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Obama open to Clinton as possible running mate
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Posted on 05/08/2008 4:26:05 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Obama open to Clinton as possible running mate Thu May 8, 2008 6:13pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday did not rule out selecting rival Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate if he ultimately defeats her in a race in which he has an almost insurmountable lead.

"There's no doubt that she's qualified to be vice president, there's no doubt she's qualified to be president," Obama told NBC News.

In a CNN interview, he said he had not wrapped up the Democratic presidential nomination, but when he does, he will start going through the process of selecting a running mate.

"She is tireless, she is smart. She is capable. And so obviously she'd be on anybody's short list to be a potential vice presidential candidate," said Obama, who inched closer to winning the nomination by routing Clinton in North Carolina and almost defeating her in Indiana on Tuesday.

Some Democrats are saying Obama and Clinton would be a formidable team against Republican John McCain in the race to the November election.

According to a CBS News/New York Times poll released last week, a majority of both Obama and Clinton voters say they would favor a so-called "Dream Ticket" involving both candidates.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; obama; obamahillary
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To: kenavi

All of the FReepers who support Obama as the candidate would have to find a new tactic since Hillary would still be a heartbeat away from the presidency. And the campaign would be against Obama, none of Hillary’s baggage would be “fair game” in the election.


21 posted on 05/08/2008 4:49:00 PM PDT by weegee ("I didn't kill innocent people." - Bill Ayers, Weatherman. Terrorist. Obama's comrade.)
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To: yldstrk

If he does not choose the beast as his VP, I don’t think he will be consuming oxygen come November.


22 posted on 05/08/2008 4:50:09 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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To: weegee

Name your poison!


23 posted on 05/08/2008 4:51:22 PM PDT by kenavi ("My mudder thanks you, my fodder thanks you, and Obama thanks you!")
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To: DaveyB
The premiums are 250,000,000 annually!

Might pay off in the second year though!


Don't most policies have a suicide clause?
24 posted on 05/08/2008 4:54:13 PM PDT by boxerblues (Hillary doesn't lie, she just tells the truth from an alternate reality)
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To: unkus

one question for Obama. AYOOYFM. First word Are last word mind.


25 posted on 05/08/2008 4:55:14 PM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: Nachoman

“Can you sleep with one eye open, Barry?”

And sleep in a different, undisclosed location every night.


26 posted on 05/08/2008 4:56:26 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Sub-Driver

Hillary said the same thing to Obama a while back and you know she didn’t mean it. It is all strategy! He can pick who he wants.


27 posted on 05/08/2008 5:02:25 PM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: Sub-Driver

His Secret Service detail is going “oh sheeeeeeeit.”


28 posted on 05/08/2008 5:02:38 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: kenavi

“Obama and Hillary will be a formidable ticket.”

The way America is today, they’d win- BIG.


29 posted on 05/08/2008 5:06:05 PM PDT by MrLee (Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalyim!! God bless Eretz Israel.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Won’t happen. Hillary isn’t going to play second fiddle to that garbanzo from Michigan Avenue.


30 posted on 05/08/2008 5:07:38 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: Sub-Driver

Would you rather be Pres Obama with VP Clinton or Saddam’s son in law?


31 posted on 05/08/2008 5:12:10 PM PDT by buck jarret
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To: Sub-Driver

Okay- that proves it. He’s Marxist, Muslim AND suicidal. If he is the only thing in the way of the Presidency, Hussein wouldn’t last 6 months with Hitlery as Veep.
He would do a Vince Foster- or worse.Some terrible, unfortunate ‘accident’ would befall him.
Combining the two will result in all those who hate HER and all those who reject HIM not voting, or voting Republican.


32 posted on 05/08/2008 5:18:17 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Lying like that you know he’s a muslim.


33 posted on 05/08/2008 5:18:25 PM PDT by Dahoser (America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Image hosted by Photobucket.com the fool never heard of Arkanside???
34 posted on 05/08/2008 5:46:03 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Sub-Driver

“Death Wish 2008”


35 posted on 05/08/2008 5:47:48 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: kempo
I am with you.

Obama's wife would never allow it.

Her anger and contempt would really come out because she hates both Bill and Hillary. And we all know that the Clintons would hang around the White House all the livelong day given the chance.


36 posted on 05/08/2008 7:30:21 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon.)
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To: kenavi
"Obama and Hillary will be a formidable ticket."

Only because the early Republican primaries were infested by rats.

McCain is a joke as the Republican nominee. A sick one at that.

37 posted on 05/08/2008 7:38:13 PM PDT by Radix (Q. What do you call a row of rabbits walking backwards? A. A receding hare line.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Would this be billed as an Ebony and Ovary ticket???????


38 posted on 05/08/2008 7:40:16 PM PDT by ErieGeno
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To: Sub-Driver

Bump.

I’ve been thinking this was gonna happen, but I figured it would be reversed. It may still be.


39 posted on 05/08/2008 8:52:52 PM PDT by djf
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To: Sub-Driver

WHO WOULD DARE BE HIS FOOD TASTER? - http://youtube.com/watch?v=lsZ9yOnfMYU


40 posted on 05/08/2008 9:50:50 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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