Clinton says she's open to being Obama's VP
Added 616 days ago on June 3rd, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton told colleagues Tuesday she would consider joining Barack Obama as his running mate, and advisers said she was withholding a formal departure from the race partly to use her remaining leverage to press for a spot on the ticket.On a conference call with other New York lawmakers, Clinton, a New York senator, said she was willing to become Obama's vice presidential nominee if it would help Democrats win the White House, according to a participant who spoke on condition of anonymity because this person was not authorized to speak for Clinton.Clinton's remarks came in response to a question from Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez, who said she believed the best way for Obama to win key voting blocs, including Hispanics, would be for him to choose Clinton as his running mate."I am open to it," Clinton replied, if it would help the party's prospects in November.Clinton also told colleagues the delegate math was not there for her to overtake Obama, but that she wanted to take time to determine how to leave the race in a way that would best help Democrats."I deserve some time to get this right," she said, even as the other lawmakers forcefully argued for her to press Obama to choose her as his running mate.Aides to the Illinois senator said he and Clinton had not spoken about the prospects of her joining the ticket.
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Talk about vain - the definition is CLINTON!
It is very hard to lose when the stakes are so high. But, I believe that when the "dust settles" before the end of the week, a decision that reflects the 18 million voters for Sen. Clinton will relate to unification. Both candidates are not perfect. Sen. Obama has many unknowns thus making a choice to vote for him in the fall a little scary. Full support of Sen. Obama by Sen. Clinton would help those of us who strongly are behind her. It is important not to alienate his supporters since they seem to be very negative towards this unity.
Work with the media. Some are very biased and influential in the voting process. Some have brought journalism to a new level that is not impartial. Since so many younger people use the Internet and probably are responsible for most of the online polls, they and those that live by the "net" need to be included continuously by both Sen. Obama & Sen. Clinton. Perhaps having the 'older working' primary voters "peer" with the 'young college-educated wealthy' primary voters sharing their ideas and knowledge would benefit the Democrats (using Sen. Clinton & Sen. Obama as peer leaders). They would have quite a large group of voters that would be actively involved in our government. Otherwise, I believe that Sen. McCain would be most attractive as a leader and unifier.
Thank you for the opportunity to express my opinion.