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Obama's Vice President - [Can't get bullied by Clintons]
WSJ ^ | June 5th, 2008 | Editorial

Posted on 06/05/2008 9:23:37 AM PDT by The_Republican

In clinching the Democratic Presidential nomination, Barack Obama is now the leader of his party. The first test of his leadership as a potential President will be his response to the extraordinary campaign already underway to bully him into choosing Hillary Clinton as his running mate.

Mrs. Clinton's tenacity in the primaries deserves credit, and she has earned the respect that Mr. Obama's remarks on Tuesday night gave her. But as he prepares for November, and perhaps for January, he has earned the right to choose a Vice Presidential nominee with whom he's comfortable, and on his own timetable. On that score, we were glad to see him name a vetting team yesterday and to appear in no rush to make a selection.

The same restraint can't be said of Mrs. Clinton, whose own remarks on Tuesday were notably ungracious to the victor. The occasion called at least for an enthusiastic show of support, if not a formal concession speech. Yet Mrs. Clinton chose to vie for the spotlight, touting her own campaign achievements and all but inciting her supporters to pressure Mr. Obama to make her veep.

"I understand that a lot of people are asking, What does Hillary want?" said Mrs. Clinton. "I want the nearly 18 million Americans who voted for me to be respected, to be heard." The New York Senator then assured her backers that she had no intention of moving aside so that Mr. Obama and the Democratic Party can focus on a general election campaign against John McCain.

"Now, the question is, Where do we go from here," said Senator Clinton. And her answer was that she was undecided, though she did direct supporters to her Web site to offer suggestions.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; hillarybully; obama; obamahillary; obamawimp

1 posted on 06/05/2008 9:23:38 AM PDT by The_Republican
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To: The_Republican

It will be Webb, who I think is a creep but he will be hailed as a pro military conservative by the MSM.


2 posted on 06/05/2008 9:26:05 AM PDT by Williams
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To: The_Republican

**Obama’s Vice President - [Can’t get bullied by Clintons]**

Fat chance...................*%*%$^


3 posted on 06/05/2008 9:29:07 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: The_Republican

Evidently the WSJ hates the Clintons, and takes this opportunity to stick their dagger in their backs. Interesting.


4 posted on 06/05/2008 9:31:05 AM PDT by devere
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To: The_Republican
New RNC ad: Democrats against Obama!
5 posted on 06/05/2008 9:33:58 AM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: The_Republican
What does Hillary want?" said Mrs. Clinton

Shades of Bob Dole.

6 posted on 06/05/2008 9:34:12 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Williams

He seems to be a strange duck!


7 posted on 06/05/2008 9:34:12 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: Williams
It will be Webb, who I think is a creep but he will be hailed as a pro military conservative by the MSM.

I think you're right.

8 posted on 06/05/2008 9:34:46 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: The_Republican

“The same restraint can’t be said of Mrs. Clinton, whose own remarks on Tuesday were notably ungracious to the victor.”

Looked to me that she was making a claim on the Co-Presidency, not the Vice-Presidency. Interesting that less than 48 hours later, she’s changed her tone. Someone must have ‘spoken’ with her.

I personnally don’t think she’ll accept the VP slot. I expect her to endorse Obama and to support him. I expect her support to be limited to a level that doesn’t do a lot for his election but to the extent that she can’t be blammed for his loss.


9 posted on 06/05/2008 9:36:44 AM PDT by DugwayDuke (A true patriot will do anything to keep a Democrat out of the White House.)
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To: The_Republican
Obama continues his quest to visit all 57 states before the convention.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) arrives in Blountville, Tennessee June 5, 2008. Obama will campaign in Bristol, Virginia and Bristow, Virginia on Thursday. REUTERS/Jason Reed (USA)

10 posted on 06/05/2008 9:39:23 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: The_Republican

The Dems want to win this, prepare for the dream ticket. They aren’t stupid, they know the Obama/Clintons ticket is their winner. What is important to them, a possible loss to Mc Cain or a win by the dream ticket? Get real, this isn’t over, they will iron this all out at the Convention behind closed doors. Come Nov. we had better have our bomb shelters built. No one is excited over Mc Cain except the Democrats. Call him their Operation Chaos. The Repubs messed up big time, had it been Thompson and the other guy from California, who’s name skips me at this moment, the Repubs would have had a possible winning ticket. I’d give Mc Cain the same chance as Dole had at becoming President.


11 posted on 06/05/2008 9:40:02 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Where have all our Great Leaders gone? Certainly there must be one out there?)
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To: Salvation
The Clintons are finished. The DLC has lost what power and influence it had left inside of the DNC.

As of today, Obama is already laying down the law - he's announced that he's keeping Howard Dean as the chairman of the DNC, and that the DNC will no longer accept donations from lobbyists or PACs, which effectively kills Hillary's financial clout.

I don't care for Obama, but I have to give the man credit - in less than four years, he went from a no-name Chicago politician to somebody who is now running the Democratic party.

I can't imagine how furious Hillary is that Obama is now the head of the party (but I like to try because anything that would send Hillary into a rage has to make you happy ;-) )
12 posted on 06/05/2008 9:42:21 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: DugwayDuke

guess who the new senate majority leader is gonna be? move over dingy harry.


13 posted on 06/05/2008 9:43:27 AM PDT by yazdankurd (Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat)
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To: The_Republican

Will Obama ask Colin Powell for a Black Dream Ticket?


14 posted on 06/05/2008 9:49:05 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Bringbackthedraft

“They aren’t stupid, they know the Obama/Clintons ticket is their winner”

Far from it. Hillary has a 50% negative rating, those folks aren’t going to vote for her whether she is #1 or #2 on ticket. All we need is 1 person in the other 50% who likes Hillary but dislikes Obama.


15 posted on 06/05/2008 10:00:32 AM PDT by frankjr
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To: The_Republican
Hillary doesn't want to be Vice President. The best thing Obama could do in this regard is to call her bluff.

What Hillary has been doing since the Pennsylvania Primary is campaigning for 2012. Her offer to accept a #2 spot as a means of "doing everything she can" to guarantee a Democrat win in November is pure Clinton: by doing so she starts to mend fences with a Democratic base that's apoplectic over her refusal to throw in the towel. When Obama shuns her -- as he most surely will -- her aging feminist supporters will have the last justification they need to go over the edge for McCain, or stay home, thoroughly demolishing Obama's chances and setting Hillary as the savior in 2012 who can honestly say "I told you so. I won the popular vote in 2008, and I'm the one to finally bring the party in from the Wilderness."

If Hillary becomes the VP, she loses all her power, and all of her political base, and she must campaign as an Obama spin-off in 2016. At that time she will be too old to run, and her name recognition won't have the same cachet. As VP she can't challenge her own prez in 2012.

She doesn't want the #2 spot. She just wants people to think she does.

16 posted on 06/05/2008 10:11:33 AM PDT by FredZarguna ("Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?")
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To: Williams

I agree. Either Webb or Bill Richardson for the Latino edge.


17 posted on 06/05/2008 10:20:16 AM PDT by bushfamfan (The sunrise has turned into a sunset.)
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To: Ann Archy

what about Obama choosing Cynthia McKinney??


18 posted on 06/05/2008 10:41:17 AM PDT by Jaysin
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To: frankjr

I keep hearing from Dem friends that it would be nice to have Hillary on the ticket with Obama. It will mend their fences. But then again, what do I know, I’m from Brooklyn, Schumer’s, Sander’s and Ginsberg’s neighborhood. I say BEWARE.


19 posted on 06/05/2008 11:14:12 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Where have all our Great Leaders gone? Certainly there must be one out there?)
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To: Miss Didi

PING for RNC ad.


20 posted on 06/05/2008 1:32:03 PM PDT by WOSG (The 4-fold path to save America - Think right, act right, speak right, vote right!)
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