spin' with the Clinton's these days. Its obvious they are just saying this so people will be tricked into believing that a vote for Hillary is really a vote for a Hillary/Obama ticket. Mark my words: there is *no* way Hillary would choose Obama as her running mate – this is a complete spin in an attempt to convince voters swaying towards Obama to concede to Clinton. Don't be fooled!
Sorry Bill, Hillary is coming home WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Clinton family certainly knows how to use the media. Not only do they get coverage for Bill and Hillary' appearances, as well as their daughters, to only singular coverage of Barack's, but they whine when it's not slanted in their direction. Hard to imagine a Bill and Hillary presidency, but the way they manipulate the media I'm sure, unfortunately, it will happen.
Why would any politician want to be on the same ticket as another politician who threw the kitchen sink at him, said he was less qualified than a Republican, and believes in the power of lobbyists over the people? The Clinton camp needs to quit throwing this idea out into the public because it's not going to happen and they know it, they're once again trying to ride Obama's coat tails. They've stolen his campaign slogans, they've stolen his ideas and now they're trying to steal him. Shameless, utterly shameless.
Hillary says "I think the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me." Man, the ego never ends.
I think that the majority of voters and delegates so far say that it should be Obama.
I saw some of Obama's speech after March 4, and also saw some of Clinton's. Obama talked about taking the issues to McCain. Clinton talked about all the states that have chosen her (brazenly lumping Michigan and Florida into the list). She talked about "as Ohio goes, so goes the nation." It's ego and it scares me. If she gets a place on the Obama ticket, she should consider herself lucky – and we should all hope that her infamous disapproval rating doesn't hurt Obama's chances in the general election.
Democrats need to win the White House in '08. Vote Obama.
If Mrs. Clinton is so agreeable to the idea of Senator Obama on a joint ticket with her, then why is she lying about him and degrading his very strong experience and capabilities? This is just the latest in her efforts, backed up by her husband, to fool the American people into voting for her. As Bill might say, this is what is is.
This is her last desperate shriek for help in her losing battle. Has anyone listened to the Canadian Broadcasting Company's take on Mrs. Clinton's latest lies about Senator Obama? In case you haven't heard: no, Senator Obama never said what the Clintons accuse him of, and the Canadians have spoken about this on their TV stations. It doesn't seem to be all that widely shown on U.S. TV.
Mr Clinton needs to stop all these political tactics.Obama has said last night that he is not interested in the fake joint ticket.Hillary is cruel and divisive. By the way,she needs to show her tax returns.
I would "NOT" look for a Clinton/Obama ticket at all. It simply would not be in America's best interest. That's because if Barack Obama became our next President, then I'm quite certain that Hillary would be doing her very best to run things "HER" way, behind the scenes. So that kind of ticket, I would not endorse or embrace in the least.
Senator Barack Obama will choose a person with impeccable integrity, to be this country's vice president, and it will NOT be Hillary. Now that kind of ticket, I can live with! And thank you Wyoming!
NO!!!!!! Barack does not need Hillary.
Pathetic..how can i trust Hillary if she wants the same person whom she thinks cannot lead the country...
Polls show Obama is already unstoppable without Hillary. The same polls show that Hillary is very stoppable. Therefore Bill, what difference does Hillary make ? You lost. Go away.
No body wants that.....Obama/somebody else
There is no such thing, there will be no such thing.... ever!!! Obama IS going to get the nomination, so then everyone is thinking, ok Obama Clinton instead, but then us smart folk know that Obama will be held back by Hillary. So in conclusion, people stop talking about it, or dreaming about it, it will NOT happen!!
Obama Richardson 08!!!!
What's left to say about the Clintons' double talk? It's clear that they know their scorched earth strategy has alienated many & won't cut it in the GE. So, after employing Rovian attacks against Obama, they have the gall to suggest a joint ticket. Can you imagine? Bottom-up and top-down politics are diametrically opposed...and there's always the Clintons' need to be #1 even if it means undermining others. Yeah, that's a dream ticket alright...
In response, I wish the Obama campaign would just simply say that the decision of a VP selection will be based on choosing someone with strong executive/foreign policy credentials & a track record of transcending dvision. They'll be willing to listen to all arguments, but won't let anyone dictate a ticket. By winning more pledged delegated, he has earned to right to choose carefully on his own terms.
The DNC would do well to remember that many Republicans in Texas voted for Clinton in the Democratic primary because they think that McCain can easily beat Clinton. I heard this first hand from several Republican voters in San Antonio. Obama's independent and swing voters make him the only candidate who can beat McCain in the fall.
Looks like someone is ready to concede. The question is, would Hillary mope around as the VP candidate?
Why does this all seem so desperate on Billary's part? He doesn't need her as his VP–they bring too much garbage and the thought of their trailer parked on the White House lawn for 8 years is just unseemly. Keep it Arkansas!
With all due respect Clintons, Stop begging for joint ticket and concede !!
obama won another small state again...Who CARES
Bubba !!! are you joking after hurling all the insults in the world at The dude is it whats next. The past + the future on the same ticket NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ya joint ticket..with Clinton VP..how does it sound ? You Liars..Show me your TAX RETURNS...
I would hope for such a pairing. Our nation would benefit from it. It is time we think about America, and heal ourselves. We have over 300 years worth of oil beneath our land. Why do we spend our money on $100+ per barrel of overseas oil, when we could simultaneously use our own oil as a way to balance trade, and create jobs here at home that would be focused on the ever renewable,Nature supportive future solar and wind energies? Yes, Clinton/Obama or Obama/ Clinton. Either combination would be a gift .
Or, perhaps, an Obama-Clinton ticket.....
Shame on Bill Clinton again! How can he minimize the power of Barack Obama by asking him to take a "back seat" to his wife? Maybe the Clintons are worried, as they should be that Obama has the lead in pledged delgates and that Hillary's victories on Tuesday did not change the fact that Obama will end these primaries ahead in delegates. Once again the Clintons think they are superior and are telling Obama what to do. The Clintons and their supporters must have a short memory on the shame that family has brought to the Democratic party!
Just a slight correction to your story. Clinton lost Texas due to the fact that the majority of delegates in Texas went to Obama after the results of the Caucus were in. By winning the Texas Caucus and not doing badly in the Primary eithor Obama won the majority of delegates in Texas and therefore, Hilary lost Texas rather than won our state.
Why not an OBAMA – clinton ticket. He has the better acceptance a cross the country. The only problem with that is Hillary is only a heart beat away from beng president. Not good.
yet another level of hypocrisy for the clinton campaign. they spend weeks tearing obama apart, disparaging his character, his experience, etc yet he would be a great VP. It's pretty clear this is a poorly veiled attempt to make on-the-fence dem's believe they can get both of these candidates if hillary's elected. Obama has already flat out denied that he would be VP, CNN needs publicize that more often instead of once again playing the bullhorn for the clinton campaign.
Obama would never pick Hillary she has no MORALS. It would make him look bad. People are sick of Hillary and her tactics. Why would Obama think of going there.
No surprise here. Obama is in the power position. Clinton is begging for a seat at the table. But why would Barack want Bill Clinton wandering around the White House?
No way jose! Obama doesn't need Clinton. He is holding his own pretty well. He will win the nomination,,,, he is winning right now. Why would he bring her dirt along to the ticket? If he brings her onto the ticket, it will be hard for me to vote for him in the general.
And if for some reason she finds a way to rob him of the nomination,,, she is a clinton and capable of that, and she decides to put him on the ticket, I will be very dissappointed if he accepts the position,,,, and I do think he will take the high road and 'reject and denounce' the offer.
You have to wonder about this escalation of rhetoric around the joint ticket. Hillary knows she's going to lose in terms of delegates. The only way I can read this is that she's either vying for the Vice-presidency (which I find highly unlikely), or she's trying to make a case to Superdelegates that her leadership of a joint ticket is the best possible option. It is an interesting prospect, but I think Clinton has the order wrong. Barack would make a great president, and Hillary would be a competent VP.
So now the Clinton's new spin is a joint ticket-with Hillary on top? What a joke. Obama is leading the way and the Clintons again are trying to influence voters and super-delegates with this new idea. After all her Obana bashing, now she's ready for a joint ticket? Her story changes daily.
Obama has plenty of choices for a V.P.
I am surprised that Hillary, who has won less than half the states Obama has, who has fewer delegates, and who has less in the popular vote would summise that she should be the nominee at the top of the ticket. This arrogance is unbelievable.
"If" Obama were to choose Hillary as VP I would be concerned with how the Clinton's would try and upstage him. I doubt if the Clinton's ego (both Hillary and Bill) would actually be able to find the humility to be in a support role.
Bottom line is that I think it absurd that the candidate that is behind is "offering" a VP position to the leader of the campaign.
Sorry. Even if she is the second name, I will never vote for a ticket with Hillary Clinton's name on it.
I do not trust her.
I will vote for Barack Obama, the hope he inspires, the high road he tries to take, his new politics,-not the Clintons' old, dirty ways.
An Obama/Clinton ticket is not change I can believe in.
Stop spreading this rumor. It's obvious you're trying to make it seem like a vote for Hillary is a vote for Hillary AND Barack. Barack is running to be PRESIDENT, not VP.
I agree with Bill. Although Hillary and Obama may not personally want the runner-up on their ticket, it's necessary if they want to unite the party in time for the election.
Is it just me or can Hillary not do anything without Bill?
I think that we would all know who Barack Obama and John Edwards are, but if Bill Clinton had never married Hillary Rodham, no one would have ever heard of her.
It's sad more than anything. I feel kind of bad for her.
Clinton/Obama 2008/2012
16 years of Democrats. This is the only way we can win.
Vote Clinton as the only way to ensure this happens.
No One is Above the Law not even former President Bill Clinton or Senator Hillary Clinton. He lied when he was president and She lying now as she trying to become president can we trust these two again in the White house? Now, the same people who paid him for a Pardon now gives money to Senator Hillary Clinton Campaign.
We need to be asking more questions this eats me up..
How can we put crooks back in the Whitehouse......
Get over yourselves Clintons... why in the world would Obama want to be on the same ticket with the people that have called him a drug dealer, a terrorist, a secret Muslim and would rather defend a rival rebulican than a fellow democratic canidate. Can you see McCain saying that fellow republicans should trust Hillary over Huckabee??? Never, even he has higher morals that she does.
Let's face the facts. Both Clinton and Obama are LOSERS. If either one of them had great potential for president, the deal would have been sealed a month ago. The Dems need to bring in a winner who can get the job done. How many years have these two clowns been running?
He must be on crack...These so called 'dream ticket' is impossible as there will another fight within Democrate party.Who will be on top/I'm sure Clinton and Obama will want to be on top.Any compromised is impossible so my guess is these two should just quit and elect another nominee.Their supporters would not want to vote for any one if the person that they vote for do not get the nominee.
Funny how his tune changes when it look like Hillary is on her way out. Hillary had to win Texas AND Ohio to remain in this. All indications show Hillary actually lost Texas once you factor in the caucas (if they ever finish counting). Even if FL and MI recount, she will not win enough votes to catch Obama. FL cannot be taken as is, because there is still the chance that people may not have voted since their vote was not going to count. She really just needs to bow out already. Of course, she will only end up making a mockery of the Democratic party in the process.
Note that Senator Obama has made it clear that he is not interested in being VP. How come your article doesn't mention that?
Considering that both Clinton and Obama are junior senators with only 7 and 11 years in elected office, respectively, I'd feel much more comfortable if the running mate were an experienced politician – a staid, reliable, and proven effective politician who can provide a sensible counterpoint to the fervor to the presidential candidate.
To see a clinton-obama ticket would be unreal and but it might not happen, because of there ego's!
Sure fire way for John McCain to win (if they run on the same ticket).
Seems like Hillary is trying desperately to hold on and become President.
"I am older, you will have your chance"
"You are not as experienced, being a VP you can"
And on and on
A joint ticket????? Heaven forbid! There goes the country's ideals, morals, and safety from terrorism. The country was better back in the '40's after all.......even with Roosevelt~
Of course, Bill Clinton surely is the epitome of morality, and safety if we get attacked.........oh, excuse me, I forgot about the first trade center attack, the USS Cole, etc......
Bill, Could you please explain why since Obama is the same age you were when elected and is winning he should consider the VP slot. Also what's up with the tax returns, library donors, whitehouse papers etc etc.
I agree and I know everyone would support a Clinton/Obama ticket or Obama/Clinton. Face it this is where we are headed as democrats.
That sounds perfect to overcome the republicans... But it is not clearly indicated, who will be on top of the democratic ticket... either way we will see all red states turn blue this election season, if it happens...
How incredibly arrogant of the Clinton's!! They seem to have lost site of the fact that Sen. Obama is ahead in the race. It reinforces the sense that Hillary thinks she is someone "entitled" to this nomination. We DON"T need another Clinton to "clean up" after this Bush. The various missteps and piccadillos of the Clintons during his administration are a very big reason why we've suffered through this disastrous 8 years. You can blame Ralph Nader, the Supreme Ct etc. for Bush's 04 win, but the Clinton's have far more responsibility.
I have gotten so cynical about Hillary that I only see this as a ploy to get votes. Where does she come off putting herself at the top of the ticket? Obama is leading in the delegate count. Does she really think she can call him Ken Starr, ill prepared, imply that he is a Muslim and then ask him to be on the ticket with her. Why is he all of a sudden prepared enough to be second in line? If he is prepared for that he is prepared to be president. I don't trust the Clinton's at all. This is all about getting votes.
Easy–whoever wins the delegate count heads the ticket, the other runs for Vice President. Fine idea.
She is absolutely sabatoging the party by dividing it, and if Obama gets the nod he will face the wrath of angry HRC supporters because she's basically saying now that she had better be on the ticket either way. Be very careful Obama.. her mission is to make sure that A) You lose to McCain so she gets to run again in 4 years and B) She will be at least on the VP ticket... in that case i would seriously fear for your life Barack.
Can we as americans have a fair & balanced coverage of all the candidates from the media & the comment/discussion sections of the news reporting
Obama isnt smart enough to take that deal. He would be making history being first black VP. and most likely president in 8yrs. He would have all that traning and make a great leader in 8yrs.Right now he is a disaster to be a leader.If it goes to the end and the super deligates go to HRC because they know she is the best canadate for our president,Obama will loose. He will be right back to junior senate.He should think about our country and coming out winning as a VP. The republicans will eat Obama up. HRC is the only chance for this country to have the changes they want. History would be made for both gender and race. Obama could be a double winner,VP. 8yrs. President. Go Hillary
Obama will bury McCain without Hillary. Sorry Bill.
Does anyone besides me think it is insulting of Hillary to suggest Obama "go to the back of the bus" and run as her vice president – even though HE is the one ahead by over half a million popular votes and over a hundred delegates?
This was a primary, not the general election. If the Bill Clinton thinks Hillary can win "the traditional rural areas that we lost when President Reagan was president" the general election, why couldn't he do it when he ran in 1992 and 1996?
your kidding, the media is on top of thir game again. I am setting here watching cnn and Obama wins wyoming and I have heard 3 segments on bill campaining for his wife and this post on the clintons. and Not one thing on Obama and his win this is why the blogers are upset this kinda coverage. thanks again.
Unite the party, or forfeit the votes of all the disenfranchised Clinton supporters who will feel no obligation to hand the presidency over to Obama just on party loyalty.
That only works when your party does not screw you over.
Clinton does not need Obama- quite the contrary given the sorry tactics of the DNC and the media.
As long as Obama is on top of the ticket...He has more elected delegates and he win the popular vote
This was a primary, not the general election. If the Bill Clinton thinks Hillary can win "the traditional rural areas that we lost when President Reagan was president" in the general election, why couldn't he do it when he ran in 1992 and 1996?
Why is the candidate with an insurmountable pledged delegate lead and popular vote lead supposed to take the VP spot?
100% agree
this would be a dream team for sure
OK, so who does Bill think should be the top name on the ticket? Regardless, the one who has the MOST PLEDGED delegates should be the top, whether it be Hillary or Obama. There should be no compromise on this, if a joint ticket were to be. There should be no negotiations if we are to keep it clean. The rules should be clear even before any further discussion. The goal should be to win the presidency and this objective is much bigger than egos. So let us set the concrete rules and begin working together instead of killing one another.
I cannot imagine a scenario that would produce a Clinton/Obama or a Obama/Clinton ticket. In order for Hillary to win she will need to convince the super delegates to go contrary to the popular vote, and delegate count. And if Obama wins, he would be a fool to put himself in a postion where his death would benefit a Clinton.
I agree. But Obana has to be VP. Otherwise, I am still going to vote for McCain.
Don't try to fool us. It is just another trick to get undeciders to vote for Hillary. It is a dream ticket for who? please....we are smarter than that. It is so obvious that Obama does not need her, but she does.
Why don't she campaign to become John McCain Vice President since she has been siding with McCain over Barack Obama publicly out of her own bitterness. I used to admire her but now I will never ever ever vote for her.
why the win in Texas by Senator Clinton is called a "Big Win" when she only received a net 1-3 delegates?
Unfortunately, this just comes across as self-serving, in my opinion. Just like Clinton didn't begin lobbying to seat the michigan and florida delegates until after she won the votes there. Neither of the Clintons agreed to a joint ticket until after mar 4, when her victories were too narrow to give her the delegate boost she needed. So now, since she is unlikely to get the nomination, she is trying to worm her way into the number 2 spot? it's just hard to believe her motives are what she says they are.
As a Obama supporter, I'm not opposed completely to a joint ticket. But I think Hillary should at least apologize for some of the campaign tactics she has used, at least in private. I'm hoping that the democratic party is starting to undergo a serious metamorphosis . If we become the party of transparent, ethical government, dedicated to the ideals that this country was founded on, listening to the argument of the opposition and responding respectfully and thoughtfully, we'd all be a lot better off.
Well, that is the only way I would vote for Obama is if Hillary were on the ticket with him. Otherwise I will vote for a republican for the first time in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO WAY, Jose. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever.
Even say perchance...Obama loses...He will not co-ticket with your camp. He will not dirty himself, silence himself, or change his ideals.
Pathetic. The Clintons are now trying to scam people into believing that a "compromise" would be Hillary winning with Obama in the second slot. Obama's the frontrunner, despite what you might think from watching the media! The only way Hillary can win is if the superdelegates throw the election to her over the will of the people.
No sir it wouldn't
I don't think that a Clinton-Obama ticket is a wise choice at this time, especially for Obama. I believe that in the early stages of his campaign for the President of the United States, he explictly stated that he did not want to be Vice President – BUT PRESIDENT!
Am I being too cynical or do you think she just want s the voters to think that a vote for her is a vote for Obama? As far as I am concerned, if Mrs. Clinton would be happy being the VP then good for her.
I agree with Mr. Obama, this is not the time for this discussion. Not until she concedes defeat. LOL
Bill is just whistling Dixie. Obama would be on the top ticket.
Unite the party now before it is too late, or forfeit the votes of all the disenfranchised Clinton supporters who will feel no obligation to hand the presidency over to Obama just for party loyalty.
That only works when your party does not screw you over.
A McCain presidency will be more acceptable to the Clinton demographic- older more conservative voters, then it is to the Obama supporters who are younger and newer to the process.
Clinton supporters have much less to lose by walking away from a now corrupt democratic party, than the Obama supporters who are benefitting from the corruption.
Clinton does not need Obama- quite the contrary given the sorry tactics of the DNC and the media.
I really hope the Obama voters see this for what it really is. They just want to fool Obama voters into voting for Hillary. Not happening Billy. Barack is ahead and will stay ahead.
Bill is really saying his wife has no chance of winning the nomination, unless Obama carries Hillary. Not going to happen, Bill. She is done!!!!!!
I think Billary is asking for the VP position ....
Thank you, but NO thank you.
Billary spells D-E-F-E-A-T !!!
She is a corrupt, lying, smeary and power-hungry, phony politician.
Kathleen Sybelius for Vice President !!!
What makes the Clinton spin doctors think that Obama won't carry the states Hillary won in the General Election? Why aren't they being called more on that? The animiss Hillary generates with Republicans and Independents feeds right into McCain. Obama appeals to a broader base AND with the right VP, could sweep with an incredible mandate.
Sure... try and pull voters sitting on the fence by offering the possibility of getting both Obama and Clinton on the ticket. This is just a ploy, a "scheme" to get more votes. No way Clinton offers Obama the VP slot. NO WAY!
why are the media becoming so mean to Obama?
This talk about an Obama/Clinton ticket is silly. They both need retired general Wesley Clark
Jamie I would agree, but I would like to add that Roland and Gloria act like they are the only people whose opinions are correct or that should matter. Jessica Yellin does a very good job.
Clinton-Obama would be a great ticket, but I don't think it will happen. They both have been successful in their strategies and I think that when it is all said and done, it will be very close and my fear is that regardless of who the nominee is, the people that support the one that doesn't win will feel outed and won't show up for the Dems in November.
Obama at the top of the ticket would be unstoppable...regardless of his running mate.
If America wanted Edwards on the ticket he would still be in the race.
I'll tell you what would be unstoppable. Obama. As the nominee. With whoever he chooses to select for his running mate.
Clinton is behind in delegates and the popular vote, and she's not going to catch up before the convention. Maybe she should stop posturing and ask him if he'd consider her for VP.
I've never seen someone think they're so entitled to the Presidency of the United States of America. That alone should give everyone pause about Clinton's campaign.
No.
Billary doesn't think Obama is good enough to be president but as we've been seeing, riding coattails is just fine. You're right, Mercury – I don't think he would agree to have her as his VP, which is as it should be. Again, anything to get back into the White House, huh? They are insufferable. It should be all or nothing with Obama. His clock isn't ticking like hers is. He knows we don't need the Clinton drama in the White House – ever again.
Joint Ticket is OK as long as Hillary is the running mate
it might get to the point where whoever wins has to ask the other. if this goes to the convention, the side that doesn't have their candidate nominated is going to quite upset. an obama/clintion or clinton/obama ticket might be the only way to patch things.
Clinton/Obama in the White House! He can get more experience and do some good for America.
YES!!!
Obama has already said he has no interest in being a vice-president, so that appears to settle that argument. I also think this 'dream ticket' is highly stoppable. All McCain has to do is point out the Clintons' shady dealings and Obama's dishonesty. Wouldn't be all that hard, really. And he has all kinds of time to prepare his attacks while the Democrats diddle around...
So Obama isn't "experienced enough, is empty, hollow, two-faced" – but okay for the VP post – so if something happens to Hillary, he is the man she has confidence in for position of President?
Tell me who is two-faced?
The Clintons will do anything to win.
ALthough – Obama/Clinton would suit me just fine. I would vote for that!
Obama should pick Edwards or someone as the VP. It's pathetic to watch Bill suggesting something like this, considering that Hillary is behind Obama on the delegate count. If anybody should be talking about VP, it should be Obama to pick, not Hillary. These Clintons are so desperate they will steal the nomination one way or other.
Anyway, why is CNN blocking comments posted against Hillary. This is the 7th time it did for no reason.
I think Obama/Edwards ticket would be unstoppable. The last time I looked, Hillary Clinton is not in the position to select a running mate. It looks like political posturing on Bill Clinton's part.
Calling all Obama supporters: please do not waste your time responding to this post. Talk about pathetic.
This is nothing but a Clinton led scam. Hillary is going to lose and she knows it, she may attract a few more Democratic and female votes on top of the ticket but she'll guaranteed lose a LOT of Independants, the people who have been giving Obama the lift. Clinton is old school Washington politics as usual, No thanks!
Don't bite Barrack, you'll beat Clinton and you'll beat McCain as well. Obama-Edwards '08. Goodbye Clinton-Bush Royal Families!
Obama/Edwards would work great.
hehehe, thats funny. Hillary or Obama cannot win against McCain. I will give one thing to Obama, he is smart enough not to put Hillary on his ticket. It would hurt his credibilty and politically hurt him more than help him. Wait until the its over and the Super Delegates move to Hillary against the popular and outright delegate total. Hillary railed against the electorial win by Bush against the popular vote, but she will except someting even worse to be President. Hillary and Bill will kill the Democratic Party.
"Dream Ticket?" Nightmare, more like.
Such a ticket would do two things. 1. it would end Sen Obama's national political career and prospects. 2. It would ensure that Senator McCain would win the election.
Sen Clinton is such a divisive force in America, she is so hated by almost half of the population, that the politics of hatred and division would continue for at least another four years. The challenges that are facing the next president are of such magnitude, that Senator Clinton would be buried beneath them because she will not attract the broad range of thinkers with new innovative approaches, and the positive forward looking people that will be needed to deal with those challenges.
If either Clinton or McCain win the presidency, they will be one term presidents, and may God have mercy on the nation.
I agree 100% Obama- Edwards opps I meant Clinton ticket!
>He added that, in his view, Obama would win the "urban areas and the upscale voters" while Clinton claims "the traditional rural areas that we lost when President Reagan was president. If you put those two things together, you'd have an almost unstoppable force."
Translation: we're going to use Obama for votes, then relegate him to a role that will be largely ceremonial given that Bill will be Hillary's co-president, just as Gore was relegated to the sidelines in favor of Hillary during Bill's administration.
Don't do it, Obama.
BOTTOM LINE, IF CLINTON IS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, MCKAIN WILL WIN THE PRESIDENCY...CLINTON IS SLICK...SHE KNOWS SHE CANNOT WIN THIS NOMINATION LET ALONE THE PRESIDENCY, UNLESS SHE CAN PUT IN PEOPLE'S MINDS ABOUT THIS "UNSTOPPABLE TEAM" OF HER AND OBAMA....DON'T FALL FOR THIS, FOLKS....I HAVE MY UPMOST FAITH & TRUST IN OBAMA IN ANY FIELD OBAMA IS IN AS PRESIDENT....NATIONALLY & INTERNATIONALLY....3 AM OR 3PM....HE HAS THE INTELLIGENCE, THE STAMINA TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY...
Obama could do a lot worse than to be Vice President. under Hilliary. He would get excellent experience and would be a more viable presidential candidate at the end of Hilliary's presidential terms.
Hi Jamie,
you are right about Gloria . I can't stand watching her.i'm a conservative democrat and i remember 2004 when Kerry was swift boated by The republican attack machine(ken melhman,karl rove,ed mckinnon– bushies) and they are unified and lining up behing Mc cain to smear whoever democratic nominee that will come ahead. It is time to be practical and not emotional and look at the big picture (no name calling please) both candidates have a solid grip on their constituents and neither will crack (sorry cable news it will not happen) and the best way to unite the party is to have them on the ticket. Obama should think about it and not try to wave it as he is doing now because he is loosing that subliminal battle in the minds of all democrats because most of us want that. President Clinton is right ( The greatest democratic strategist of a longtime- ) I do not care if it is Obama -Clinton or Vice versa. What i care is to win back the white house and not be drawn in that personality contest that Clinton or obama are doing without an end game . Hope you all be good.
This is crazy talk and that is because Hillary has made this impossible. How can Barack pick a VP who says that the President does not have the experience to lead the country? Can you imagine how many ads McCain, Rove and the RNC will run quoting her and all of her military advisors saying that she has the experience, McCain has the experience and Barack has a speech? This is a political move by the Clintons to try to get Dems to vote for her so that both of them end up on the ticket. Barack needs to come out and say that he will never be her VP. Not to mention, her VP will be Bill Clinton and everyone knows that. Too bad she did not think before deciding on this line of nonsense.
Makes sense if Obama is president and Hiliary is VP.
Given the reality that Hillary is highly unlikely to bridge the delegate gap, this is a cheap tactic to dissuade voters & superdelegates from coalescing around Obama just like Republians are doing around Mccain. Hillary has explictly said that she and Mccain have the experience to be commander in chief and answer the 3:00AM call while Obama does not. Yet, she claims to be open to have Obama as a VP: The same Obama she believes is not qualified and brings only speeches to the table. I am actually very surprised that so many democrats are not yet able to see through the insincerity and the winning at any cost mentality of Hillary. If democrats continue to fall for this, then they will nicely succeed in snatching defeat from the jaws of victory come November.
Phili from Toronto
Bill Clinton....Forget about it!!! It won't happen...your wife has been
disrespectful toward African Americans and others who support
Sen, Barack Obama. Sen. Obama will select his own VP, you don't
dictate how he should run his champaign.....
What a snake oil salesman
wait,,, it is Obama who leads in the contest!
It is impossible for Hillary to win the nomination mathematically.
What the Clinton camp is trying to do is to create a false notion that it is ok to vote for Hillary. No way! Don't fall for that.
BE CAREFUL OBAMA, the Clinton camp is very crafty.
I think it is good idea for both of them to have trun for dems in one ticket it will bring heal for the dem that now divided because of some media bias divide the party.
Obama + whomever he WANTS ticket!
Obama '08
If Clinton is anywhere near the ticket, Obama won't stand a chance at winning my vote.
Don't fall for it. Its a ploy to get Obama voters to vote for her. She'll turn around and pick someone else.
So obvious – when Bill say "Hillary says...." you can tell it was his idea.
I have wrote several comments and it seem alot doesnt get posted non are disrespectful or filled with bad thing. some do say things about the media coverage of bias views. and it is not becouse the blogs are full in fact not alot of responses are posted . or not alot of responses. so for the people reading the blogs and desiding which ones to post remember the blogs are for people to show different views on subjects. I do not expect this to get posted it more for a point . This is not just my views go to other media sights and you will see thousands of people have the same outlook on peoples thoughts that are not posted. I wrote in many blogs that people need to write these media outlets like cnn and complain about this issue like I have and continue to do so until things change.
why do individuals have to pay for identity theft prevention? shouldn't our government protect us?
It is funny how Obama is not expierenced enough to be president but have the qualifications to be vice-president according to The Clintons...if something was to happen to Mrs Clinton would Obama be still unqualified to answer the phone @ 3 Am..come on this is becoming a joke...
The Clintons need OBAMA more the Obama needs CLINTON...to keep the young voters and crossover votes that Obama brings...
And Why do Hillary keep saying Obama cant win the Blue states...that is a small argument...CA, NY, NJ,MI MA, PA? These states vote Democratic anyway in presidential contest, OH and Fl are toss up states and can go either way...
An Obama-Clinton ticket I could support. Nothing else. Nothing.
Whats up with this Ohio thing? Hillary believes that since she won Ohio she should be handed the nomination. What about the other 49 states, don't the Democrats count them? Ohio : ) that is too funny.
I prefer Obama on top because if not, Hillary will bring her polarizing history with her.
It will NEVER EVER happen.
Our side will never sign off for a woman who is a BLATANT hypocritical lying, no ethics sleaze bucket. She's a disgusting MONSTER.
Stop dreaming Hillary and the Hillbots.
BTW...if we are fortunate to have earned the trust of our party, we don't want either of them 5 states near us. Plus, all of you who want to go and follow her – PLEASE LEAVE. We don't want two faced traitors in party.
Yes, but does Hillary want to be veep? I doubt she would accept, if offered.
Bill Clinton has it backward about who's bringing in the rural votes. Obama will sweep an arc of solid RED states - Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina.
Clintons are desperate now, you got a watch what comes out of their mouths. Like Limbaugh, they sound good if you don't know the facts are twisted. I don't think Mississippians are buying into that.
Plus, if the nomination goes that far, Clinton still has to come to Indiana (May 6 primary) and convince Hoosiers that Sen. Evan Bayh (one of her national campaign co-chairs) still has a shot at veep. Plus, she has no foreign policy experience, made a bad call on Iraq - she'd probably pick Gen. Wesley Clark if she has to take on McCain.
Another cheap election eve campaign trick . . . .
Why should Obama that the deal? Look what happen to Al Gore. You gotta be kidding me. Al Gore waited for 8 years and became too stife for America. The best job for Halliary is VP for AARP.
Clinton is just trying to have it both ways... she's trying to convince those that are unsure that "it's OK" to go with her because she'll pick Obama. Like you can trust a clinton.
This is a typical evil Clinton move.
They think if they propose both on the ticket (of course with Hillary at the top) that this will appeal to people, and pull votes from Obama, as he has not agreed to a "dual" ticket.
Of course, if Hillary pulls it off, she will probably do something crappy to Obama so he won't want to be on the ticket. She then has that out.
We don't need more years of evil bickering in the White House. I am a Republican, but will vote for Obama for president. I will never vote for Hillary.
You're all missing the point. Obama does not want to be part of the "politics as usual" that Clinton represents. He would be much better off staying in the Senate. If McCain wins, as is likely if Clinton is the candidate, then Obama would have a good chance in 2012. If Clinton wins, he would not be held responsible for the inevitable sleaze and still have some options later on.
Obama – top of any ticket! Neither Hilllary or McCain can repair our world credibility at this time. Not enogh people in our own congress want to work with Hillary, she's already ticked off several world leaders, those most contentious relationships don't respect women in the first place so now we wanna send undiplomatic Hiallry out to greet them build trust and negotiate... I don't think so. As for McCain, the entire world is sooo weary of affluent white American males telling them "how to be"– his brand will be most ineffective on the world scene....Folks...it aint just about us Americans anymore.
hey obama no 08 HiLLARY CLINTON yes 08 CLINTON best for AMERICA.
There is no way this is going to happen. If you think about it, since Obama will be the one with the most pledged deligates, and will be at the end, no matter what they do with FL and MI, apparently Senator Clinton is applying for the job of VP.
If Hillary Clinton truly believes that Barack Obama is not ready to be Commander in Chief, then why would she want him to be the VP. Isn't it important to pick a running mate that you think would be able to be Commander in Chief if anything should happen to the President. She is saying that he is not qualified. How does she know that nothing would happen on Day 2 that would put him in that position? So, is she saying that he is qualified, or not?
I would enthusiastically support a joint ticket where the senior member in terms of age and experience is the presidential candidate and where the junior member serves as vice president in order to get some much needed experience.
President Clinton?? You mean former president...
A Clinton-Obama ticket sounds ridiculous...especially after all the mood swings and personal attacks that came from the Clinton campaign. Ms. Clinton did not win Texas because she did not win in the delgate count, she is still about 140 pledged delegates behind Obama, and just cannot catch up. Obama has also gained ground in the SuperDelegates.
Wyoming was a big loss for Ms. Clinton because of that states history in supporting woman.
CNN has been a little better in reporting this weekend, but they still tend to over state facts at times.
Claudia in NB Canada
Hillary and Bill Clinton knows that a great number of people would love to see her and Barack on the same ticket to form what is called the Dream Team. She’s now trying to use this angle to swindle votes out of the American people by publicly saying she’ll make Barack her VP, basically saying if you vote for me you’re voting for Barack because I’ll make him my VP!!!!
Hillary has attacked Obama, saying he does nothing but make speeches with no solutions. She said he can’t be trusted and that he says one thing in public and something else in private. She talks about her experience and even praise McCain but took a shot a Obama’s experience basically saying he’s not ready to run the country but now he should be her VP, one step away from being president if something happened to her. If she truly believed what she was saying about Barack surely she would look elsewhere for a VP, or maybe she’ll just say anything to win.