"You won't see me as a vice presidential candidate -- you know, I'm running for president. We have won twice as many states as Senator Clinton, and have a higher popular vote, and I think we can maintain our delegate count -- but you know, what I'm really focused on right now, because all that stuff is premature, is winning this nomination and changing the country."- Barack Obama, when asked about being a VP to Clinton
A LOT of talk has come from the Clinton campaign this week on how they could win and people could still get Barack Obama *if* she asks and *if* he accepts a role as her VP *if* they manage to steal, erm "win", the nomination.
From Hillary to Bill to various minions, this has been a daily soundbite from the Clinton campaign, all in the interests of stealing voters away.
A couple comments. One, I seriously doubt she'd asked. Two, I seriously doubt he'd accept. Three, I STILL wouldn't vote for her even if Obama took on the role for the good of the party.
I know he's kind-of hinted that he'd say no to this. That's not enough. He REALLY needs to get out there and say no to intolerance and race-baiting. He needs to explain that he will not side with divisive politics and lies and slander at any cost. He should say NO, unequivocally, and give sound reasons as to why not. That's not attack politics or going dirty. That is explaining why his campaign is far different from her's.
It might even be career suicide in his current roles should he lose, but if he believes in this as strongly as the rest of us do, a Senate re-election bid shouldn't even be in the cards for him anyway. Not after he's elected president. And standing defiantly and definitively on the side of the angels is a good way to get there.
WE know this as his supporters. The rest of undecided Democrats and independents do not. They have to have this knowledge in hand before they go to the polls in the remaining states and Puerto Rico.
Comments