Who’s whose running mate… Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama


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An Obama-Clinton or Clinton– Obama ticket. The question was raised on tonight’s show with David Letterman in April 2007 when Barack Obama appeared as his guest. David Letterman admitted that it “would be a powerful ticket… undeniably, that would be a powerful ticket”. Mr. Obama’s reply was: “Which order are we talking about?”.

An Obama-Clinton or Clinton– Obama ticket. The question was raised on tonight’s show with David Letterman in April 2007 when Barack Obama appeared as his guest. David Letterman admitted that it “would be a powerful ticket… undeniably, that would be a powerful ticket”. Mr. Obama’s reply was: “Which order are we talking about?”.

Indeed, Mr. Obama has come a long way, fighting his way to top the delegate count in a race against time. Time that Senator Clinton had in abundance.

“Obama, for whatever reason, has sort of captured people’s attention this year in a way that Hillary just can’t,” said Ohio State University political scientist Paul Allen Beck. “I think that when voters are asked to compare the two in terms of experience, Clinton does better than Obama, but it obviously doesn’t matter to people,” Beck said. “There are plenty of other factors that enter into it as well.”

By all indications, Mr. Obama has an advantage against Mrs. Clinton in not only the delegate count but also the number of states won. A poll which appears on the real clear politics site indicates that Obama stands a better chance at beating McCain. Even Condoleeza Rice, the republican US secretary of State, described Obama as someone she “respects” in a recent BBC interview.

It would therefore be pure tomfoolery bordering insanity to stop in his successful tracks to negotiate for a vice presidential ticket. Which is exactly the invitation the Clintons threw to Mr. Obama.

Although the idea of a joint Obama-Clinton / Clinton-Obama ticket is an “undeniably” powerful one, the timing of Mr. Clinton’s last weekend insinuation of a vice presidential position for Obama in a joint ticket was seen as “premature” by Mr. Obama.

The question is; was it an insult or an attempt to prove to Americans that Mrs. Clinton is a better presidential material by offering a hand to Mr. Obama? And why would they invite Mr. Obama as a running mate after they have derided him as inexperienced?

Both Mr. John Kerry a former democratic nominee and former democratic leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, lashed out immediately at the idea, saying that “It may be the first time in history that the person who is running number two would offer the person running number one the number two position…”

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