Comments:Hillary Clinton: I am 'open to being' US Vice President

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Interesting, this could challege McCain. Red4tribe (talk) 00:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I wonder if Colin Powell will run as McCain VP?--66.229.25.248 01:14, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Why not Condoleezza Rice? Wouldn't that nullify the gender/race debate? --SVTCobra 01:17, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I always liked Powell, But Ms.Rice is a Smart cookie too and I don't vote base on gender and race. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.25.248 (talk) 01:28, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Picking Powell or Condi would bring up allegations of McCain running for Bush's third term. Right now, I think McCain wants to distance himself as far away from the Bush administration as he can without alienating the 28% of the country who still support it. ~Planoneck~ 03:40, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah i think the same thing can be said for Hilliary and AL gore.--66.229.25.248 04:18, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

CLINTON AS VICE PRESIDENT

I BELIEVE THAT OBAMA\CLINTON PRESIDENCY WILL FORM A FORCE IN WINNING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY EASIER BECAUSE OBAMA WON THE PRIMARIES WITH JUST VERY SLIGHT VOTES. THIS MEANS THAT A WHOLE LOT PEOPLE STILL PREFER CLITON TO OBAMA BUT IF THE TWO OF THEM COME TOGETHER, THEY'LL DEFINITELY WIN THE REPUBLICAN.

CHIDI IHEDIWA ABUJA, NIGERIA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.14.92.62 (talk) 09:45, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, something tells me Obama would do it unwillingly. Red4tribe (talk) 11:12, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Why this isn't a good idea.

Many are hoping that an Obama/Clinton ticket could heal the rift in the Democratic Party, but look at the downside - you get Obama's baggage: Rev. Wright, the Weathermen, Madrassagate, Bittergate, all the ridiculous nonsense over whether he loves America "enough" - PLUS you get all of the Clinton baggage, which includes Whitewater, America's conflicted reaction to her decision to stay with her husband (which is none of America's business), as well as President Clinton's many recent campaign-trail gaffes and the rumored possibility that he is back to skirt-chasing. Besides which, many in the country are uncomfortably trying to figure out where President Clinton would figure into the White House power structure - given his charisma and long political experience, many wonder if he would wind up being the Obama administration's Dick Cheney-esque "man behind the throne". To be honest, I'd love to have him back as POTUS but I'm not sure if he has the self-control to sit passively on the sidelines as merely the "Second Mate". He could wind up being more damaging to the Obama campaign, and the Obama administration, than anything else I can think of. Plus as merely the husband of the VP, his philandering would be much more likely to get him in hot water and would be much harder to cover up, therefore much more damaging to the administration. So let's keep President Clinton away from the White House unless we're ready to hand him the keys again and let him actually work there, OK?

As for electoral math, there is talk of Clinton helping Obama with Hispanic and African-American voters. Since when does he need help with those? It's working-class white voters he needs help with - look at all the exit polls showing how Clinton trounced him in that demographic time and again, and look how long she was able to stave off almost certain defeat by making this one extremely valid point: that this electoral group is too important to ignore and is typically crucial in determining who gets to sit behind the Resolute Desk. But I can think of a politician more likely to be helpful with that demographic than Clinton, someone who would have trounced *her* in that demographic in West Virginia if he had still been in the running - John Edwards. He lacks Clinton's baggage and acquitted himself well in 2004, which means he's already well vetted and has proven his ability to not stick his foot in his mouth or embarass the party, which is more than can be said for President Clinton's recent petty antics. Plus, please try to remember that this is America, where we freed the slaves but waited a century to actually do anything to make that promise real. Change is slow here; I think getting either a black man or a woman president is an amazing, colossal leap forward for this nation. Putting both on the ticket may be asking the average American too much - and don't curl your lip because their vote WILL determine this election, as it does every election.

As for the "rift" in the Democratic Party, I'm not worried about it. The people saying they're going to "stay home" are almost certainly the same whiners who loudly stated that if Kerry lost they were going to run for the border. (I could almost hear them adding "...and THEN you'll be sorry!") So tell me now: how many of them are singing "O Canada" today? The point is, the "stay home if x gets the nomination" crowd are just blowing hot air, and the media are fools to pay attention to such empty threats. Come November, the same ones who always stay home will stay home, and the same ones who were going to vote anyway will pull the lever for Obama. I won't be losing any sleep over it - and that's why we don't need Vice President Clinton. --on WP as User:Kasreyn 167.127.107.8 14:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Er, why don't you unify your accounts and stop signing as an IP? --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:07, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Click here while logged in to en.wiki to merge your account. Anonymous101 :) 15:09, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Hillary

Hillary deserved to be the president of these united states.Obama has no experience and i can't beleive he got this far.It is NOT the will of the people,as mostly everyone favored Hillary,18 million of us,and she got the popularity vote,if the superdelegates weren't so "Anti-Hillary she would've won.I personally think Most of the people in politics were jealous and afraid she clean house and go down in history as the "BEST PRES.EVER" i know Obama will NOT be the best person to handle our country,you watch and see!!!!!! Personally i will vote for McCain ,if only to take a vote away from Obama.Why do we vote anyway? It's Obviuos it doesn't matter! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.78.125.127 (talk) 14:04, 27 June 2008 (UTC)