Rendell Cools on Obama-Clinton Ticket

Hillary could upstage Obama even if she were in a semi-coma. Experience and talent always take center stage.

Obama is doomed without her on the ticket. We’ll see if he has any more sense than Pelosi, Dean, et al. I doubt it…

He may surprise you guys. He lasted out with Babba, Hillary, Penn beating him down for months…he is pretty tough.

The democratic is seriously broken.
Thanks Howard, thanks Nancy!

Sexism..Sexism…MMmmmmmmmmm Hillary showed us how weak she is by having to take “time to think”…she wouldn’t have that option if she was the president. Just shows us the weak side of herself. That speech was a disgrace to womenhood.

staunch…WOW I guess you showed everyone…welcome to the “rich and famous” world of JOhn McCain. I hope you got money, honey…

A: I like the idea of pre-election impeachment! We should start the proceeding for a nominee impeachment.

How could any HRC supporter vote for McCain… the man that will bomb Iran, never push for universal health care, opposes womens rights etc.
HRC needs to go back to the Senate.

I love the way the MSM can’t come to terms with some facts…the first being that the Clintons are not racists. When Bill was talking in SC, only a handful of people heard what he actually said. We heard the edited snippets and the call was made….RACISTS!!!! Even Jesse Jackson said Bill’s statements were true. That’s the kind of “journalism” that has brought us the messiah Obama. Well done!
GO HILLARY!

1. Obama did pass the 2118 mark yesterday.
2. Hillary is not bi partisan she had 12 suporters to 9 on the Rules and Bylaws comittee and still couldn’t get her agenda passed.
3. Hillary will not carry Texas and West Virginia.
4. Hillary admitted that the nomination is decided by delegates
5. Hillary wants the spotlight and will try to steal Obamas
6. Hillary started with over 200 SD backing her before the 1st vote counted.
7. Barack won because he got young people involved, gain the support of the Dem base, energized the black voting pop. and prove he can withstand controversy.
8. Obama won becuase Hillary underestimated him.

Neither Candidate has the votes that were needed to be the nominee for the democrates. The Super Delegates put Obama over the top. The Superdelegates will not decide the candidate that I will vote for. How dare they.
To me, this is a tied contest: One has more delegates(minus the supers) and one has more poular vote.
This should go all the way to the convention. Superdelegates bow out. You should be forced to take back your votes. If there is not a decision in Denver, then you “STUPID POWER HUNGRY” SUpers can vote then….but not until then!

“7. Barack won because he got young people involved, gain the support of the Dem base, energized the black voting pop. and prove he can withstand controversy.”
Uh, NO. Obama won because most of the people who voted for him did so before all his baggage tumbled out of his closets. A whole lot of those people want their votes back.

I could’t agree more Emily….and I am relieved that she won’t be offered the VP spot by the arrogant one….I don’t want her dirtied by being anywhere near him when he loses in Nov.
GO McCAIN!!!!!!!

(I forgot)
9. Hillary has lied more then Obama this election cycle
10. Hillary can’t raise money even with a former President for a husband
11. After all the controversy with Obama, Hillary is still less trustworthy then Obama in most swing states.
12. Hillary was the first to go negative. (Mailers in New Hampshire)
13. Hillary spent most of her life working in corporate America, and has 4 years less elected official experience then Obama, and has even less public servant experience then Obama.

I am sick to death of all of the fair weather supporters of Hillary and Bill Clinton. They are all jumping ship like rats. Rendell is probably hoping for the VP slot now. If I were the Clinton’s, I would endorse Obama, and then go quietly back to my day job and let them campaign without me at all. Afterall, if the Clinton’s are such a detriment, they shouldn’t really need them or their 18 million supporters right!

After some thought, I think Hillary should NOT accept the VP position. I think she needs to let him try to win with someone else. She will upstage him. He is a weak candidate and needs to build up his campaign. He will either bring Hillary supporters on board and win the election, or lose without them. Hillary doesn’t want to be on the losing end anymore.

Steve M
actually one has the most delegates… teh only real metric
one has the most states won,
one has the popular vote in 5 of the 6 ways you count it…
the only time obama loses the popular vote count is if you give hillary all the vote in michigan while giving obama zero votes
zero
you can give him half of the uncommited and he wins that vote…
i seriously doubt no one voted for him in michigan…but whatever
the popular vote isnt a metric at all.
The simple fact of the matter is we have the nominee and everyone is rallying around him
she can take ti to the convention but it would be political suicide

I think this was the most intelligent stuff I have ever heard from him. Not for Obama’s sake, but for Hillary’s and the party’s sakes. If she were to become VP she would be resigning herself to be a good #2, and blocking herself from running in 2012…she would not run against her own party’s incumbent. There are other ways that she can be a true leader in the party and for her supporters. Personally, I always thought of Hillary as Sec of State (if she didn’t win), but the latest suggestions as head of Health and Welfare or supreme court is cool, too.
I know that emotions are still high, but it can’t last forever, and the sooner it ends the better. The candidates and other leaders know it, we need to prepare for the next fight together.

Rendell wants to be Veep.
Hillary should run for president as an independent candidate in 2012
Hillary Supporters vote McCain ’08

So with every last primary and caucus now over and done with, here are the final stats for the delegates and popular votes:
• Barack Obama has passed the 2,118-vote finish line and now has 2,158 votes, against 1,926 for Clinton. The remaining 144 super-delegates are likely to go almost entirely to Obama.
• Obama leads in the pledged-delegate count by 1,763 to Clinton’s 1,640 — a difference of 52%-48%, showing just how close this race was over the whole cycle.
• In the super-delegate count, Obama now leads by 395 votes to Clinton’s 286 votes, a long journey from the start of the race when Hillary dominated in this category. This number is also likely to change very rapidly, as more and more supers come out for Obama as the presumptive nominee.
• For the popular vote — a statistic that the Hillary camp has been boasting they won — it all depends on how you count it. According to RealClearPolitics, Obama leads by 151,844 in a count that excludes Michigan and factors in estimates from caucuses that did not directly report popular vote totals. Including Michigan and crediting Obama all of the “Uncommitted” voters against Clinton, Obama still leads by 61,703 votes. In order for Hillary to lead, Michigan has to be added in without crediting Obama those votes.
All in all, it’s been an amazing primary season. One candidate started out as the seemingly-unstoppable frontrunner, while another was able to come out of practically nowhere and pull off a narrow victory. The next step: Cleaning up the mess and getting on to the general election.

As a Clinton Supporter I hereby acknowledge for the record that my candidate Senator Clinton lost both the Popular Vote and the Delegate Vote.
PLEDGED DELEGATES
Obama 1763 – Winner (+123)
Clinton 1640
POPULAR VOTE (includes MI/FL/Caucuses)
Obama 18,697,142 – Winner (+82,881)
Clinton 18,614,261

Where do you want to see our great country in 2 years and beyond?

Why is it that it was ok when it was Carter VS Kennedy took it to the floor if Hillary was a man she would not be told when to get out .

Hillary Clinton is STUNNING!!!
You have just witnessed the greatest political campaign fight in American history. One for the textbooks, and the history books. Hillary Clinton fought her heart out against all odds to win for all of the American people . While at the same time doing her best to prepare Sen. Barack Obama to win in November if he was the nominee. STUNNING!!! WELL DONE HILLARY CLINTON. WELL DONE! Your AMAZING! :-)
Sen. Obama could not have had a better opponent than Hillary Clinton. Nor could he have had a better opponent to prepare him for the battle royal to come against John McCain and the Republicans ahead of the November elections. Hillary Clinton was like a big Mama cat determined to teach her kitten how to hunt, and hang with the big dogs for the fights ahead.
And how about Bill Clinton, Chelsea, and th whole Clinton team. They were magnificent. They really showed their metal. BRAVO! TEAM CLINTON… BRAVO!
And how about YOU! my fellow Americans. I’m so proud of you. And proud to be one of you. You showed what you are made of. And what makes America so great. You never gave up on your Champion Hillary Clinton. Time, and time again you eagerly waited your turn to vote for Hillary Clinton. To pick her up and pass her along down the line to the rest of your fellow Americans.
You never gave up on her. Just as Hillary Clinton never gave up on you. No matter how many times they counted her out. No matter how many times they brutally knocked her down. You knew she would get back up. And you were ready to support her when she did. AMERICA LOVES A FIGHTER. AMERICA UNDERSTANDS A FIGHTER. AMERICA IS A FIGHTER. I’M PROUD OF YOU AMERICA!
Hillary said she would accept the VP spot on the ticket if ask. And I am thrilled to hear that. I think it would be crazy not to take her up on that offer. You could not have a better VP than Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is Sen. Obama’s best chance of winning the Whitehouse in November. And it is essential that the democrats take back the Whitehouse.
The American people are in a very desperate condition now. George Bush has wrecked America, and much of the world.
YOU MADE US VERY PROUD HILLARY CLINTON! :-)
WE LOVE YOU…
jacksmith… Working Class :-)
p.s. I really liked Sen. Barack Obama’s speech in Minnesota. I think he just maybe ready now for the Bush Republican attack machine, dirty tricks, and vote fraud machine. :-)

TJ,
Say what ever you want.
I am doing it for me.
After I acknowledge we lost and I have the numbers to prove it, I can heal.

Obama supporters should try to keep in mind 2000 & 2004.
Both of those years the Dems were 100%UNITED against Bush.
We lost BOTH years.
The Dems are now gouged down the middle with deep and bloody wounds.
Half the electorate voted for Hillary and a lot of the people who voted for Obama did so in the earlier races before he was vetted and will not be voting for him in the general election.
A lot of Hillary supporters will go over to Obama. A lot more will not.
A lot of people in America see Obama as too much too the left. A lot of people in America consider McCain moderate.
Obama supporters think they don’t need Hillary’s supporters.
Good luck with that.
I’m laying money that the man taking the oath in January won’t have a wife named Michelle.

It’s eye-opening to see just how racist a lot of “feminists” are when they lose a fair fight.
That’s demonstrated so clearly by many Hillary supporters posting here.
You crybaby Hillary supporters are just proving that you’re not ready to play varsity ball.
Posted by: RD | Jun 4, 2008 5:02:08 PM
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IM NOT A FEMALE AND IM NOT ‘FEMINITS’.
BESIDES, WOMEN HAVE EVRY RIGHT TO FIGHT EQUALITY AND YOU WOULD ACCEPT THAT IF YOU WERE MAN ENOUGH..
I RESPECT WOMEN.
HILLARY CLINTON IS THE BEST OF THESE THREE AND DEMO OLD MEN GAVE THIS ELECTION AWAY.
NOT TO WORRY, ID JUST HELP THEM LOSE BY VOTING MCCAIN.

Hillary would “upstage” Obama, because of her antics and nonsense with her and her husband. The media would be wasting time focusing on their dysfunction. For those you say that he can’t win without her on the ticket, nonsense, he can’t with WITH her on the ticket. Hillary is kryptonite. Basically everyone in the country, except for those that voted for he in this primary, hate the woman. It seems that her supporters don’t realize that….

Jeff
Wake up!!!!!
You are living in a fantasy land fueled by falsehoods presented to you by the media.
If people didn’t like Hillary, she wouldn’t have 18 million votes in the primary… more than any all republicans put together.
All other candidates had way higher favorable ratings than Hillary yet she got 18 million votes.
Bush had way worse favorable ratings yet he whipped John Kerry in 04.
Pleeeaaasseee lets all be smart democrats this time around.

Obama is going to lose so badly to McCain. Hillary should be no where near it. They will just blame her.
Hillary ’12

Yes, I’m beginning to think that Hillary is better off nowhere near the Obama ticket.
That way she cannot be blamed (rightfully, however, they will blame her anyway, because nothing is ever HIS fault) for the disaster to come in November, and she can have a fresh start next time around, hopefully with new leaders in the Democratic Party.

Yes Sara. Great attitude!

Allow HRC and her supporters to go through the grieving process,as they are all in the denial or anger stages now. An understanding of their grief following such a major loss explains how irrational their current judgment, statements and actions are. I am certain that when HRC’s folks come to their senses and enter the bargaining stage of the grief process that we can all count on the graciousness and wisdom of our Future President Obama. Let’s send our loving light to those who supported HRC, that they will heal in Godspeed, not remain stuck in their grief, and not continue to think and act from such a unhealthy place.

There are less than 6 months left before the election!! I say let’s deal with Hillary and Bill later. I’m dying to know the laundry in McCain’s suitcase. Can we please get the party started already??

GOOD ADVise by Governor Rendell! It’s refreshing to see that some Clinton supporters are seeing the full picture…….
“Rendell reminded Clinton and her supporters that the choice for vice president belongs solely to Obama. “He has to make the choice, and it’s his choice to make,” said Rendell. “You don’t bargain with the Presidential nominee. Even if you’re Hillary Clinton and you have 18 million votes, you don’t bargain.” THIS IS TRUE~
I personally feel that Clinton supporters as well as the media has over played the idea that Senator Obama somehow cannot win the presidential race without the mighty Clinton machine. Actually I feel that she would surely be more of a liability than an asset.
It is clearly time for Senator Clinton to step aside and allow Senator Obama, his lovely wife Michelle, the hard working campaign staff and the millions of loyal Obama supporters to celebrate this important historical event. I and many of my close associates highly resent the grace-less, narssicism displayed by Senator Hillary Clinton & her staff by attempting to over shadow the greatness of Tuesday night’s event.
THIS was and is clearly Senator Obama’s moment to shine. SHame, shame on Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Senator Obama has proven himself to be the better of the two. He is a highly qualifed candidate as well as an eloquent, patient and articulate winner~
SINCERE Congratulatons and Best of Luck to Senator Obama-

The Clintons and their team ran a dirty rotten campaing and they got what they deserve……NOTHING….GO OBAMA

PROUD LATINA, I think you are judging Hillary unfairly. I think that what we are seeing is a gradual adjustment, not an ungracious one. This is a difficult situation for the Democrats. Do you think that a sudden, uncharacteristic concession of the sort you demand would be interpreted favorably by the public or the media? It would be like Obama suddenly offering the VP slot. Patience, respect and due consideration is what will unite the Democrats, not rashly rushing and pushing and criticizing and complaining.
And for goodness sake, LAUREN, Saturday is perfectly reasonable. You can’t wind down a campaign in a day. Things aren’t as simple as you see them.
I think you are all letting your uncontrolled feelings get the better of your reason.

Hillary Clinton for ambassador to Papua New Guinea !
Hurray For Hillary !!!
Hip Hip
H-U-R-R-A-Y !!!