The Democratic Party’s presidential nominee can be determined using three criteria. That candidate must have either won a majority of the states’ primaries or caucuses, collected more declared delegates to the national convention or have more popular votes that their competitors. Senator Barak Obama has done all three so far. Why then is Senator Clinton publicly calling for voters to support Obama as a Vice-Presidential running mate? Obviously, the second place candidate is not above the same political rhetoric that she accuses the front running Obama of spouting.
Can we the public tell when a presidential candidate is so desperate that she will say anything in order to catch up to a runaway movement of national change? Yes, we can. However, we can also appreciate how important it is to have all of the democrats who have been energized by the recent campaign to complete the mission of creating real change with a victory in November. Rather that trying to “hoodwink” us into supporting and upside down ticket let’s support the “Dream Team” of an Obama/Clinton ticket. I would even support the inclusion of Universal Healthcare as a plank in the final Party Platform as a compromise.
I want to see an end to the false war in Iraq, healthcare for all Americans, new green jobs for American workers, fair trade policies and America’s image abroad repaired causing fewer foreign radicals to want us all dead. If all I have to pay for all of that is to allow Senator Clinton on the ticket as Vice-President, so be it.
Can we the public tell when a presidential candidate is so desperate that she will say anything in order to catch up to a runaway movement of national change? Yes, we can. However, we can also appreciate how important it is to have all of the democrats who have been energized by the recent campaign to complete the mission of creating real change with a victory in November. Rather that trying to “hoodwink” us into supporting and upside down ticket let’s support the “Dream Team” of an Obama/Clinton ticket. I would even support the inclusion of Universal Healthcare as a plank in the final Party Platform as a compromise.
I want to see an end to the false war in Iraq, healthcare for all Americans, new green jobs for American workers, fair trade policies and America’s image abroad repaired causing fewer foreign radicals to want us all dead. If all I have to pay for all of that is to allow Senator Clinton on the ticket as Vice-President, so be it.
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