I thought they were going to swap spit at the end of their debate. Where the hell was Bill? I mean, something's going on there. It's at least an emotional affair if it hasn't crossed over into a full blown political one yet. Barack and Hillary seemed like they were positively in love. Is this a fast moving courtship, one fueled by the heat of battle, passions running wild over the prospect of a huge new address on lots of prime real estate in a pricey neighborhood? Or is it just a strategy to bring civility back to their contest so they can keep Dems across the land excited about the historic moment they find themselves in?
The prospect that these two might make a ticket is tantalizing, though still a bit hard to fathom, even if they almost played tonsil hockey at the close of their very genteel debate. And a ticket may be possible, if Hillary wins the nomination. Being Vice President wouldn't be a bad step at all for Barack. It's a logical progression for him, though I'm more convinced now that he should be the nominee. Hillary's just too exposed on Iraq, as Obama pretty deftly showed tonight and McCain is very vulnerable there, obviously, since he wants us to stay in Iraq forever. But he's also vulnerable on the economy, since he just can't seem to relate there to anyone. Obama can win on both those issues. Clinton can win on one of them.
But I can't see Clinton accepting a VP nod from Obama should he get the nomination. It doesn't make any sense for her. She's been that close before and she wants the whole enchilada. Anything else for her will be failure. But it's a kind of failure that she can take back to the Senate with her, where her status would be greater than as it would be as VP, where she's been too close to been-there-done-that.
We'll see how it goes. But it's kind of fun to think about. I mean, she looked kind of hot tonight, and he was as handsome as ever. They make the prettiest pair since Mondale-Ferraro.
Oops.
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You're better than this, Joe. I could've heard/read these trite observations literally everywhere else. Besides, I think Obama and Clinton being cordial was refreshing cause it was an aberration and not the norm.
Posted on February 3, 2008 12:37 PM by Chris