Posted by
Bill Crawford on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:31:48 AM
The primary season is finally over. It took Barrack until the last day to clinch a majority of delegates.
Hillary did not stay in for her health. It is hard for somebody to run for that office and then call it off, especially after winning as much as she did.
She did not stay in to be in a bargaining position to retire her debt. She stayed in because she thought she could win. When she recently realized that the math showed she probably couldn't win enough delegates, she stayed in to show that he couldn't win without her.
Which means, ladies and germs, she wants the VP slot. She is trying to prove to Obama that the spate of losses he pulled in the last two months was evidence of the schism in the party of voters who were not immediately inclined to circle the wagons around him.
Let's see if Barrack is the poker player he makes himself out to be: he should go tell Hillary to suck rocks. Why should he take on $11M in extra debt when her voters will not only come around for him anyway, but will campaign enthusiastically when they realize what their alternative is?
The Iraq War is the 800 pound gorilla in the room in both parties- do the Hillary supporters honestly think they will carry through on their threat to not just sit this one out, but step in and vote for McCain? Not on your life!
Tell Hillary to go back to the Senate and find somebody who doesn't add to your baggage. That's not a "dream ticket". That's a nightmare. That's both ends of a ticket who won't play well in at least thirty states, for the same reasons.
Barrack has baggage that he has been able to step above because he is as yet undefined to many. Hillary's baggage has been documented for years- it is why the opening was created for some other Democrat to step in and fill. Obama was the one with the talent to fill that void.
He shouldn't feel a need to chase after in any way somebody who so many were trying to run away from.