Comments on: Obama Reponds to Clinton Vice-Presidental Chatter

By: brie

brie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:59:32 +0000

That could very well be the case. I’m surprised, then, that Bill Clinton would have come out so strongly in favor of the joint ticket.

I think that would have been easy enough to turn down anyway, though. Two Senator tickets rarely end well (see 2004). She’d be better off picking a governor.

Interesting thought though - we’ll have to see how it plays out…

By: dannygutters

dannygutters — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:46:37 +0000

Maybe Hillary wants Obama to respond this way in the event that she gets the nomination she’ll have an out for not selecting him as Veep since he is effectively turning her down here and consensus would be that she needs him for the ticket.

By: brie

brie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:46:31 +0000

Yep. Someone’s going to do a great paper on him for Strategic Political Comm some day.

Argh! Why didn’t Wolfson say, “Well, of course, we’re considering Senator Obama for the vice-presidency. He is a skilled communicator and clearly good at mobilizing voters. We’re concerned that he lacks the preparedness to be president, but if that changes by August, he would be a strong addition to a Clinton-led ticket.’

All I do is watch The West Wing and I know that’s a better answer than to directly contradict your candidate and her main surrogate!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:36:58 +0000

Damn. He is good. Plays it just right. Even his pauses/stumbles/hesitations are brilliant. Makes him look off-the-cuff, humble, sincerely confused and trying to make sense of it whilst remaining superbly articulate and so forcing people to come to same conclusion as him. Not to mention use of colloquial expressions etc. I’m impressed. And obviously a huge nerd.