Obama’s VP Short-List Shortcomings

A Clinton delegate was kicked out…..FOR VOTING FOR MCCAIN….The democrats have an absolute right to kick out a delegate if they don’t abide by the rules.

obama/hagel 08

Believe me, HRC supporters know when they’re/we’re being dismissed, with a pat on our collective little female heads, which are too filled with fluff to know when we’re being patronized.
The Great Obama better watch how he handles this whole thing. No one likes being patronized. People won’t automatically shift their allegiance — and their votes — from her to him. Those votes should NOT be taken for granted.

BOTTOM LINE, IF OBAMA DOESNT PICK HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON AS THE VP AND HIS RUNNING MATE HE IS FINISHED. ENJOY HIS LAST 13 WEEKS OF FAME.THAT WILL BE THE LAST STRAW FOR ME. A DEVOTED HILLARY SUPPORTER AND ALWAYS WILL BE. CANT HARDLY WAIT TO SEE WHO HE PICKS. I WILL EITHER NOT VOTE OR VOTE MCCAIN. MY WHOLE FAMILY AND FRIENDS FEEL THE SAME WAY. AND WE ARE ALL FROM THE GREAT SWING STATE OF OHIO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh I am weary of the “Judith Martin” types on these blogs. Either you are a democrat or you aren’t – anybody who would vote for McCain over sour grapes is NOT a democrat – they are a spoiled child who shouldn’t be allowed to vote at all. That’s why you have to be 18. Supposed to be limited to adults!

I wonder if there isn’t a below the radar candidate around somewhere? I think of the candidates discussed here Bayh is the most likely, but I still think there is a possibility of someone jumping out of the woodwork.
I like Biden but I think he is probably too much like McCain in the trivialities (experienced, slightly maverick, foreign policy expert) to get the nod. Also I am not sure that Obama really needs FP help as much as economy help. I think thats what puts Bayh at the top of the list right now. Biden as SofS maybe. Also it seems like Bill Richardson has gotten forgotten in some of these discussions.

As a Hillary Democrat, I do not care who is Obama’s VP. I voted for Hillary in the Virginia election, and I am disgusted with this party. Now part of John’s silent majority, we wait patiently for November.

dl, sounds like most of kaine’s experience would match Obama’s experience. What is the problem here, of course he might have too much experience for Obama.

ME ME ME ME! I like that crying like hillary cut off your nose to spite your face. Hillary should have dropped out after super tues. She’s not even in it and you can’t get rid of her. It’s like a bad rash! LOL!!!

You Hillary supporters sound bitter. Cling to guns and religion much? I hope he picks anybody for VP but Hillary.

Didn’t she concede the election like over a month ago? Why is she even still relevent. After Hillary threw the kitchen sink at Obama I would not pick her as a VP either.

billy bob
Obama has judgement and national experience…
Kaine doesn’t
and it wasn’t that we thought Obama had overwhelming experience …obviously but it is his judgement…
and if his judgement picks a guy like Kaine
I will fess up and say… I was wrong on his judgement…
and I would feel very bad because I see a tidal wave about to hit our country.
that is why I can not believe he would pick someone who doesn’t have a wealth of knowledge on the issues he is facing to be his partner going into this.
I have always said…Biden Bayh (although he is boring as all get out and obama doesn’t need that either) or Clinton just for the familiarity and comfort of people seeing a familar partner in this change he is making.
That is why I still think he couldn’t be picking Kaine it makes absolutely no sense.

All of the recent events in the last four years with Democrats have made me glad that I left the Democratic Party four years ago.

Nancy, I was a lifelong democrat who always voted the party line. However, I won’t vote for Obama. I supported Hillary not only because I thought she was a better candidate but also because I think Obama is a horrible candidate. I am very disappointed in the democratic party and I am now an independent. I don’t think I’ll have a problem voting for McCain as he has some good characteristics and experience. Also, I believe the democrats will maintain majorities in House and Senate, so having a president who is from the republican party provides more checks and balances.

Susan, You got that right. We need a balance. I dislike Obama more than McCain. I just think that Obama is far too solipsistic.

i think Obama should pick Evan Byah, he has forgein experience, he’s quiet, and a great obama supporter, and most of all Obama can carry Indiana on Dem Side!

Hey, if Obama chooses Biden, we’ll have a dual plagiarism ticket.

Monarchland, At least, unlike some Obama supporters, you are saying his VP choice is vital. Most of his supporters think that he is going to win in a landslide because they think he is so great. They don’t even think he needs the votes of many of us. So when you say that, it sounds like you think Obama stands a chance to lose.

OBAMA/BAYH 08′

Ekanem, Obama could pick Ann Venneman, Bush’s former appointee. Then we would really be at risk of a third Bush term if he does that.

Obama/Bayh
Obama BYE

Biden gets the Comb Over crowd.

I think that John McCain lacks integrity. Speaking as a Navy vet myself how can he talk about supporting the troops but remain consistantly absent to vote for our benefits. Not to mention the sneaky way he is choosing to attack Obama using footage of him shooting basketball with the troops to attack him for not supporting them. You have to admit that was kind of low. McCain should follow his words with deeds, like actually showing up to vote for troop funding and veteran’s benefits.

In likely hood, it doesnt matter who he picks, he will still win the election in a landslide!
OBAMA 08′

billy bob
you said you can’t stand someone who won’t admit they were wrong…
you must not be able to stand mccain who not only voted for the war…he pushed and sold it. go look it up… he IS one of the reasons and main pitchers for why we went in.

OBAMA/BAYH 08′

Zeb
The DNC doesn’t think this is a democracy, from the way they stripped Hillary of her four delegates, as an insult to her, on top of choosing all the uncommited votes for Obama. We can vote for whomever we want, despite threats from everyone that Obama cares so much for women. He cares so much for human life that he voted (funny thing for him to vote on anything) against the Infant Born Alive bill. If he would deny healthcare for any infant who survives an abortion, then just exactly who does he want healthcare for? That is my concern with Obama. Healthcare? For WHOM if not the most fragile members of our society. The baby is OUT of the mother’s womb. It is not longer an issue for her and he denies it care to help it survive.

Matt G
not to be a downer…but the math and the chess of it doesn’t work with him picking Kaine first…too many upsides and maps that McCain can use with Kaine on the dem ticket…
trust me I wish it wasn’t so…
I thought in my heart of hearts he wouldn’t get near this weird idea that peoople were throwing around…but
I guess I don’t know what his vetting team was thinking….
oy
hopefully, like I said, Kaine is just cancelling his events tomorrow to nap.

Sam Nunn, or George Mitchell would provide something for conservative,compassionate Dems and elderly to embrace. I don’t think any American statesmen, short of former Presidents, have the public, private, domestic and international credentials that Mitchell’s resume boast– It could even be argued that his Arab-American roots (mother was from Lebanon and father Irish) could add to Obama’s already diverse image.
Unlike Kaine, Sam Nunn could really help in the Deep South. As Senate Armed Services committed chair, Southern states are still owing him for keeping them off the base closure list.
For just the freshness, history and intellect, it would be great to see an Obama/Kaine ticket

Hey Becky I plan on voting for the person who will benefit my children and grandchildren and that will NOT be Obama. I don’t have to get over anything so keep your smart*ss mouth to yourself thank you.

I think this election will be very close. It will entirely depend upon who shows up to vote in November. Both canidates are flawed, so once again voters are left to choose from the lesser of two evils.

I can tell you this. Obama is NOT the antiChrist mentioned in Revelation. If he were, he would be whooping McCain by a 90% margin. God will put the person in power He wants. He sets up governments. Sometimes He wants that person in there for just one reason to do one thing. It is up to Him. I will vote but I have no control. God is in control. I will pray for whomever ends up running the country. I have to do that.

BILL RICHARDSON:
14 years in Congress
2 years UN ambassador
2 yrs Secretary of Energy
5 yrs as governor
23 yrs experience in state and federal government, in legislative and executive branches, in domestic and foreign policy.
Wouldn’t vacate a Senate seat.
Geographic (west) and
ethnic (Hispanic) balance.
Clinton might make a better campaigner, but Richardson would be a better VP.

My vote is for Daffy Duck.

Um, Does anyone remember that awful president, the one that ran up the national debt to the higest it has ever been after coming into office with the higest surplus ever created? The one that raped our constitution, and has the most unpopular rating of any president ever? The president that they are trying to IMPEACH, for WAR crimes, not a blow job? The president that was so uninvolved after Katrina that ever the biased press, had to actually say something for a change? Yeah that president… Well, Josh Mccain has been his cheerleader for a long time, he has backed almost every vote Bush needed, and was a virtual mouth piece for the war, standing up and saying IT WILL BE A VERY QUICK AND EASY WAR TO WIN!!!!!!! So you die hard, republicans, the ones that will vote for MCBUSh, because hes a republican, no other reason needed, well I would think about that vote a lot. People die every day so you can make that vote! Those people, whom Bush/McCain had no problem sending over seas to a war that was as false as Pam Andersons boobs, are risking their lives because YOUR PRESIDENT, the one YOU voted FOR and the one you are going to VOTE for again, for no other reason that “I am a republican” or I like Hillary and I will vote for McCain if she isnt chosen as running mate, Well, you sent those people to die for your choices, because you voted for Bush, because he was a republican too. I would strongly pray that you think about what has happened the last 7 1/2 years and maybe think again, before rushing to send more and more off to die for reasons we really arent sure about, and since they are so very well hiden for now, may never really understand. I think i would take the ability to deal with foreign leaders and speak to them as a human, a lot mroe than the experience of McCain, whom was a POW in the Vietnam War, as horrible as that was, he didnt learn that ever war isnt won, and evertime you fire a gun, it doesnt have to be called WAR! our country has had enough BUSH/McCain MCBUSH and we need some time to try to “fix” the collateral damage, and maybe pay off some of the debt we owe China and Saudi Arabia, unless they just decdie to take our properties instead of us paying them back with our now worthless dollar. We really dont need more of the same, and sicne McCain is such a hot head, that cant admit we havent won anything (I dont seea prize to win in this crap we are in) well, i would think McCain would be a driving force to get us into the next battle Maybe against IRAN, Since he has already laughed and joked and sang Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb IRAN! He wuold be the one that would slime us into more war, and since our miliraty is stretched to the point they are doing 4-5 tours, and extended times, in IRAQ, and are going to be into Afghanistan after that, DO YA REALLY WANT TO STAY AT WAR UNTIL We win something? I dont think we can do it and especially not alone, and McCain shows he isnt very good at making foreign friends, so the world isnt going to be with us, and it will be IRAQ all over again! STOP and THINK!!!!! And dont vote just because, the next kids they send to the next war zone, may be yours or your friends, and do you want that really? A very high price to pay for being stupid I think.

And as you can see, I can’t even type. Drat these fingernails. TEACHERS

It doesn’t matter who he picks, or who is elected for that matter. Once a few more banks go the route of Bear Stearns and commodity prices triple again and oil is north of $200/barrel and the deficit exceeds $700BN in 2009… no president will be able to help us. Who was the president in the movie Mad Max?

uhhh, hello,,,, caroline kennedy is the main selector here, she is the dark horse

mark and the rest
be aware that Kaine is anti choice
anti gay rights
no foreign policy or inspiration or judgement…
no understanding of a national legislature…
this guy is bad…
so I am hoping for one that these rumors aren’t true.

Obama/Kaine = Republican dream ticket
Thank you God.

How about Wesley Clark?

I predicted Kaine months ago, because I also pegged Obama correctly as a political hack. The only rational choice is Hillary, but Obama stacked his “selection committee” full of anti Clinton democrats, the most notable, a Kennedy. It’s so sad. They ACTUALLY think that Hillary’s voters will come along anyway. Don’t be so sure FELLAS. Obama makes a lame choice like Kaine, I’m staying home. And I’m not alone.

Obama ,Wright and Farrakhan are cut from the same cloth,…Obama’s prayer
……..Paper, rapped for outing Obama note, claims campaign pre-approved leak…..What initially seemed to be a journalistic scoop of dubious moral propriety now seems to be a case of an Israeli paper being played by the Barack Obama campaign. Maariv, the second most popular newspaper in Israel, was roundly criticized for publishing the note Obama left in the Kotel. But now a Maariv spokesperson says that publication of the note was pre-approved for international publication by the Obama campaign, leading to the conclusion that the “private” prayer was intentionally leaked for public consumption.

Obama need not look beyond Joe Biden for the VP position. He is the best bet to put an end to McCain’s “I know better” bragging about foreign policy credentials. Senator Biden can rip apart McCain’s posture as a foreign policy expert.

Kaine – cannot find a good hair cut
Wesley Clark – sell out and scary
Evan Bayh – too cute in all ways
Biden – will say anything for attention
Sebelius – complaints from the creepy Clintons

McCain could pick Karadzic for his vice president.

Hmmm…, maybe Maria Cantwell the Senator from Washington. She would have some economic clout coming from a business and Internet background – RealNetworks (a terrible company).

A lot of GOP bozo trolls trying to shake things up and cause Dem divisions with Obama’s potential picks. Leave the HRC supporters alone and worry about about your own candidate.Obama can have Kermit the Frog as his Veep and he’ll still beat Grandpa McCain.

I agree, Rev. jackson had the right idea about Obama. If Obama’s voice gets little higher, who cares…

VA + IA = the new Ohio
Obama knows what he’s doing.

dwduck61
what obama has shown in judgement and in his grasp of the subjects is worth more than experience…
if he wasn’t so prevelant in isues we can see and so well-informed etc…
but he knows that his one weakness is experience which is second to judgement…so Kaine shows no record of judgement that is Presidential…
and Obama know s what his weakness is himself…
that even though he has judgement and the right message…there is much of America that needs to feel comfortable with him…and that as he asks them to change…he needs someone next to him that America knows…
He knows that is a hurdle…
so he picks Kaine?
this is the best man in the country he could choose to be a hearbeat away from the Presidency…a man who has had a lackluster 2.5 years as Governor of Virginia.
and who doesnot inspire, comfort or make anyone feel safer or hopeful.
Did you see his dem response to the state of the union.
this guy is a horrible choice.

For goodness sake, stop whining Angry-Democratic-Voter.

If Obama wants the democrats to win in November, he should drop out and beg Hillary to run. Then Hillary could appoint Obama ambassador to kenya.

Matt G.
he can’t win with an anti-gay rights and an anti-choice VP.
the blogs are already a buzz over the fact that this has not been talked about.
and he can’t win with a candidate who totally screws up the VP debate.
the debates have now become too important because there are only a few of them.
Kaine is a horrible choice…that will hurt Obama’s base.

For Obama to even put Kaine in a short list tells us that Obama is not ready to be President. Obama is just as indecisive when he’s talking as he is when choosing his VP.

Could John McCain benefit from Barack Obama’s much-publicized foreign trip? Several observations from the just-completed USA Today/Gallup poll suggest that this is a possibility…..The trip may also be responsible for the finding of a difference in the preferences of likely versus registered voters in the new USA Today/Gallup poll. McCain gains among likely voters compared to registered voters in this poll, something he has not done in previous USA Today/Gallup polls this year.

usually i don’t vote because i think it’s already been decided. i voted against bush ecause it was clear he didn’t have a working brain….and look at the fraud that happened…mugabe/bush….same thing
amazes me that americans are so stupid to fall for the right/left arguement….they read an article/listen to talk radio and parrot what they heard—with conviction!
what happened to thinking for onesself regardless of party dictate?
obama lost me when he went from bring the troops home change to take them out of iraq and put them in afghanistan
new orleans watched katrina come into shore from their homes..when they had warning and time to evacuate…now americans watch the economy coming into shore and quibble about VP’s
what is wrong with all of you?
it doesn’t scare me that bush is an idiot but that the majority of americans voted for him —-twice
who will they elect this year?

If Obama doesn’t want a split democratic party, he needs to pick Hillary. Otherwise, the 18 million Clintonites and many others (which include a whole lot of the Hispanic group and female voters) will give him the cold shoulder in November in one of two ways. One: they stay home and don’t vote, or two: they go to the polls and vote for McCain, Nader or Barr. Don’t be a fool Obama………pick Hillary.

I sure hope Clinton has more of a chance than what the media is letting on. This election is going to be close. If you look at by likely registered voters its scary how close McCain gets. We need a base hugging democrat who can sure up the traditional voting blocks within the dem party. Clinton with her blue collar, woman and latino base would be perfect. i dont care about the garbage that went on in the primaries or what baggage she may have. he needs her for Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Florida. She can help him win, not just make him look good. If he swallows his pride they would be an unstoppable duo.

I blame the DNC for this mess.They allowed the “super delegates” to pick the nominee and now they have a mess on their hands. I say reform the party and give the vote back to the people. If Hillary in not on the ticket, I do not vote.

So if Obama picks Tim Kaine, the Dems will have Obama and his wife and Kaine and his wife – all Harvard Law graduates. What a group! All of them from that hot house of liberal nitwit-ism, Harvard. Take a look at the percentage of Harvard folk who voted against Reagan in both 1980 and 1984. Most of the people Harvard produces don’t have the common sense of a jackass.

Obama’s VP pick is easy. It will be…Caroline Kennedy. Look what Bush did in 2000. Selected Cheney to head up his VP search committee and the eventual VP pick was…Cheney.
At least they won twice…

I don’t know why so many Obamaniacs patronize Clinton’s backers. I guess because Obama patronizes Clinton.
Sadly, very little has been done or said to bring us to Obama. I won’t vote McCain, but I may not vote. And, with the polls this close, every vote counts. If Hillary isn’t on the ticket, Obama doesn’t stand a chance.

Wow, I’m surprised at how many people are supporting Clinton. I do and I feel that if he doesn’t show some respect to her for 18 million votes, I don’t respect him enough to vote for him.
I think the McCain/Clinton ticket would be a winner!

Boy that would shake up Obama and all his supporters wouldn’t it…LOL….McCain / Hillary the dream ticket

NoTrustObama …LOL.. And the name fits him so good. LOL

Don,t you thank MCcane and Hillary would be a dream ticket….I say go for it HILLARY you sure have my vote..get out of the party you are in,how can you support someone who has done you so bad
”reas my lips”OBAMA won,t get TEXAS

I am a Hillary supporter. If Obama chooses any one other than Hillary as the running mate then I am voting for John McCain. Sorry, Obama supporters.

Making Hillary vp would be a hugh mistake. I think she could do wonderful things and be very powerful if she stays in the senate.

Kwamee Kilpatrick from Detroit would be my choice. He’s a cross between Obama and Edwards. Obama in color and like Edwards can’t keep it in his pants.

OBAMA- Kaine now that a joke,,funny,funny,funny,that tell me a lot about OBAMA…What a dumb choice..We sure don,t need someone like him to lead our country..come on all you HILLARY voters don,t stay home on Nov.4 let show these dem.they can,t choose who they wan,t and get by with it..Let put MCcain in the white house,,at least we know he not a muslim

I hope it’s not that fat a$$ Bill Richardson. To unhealthy.

It’s so apparent how desperate the media wants Obama to lose. They’re talking about Obama’s potential VP shortcomings. Still waiting for the same on McCain’s.
Posted by: David
**********************************************Please don’t blame the media for your flawed candidate. It really doesn’t help him. It just highlights that McCain is a nasty, petty man filled with jealousy and insecurity

First you need to look at Obama baggage,and then you might look at Hillarys…Look where he came from and who his friends were,,I sure don,t thank he has been an angel I see no wings and he won,t get my vote if Hillary is not on the ticketI am a dem.but I will do ever thing I can to put MCcane in the white house..You know us old women just might shoch the usa big time come nov..Come on ladies stay with me..If Hillary not vp let go for MCcane

Sue, you old people, as you have said, need to let the young have their say. They are the future of this country whether you agree or not. Hillary is the past.

I’m a Hillary Supporter and I’m not threating to vote for McCain, I’M Promising To Vote For McCain!!!! McCain/Hillary 08′ Sounds More Than Fine To ME!!!! They Both have proven they can work Bi-Partisan & get Stuff Done! Why Not Set The Trend with a Winning Ticket. They Both Would Put America First !!!!

Too bad I was still hoping he would not ignore the will of 18 million democrats which included many, many women. Obama’s go it alone strategy might back fire.

I am so done with the Democratic Party. I to have turned an Independent and will be voting for McCain. Obama is a joke. Sadly, he will cause serious to and long-term damage to our Nation.

I have to say again this Kaine thing is like a punch in the gut…
anti-choice (oh but promises as he is running he won’t overturn Roe…same as Bush said when he ran) and anti gay rights?
are you kidding?
and I would say okay…well what is his record and statements on foreign policy…none.
How about what he thinks of the banking crisis…none to speak of.
I am just …knocked off my feet by even this idea of Kaine…as being on a short list…
and the funny thing is like i said…he gives McCain cover to pick Ridge.
well a Ridge VP on the ticket will crush Kaine on experience and security and foreign policy (and even being a governor for chrissake) enough that McCain won’t lose his base.
That would mean PA chances are would go red…Ohio is quite possible red at that point…Michigan may go on the overall experience issue …and NH (oy with 2 vets against a ticket with Kaine backing up Barack’s brains)chances are would go red.
and the killer
Obama/Kaine in Virginia against 2 vets McCain/Ridge …in a highly military state…
this could quite possibly would be the stupidest chess move ever made…
so I am praying with all my might that this is just a bad joke.

McCain should pick a woman to pick up the very annoyed Hiliary supporters—-and it would be a good long term pr stunt for the republicans to be associated with the first female vp (providing McCain gets in.) I am sorry it isn’t fair to chose one based on their sex, but it is what it is.

McCain shouldn’t pick a female VP for the sack of her being a women. What Women do you know whos is as Qualified as Hillary? Hillary is Experienced & Qualifed to be the President. Obama is Nightmare.

Hillary is the best choice for VP after everything that has happened in the primaries; the support for her has been tremendous. Obama is weak where she has strength.
If Obama chooses some blah-blah male politician, he will have a very tough and, I feel, fatal fight with McCain on his hands.
If McCain chose Hillary, I would be inclined to vote that ticket; even though I feel McCain is arrogant and biggoted in his “good-ole-boy-establishment” mind set.
McCain’s wife is a nightmare. Who wants this self-serving, stepford-wife monster as USA’s first lady?!!! Mrs. Obama has integrity, fortitude, and the self-confidence of her own intelligent opinion. We need her strength, not the aged “Paris Hilton”-like tag-along trophy wife of McCain; God forbid! The choice of a person’s partner shows alot about the character and the other choices this person will make. I stand behind the choice Obama has made; wise, sound, and intelligent.
Maybe Obama’s choice for VP will be just as wise.

LOL at the idiot that said Hillary represents the past. Newsflash she was elected as a US senator just 8 years ago. How is that the past?

Obama bin Hussein is a one term black senator with an Arab Muslim heritage and who is a strong advocate of Black Liberation theology. He is not the man to lead this country. Come November, Americans are going to kick this closet muslim’s shiny black @ss back to the senate.

Posted by: dl | Jul 29, 2008 11:20:43 PM..Good post.
Obama will pick a sweet talker like himself and one that adores his royal highness. The egotistical, presumptive president wannabe is in for a rude awaking in the state of OHIO.

I’m thrilled to see that Hillary’s chances of being VP have pretty much been flushed down the toilet. I wouldn’t have voted for Obama if she were his VP. I was hoping Obama would pick a VP that has some foreign policy & military experience; like Biden or Wesley Clark. I don’t think this guy Kaine is going to be much help come November.
I can’t bare the thought of McCain in the White House, that guy is SCARY! He won’t talk about the issues simply because he has no position on any of them, hence, his daily flip-flopping. It’s sad to think McCain is the “best” candidate that the republicans could offer.
Some of us Obama supporters need to search the internet and see if we can find some dirt on McCain and plaster it all over the internet. I’d like to see the old senile geezer blow a gasket!!

Hillary supporters need to take their blinders off right now or this country is going to have another eight years of unmitigated disaster. I don’t know if we can endure more of this slow corrosion from the inside.
We’re teetering on the brink, folks. If sanity doesn’t return soon to national politics, we’ll wake up to find our country has lost its soul.

Grovers Corners:
Or they’re educated enough to know Reagan made everyone feel good while driving this country into the ground with his insipid deregulation and anti-American ideologies.
Talk about an empty suit. Not only was Reagan’s suit empty, his head was, too.

The Democratic Party has purchased the domain name of their presidential ticket effectively confirming that Senator Evan Bayh of Ohio will be Obama’s running mate in the general elections. Clicking on the — OBAMABAYH08.COM — automatically shoots you to the National Democratic Party website.

I think all the HRC supporters are silly if they think HRC would even want to be on a ticket with Obama..I mean if she did it would only be because she would try and and take the leadership away from Barack. And why would htey want a guy telling HRC what to do..she can still do loads of good and not be VP.

Obama’s VP choice, I believe is VITAL to his chances in November. I LOVED the Clinton’s before their divisive Primary campaign. And now it seems that he owes Hillary the VP, because of all those Hil supporters who say they will not vote for him. But most of them seem to say that they will not vote for Obama regardless. And I also think Obama could loose many independents, as well as many white men and women who do not feel that a woman should be in the White house. I personally would welcome a woman, but many would not. And many also would not like the idea of an African American and a Woman being the two most powerful people in the Country and arguably the world.
I wish there was something I could do to get the Hillary people on Board. Particularly since any more Republican Judges on the court would NOT be a good thing.
Personally I like Bayh

Thank you “HOLLA”. I am in a similar boat. I voted for Hillary in the NY primary. And would have been VERY happy with EITHER as the nominee. But I did start to switch sides around April/May with the mean tactics, but STILL would have voted for Hillary (or any DEMOCRAT) in November. Even if some how they find a way to give the Nomination to Hillary, I STILL would vote Democratic even though I would feel as some Hillary supporters feel, that it was stolen from the one who actually won.

I consider myself a true independent voter. I’ve never seen the logic in voting strictly for a party no matter who the candidate might be. With that said the single worse president in my lifetime has been George W Bush, and I’ve became very disheartened by the Republican party over the past 8 years. I’m a firm believer in Hillary, and wish I could’ve voted for her in the primary but as an independent voter I don’t believe in registering with a party. I don’t think Obama is competent to be President and I don’t care for McCain either. I wish a strong 3rd. Party candidate would step up that actually stood a chance, but I know that won’t happen. I’m still somewhat undecided at this point but I think with Hillary on the ticket I may vote for Obama. Without Hillary on the ticket I’ll definitely vote for McCain.

Anon-
I dont have to vote for Obama till election day and even then I will think about it… you Obamabots canot have everything you want the arrogance generation that has enabled Obama cannot stand!

QBAMA, D. PARTY WAS SPOILED BY RUMORED THAT THE HILLARY PLAYS SECOND FIDDLE///

You people are all morons. The stereotyped Hillary supporter of a crazy old lady is a conservative invention.
Do you not remember calls from the Rush “Pills” Limbaugh crowd telling people to vote for her? This is the same deceitful right-wing misinformation, trying to get people to think that it’s normal to think about voting for McCain.
Don’t try to fight or bait these fakers, these Young Republicans. Just expose their disgusting “ends-justify-the-means / that’s not the definition of torture” methods.

To all CLINTON whiners, do me a favor and shut up. If you feel you would rather vote McCain or not vote because you couldn’t have things you way, then that is STUPID on you part. If you are a democrat be a TRUE DEMOCRAT. It is sad to see “SUPPORTERS” of our party B**** and through fits when they can’t get their way. GET OVER IT!!!!! A little advice to the reporters of this article: “MAKE SURE YOUR FACTS ARE STRAIGHT BEFORE WRITING AN ARTICLE”!!! The bottomw line is “STOP TEARING DOWN THE PARTY AND GET ONBOARD.” OBAMA 08

I would never vote for McCain or any other Republican for that matter. Just look at what the Republicans have done every time they’re in the White House or control Congress. But neither will I vote for this unprincipled egomaniacal hollow suit with a hypocritical Messiah complex. I am so thoroughly disgusted with the DNC and our party leadership and how they manipulated the primaries to give us this corrupt, inexperienced hoof-in-mouth diseased git who is now so indebted to him that they can control him and thus the White House, I’m writing in Al Gore for President when November rolls around. Neither party candidate deserves this vote.

Hillary Supporters – I too wanted Hillary. As as a loyal supporter I do not believe she would be happy with any who voted McCain or did not vote at all.
She wants a Democratic President and there are many great places for Hillary – Like bumping Nancy and making Hillary Majority Leader. She would be great!
Hillary want us to back Obama and this ccountry needs him, not McCain.
Hillary will have her place VP or Not!

Joe: And we may be able to get rid of Obama is Hillary is not the VP. Don’t kid youself, Hillary’s voters are not going to vote for him if she isn’t chosen. You listen to politics too much. Voters make the decision on voting whom they want. Biden, Bayh, Richardson, Kathleen may have been in politics but not enough to know about running the country. You must be smoking the same pot as Obama that’s why he couldn’t answer questions quick enough on the forum or a debate. Get a grip. Obama needs extensive training to run this country and he would get it with Hillary. Biden is too hard nosed and his mouth is bad. Kathleen should stay where she’s at and be glad she has that job.

If you say “If you don’t pick Hillary, me and all the other women will vote McCain”, you really call into question the validity of giving women the vote: That is petty, very very petty. Any person who says this sort of thing deserves to be stripped of their right to vote.

I am a Hill Clinton supporter for VP. Obama needs a woman in his presidency bid who has experience in ALL aspects of political maneuvers, and who the hell has more experience dodging bullets and bad press than Hill? Should it come to pass (and I cannot fathom it) and the Republican gets elected, do ya think Cindy will invite her half sister and her family to the WHite House…DAMN IT, I forgot, she is an only child. For a person to FORGET? their own blood relatives or to be married to the forgetful one show me NOTHING but selfishness and greed. The USA cannot afford another self serving President. I pray that our LORD will take control of this election and bail our stupid American Asses out of the mess we have been led into. Separation of Church and State? maybe, but where I come from, the great state of North Carolina…GOD STILL RULES HERE !

The RNC must be dancing in the streets reading the comments from the “Democratic” Hillary supporters. I don’t care if she’s his running mate or not,the country cannot survive another 4-8 years of Republican mismanagement. We need a change! Also, I am so sick of hearing the pro- life mantra about the rights of the unborn. You draw a line in the sand and say that if a candidate is pro-choice, you won’t vote for them, period. That’s just an excuse to not bother thinking about the other issues at stake: the economy, healthcare, the housing crisis, not to mention the lives of the already-born that are being sacrificed in Iraq & Afganistan. The GOP cranks up the pro-life organ grinder and pays lip service to the Christian Right every election year and you blindly dance to the tune, when the candidates have no intention of ever putting the issue on the table. I am pro- life. I am for feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, providing health care for the sick. Obama has a plan for change. McBush has a plan for status quo.

i think obama should pick hillary clinton because that ticket just make the most sense and like the people said obama needs to win ohio to win this election hands down them 18 million votes clinton got need to stay with the democratic party and for those people who don’t want to vote for obama because of his choice at vp are just plain dumb you people really need to look at how you make judgments because this vote could be the means between or children future so think of the children because the bush policy have screwed us the people for eight years of war and stupid decision he made so please be smart really listen to the point of view i was going to vote for mcain until he said the war could last 100 years and i have family over in iraq so forget that i change my mind quick just because of that and really mcain was a prisoner of war so he really didn’t do any fighting