Clinton Set to Concede Delegate Race to Obama

If Obama doesn't want Clinton (and I don't believe he does) and she publicly states she wants the job, then he has a dilemma on his hands.

With less of the popular vote than Clinton has, he really can't afford to alienate her followers. Some will calm down with time...others feel betrayed which may only be remedied if she's the VP nominee.

I think many of her supporters would be ticked if he selected another woman.

Picking another minority probably won't get him a significant increase in additional votes.

I almost think he needs to find a moderate white man to squelch the Rev. Wright & Nation of Islam discussions and also to balance out his liberal voting stance. This may get him some of the voters currently on the fence. Who would that be....?

Many want Richardson but is having a quality candidate a higher priority than having someone who can garner votes? Common sense says yes but reality suggests otherwise.

Hopefully things will get better but from what I've seen, I can't imagine having Obama, Clinton, or McCain in office for more than four years. Maybe the days of having quality candidates are a thing of the past. :nope:

 

Okay, I've got to get back to work before Mastermind abuses me. :grin:

 

Nation of Islam?
lol

I wont abuse you today.:insane:

 

hearing jim webb's name being tossed about more and more as obama's vp choice due to his defense background. potential problem is that he's a former member of the gop. also hearing alaska's gov. as potential running mate for mccain.

 

She should have conceded, congratulated Obama and promised to do work hard to get him elected. Instead she bragged about getting the most popular votes and made it pretty clear that she wants the VP slot and expects to get it, putting pressure on Obama. Not a very smart move.

 

Lots of good points from everyone. I do think she wants things a la Don Vito but I'm not convinced it's the Veep spot. Becoming the Senate Teddy is a good likelihood as is the future promise of support for another Presidential run. She is SO not done. She will use her power/influence to stay in the public's eye for the next 4 years.

As for Feinstein. I don't think Obama "needs" a female Veep just suggested her as a possibility if he wanted to be that specific. It's difficult to like everything about any candidate so while I have issues with where she stands and how she votes on some things, overall I like her and she is eminently preferable to Boxer OR Pelosi (not hard to do really :hihi. More importantly she sits on the Committees that give her experience and access in the ways that MOST shore up Obama.

 

You are probably right, especially about the Hispanic vote. But I have always said that the votes that a VP candidate brings to a campaign are marginal at best because people vote for the president; not for the VP. However, in a race this close it could be a deciding factor.

 

I'd imagine at least half of Clinton's supporters would vote dunkey regardless of candidate before they'd vote for a pachyderm; especially the feminists. I really think Clinton got a lot of the "white vote" and some of those probably wouldn't vote for a black democrat over moderate McCain even if Clinton was VP. I hope I'm wrong about that. Maybe some lily white guy would win over folks scared by Obama's church affiliation.

Sounds like an astute observation, as usual, from Red, the Clintonphiliac. :yelwink2:

I really think Cheney helped Bush, and the young, inexperienced, left-leaning Obama could really be buoyed by the right right-hand-man. The right package could be the difference for many in whether they vote Obama or not, IMO.

 

Breaking news: Clinton has decided to officially admit defeat and endorse Obama. Although Clinton lost on Tuesday, she refused to accept that reality, hoping to see some strong evidence of support for her decision, but it wasn't there.

 

Alot of her backers were dissapointed in your speech and told her that she needed concede and endorse.

If she has any chance of getting the VP spot, which I think she should get.