Arkady wrote the following post at 08/20/2008 8:09 AM: I've found it very interesting that in the media speculation pieces, in which they muse about who Obama will pick as VP, based on little more than who he is perceived to be friendly with and who seems to help him more in November, they generally scrupulously avoid listing Hillary Clinton as an option. That seems strange to me, since she arguably helps him more in November than any other candidate (given the very substantial portion of Clinton backers who today say they won't vote for Obama, and given how complementary her demographic and geographic appeal is with his).
This may come as a shock to some people, but Obama is focused in on WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COUNTRY...and not the (normal?!) what is 'best for me' mentality of a majority of politicians in this day and age. Of course the ideal situation would be for him to have found the magic bullet which would do both...but like most things, choices are often hard, and so he must decide where his priorities lie...with what is best for the country, or what might be perceived as the 'dream ticket'...which could just as easily become the 'Nightmare' ticket, if he chose Hillary.
I, for one, do NOT want his presidency, should he be elected, to be nothing but a continual contest of wills, and a constant effort by the VEEP to make sure that all America knows she is the REAL winner, and is running the show. That would be a total disaster in a country that has known enough of those the past 8 years, without adding and piling on even more.
And since when are the Veep qualifications based on the loser's ego, hurt feelings, following, and being the spouse of an ex-president, who did a very good job? That doesn't guarantee that such a person would be the best choice for our country.....in fact it would be like reaching for the gold ring, and actually GETTING it....the odds of that happening are slim indeed.
The Hillary crowd need to grow up...realize this isn't a perfect world, and that anyone can, and does, lose sometimes. When that happens, an adult, will suck it up, do the best they can to move on, and right the injustice of 8 years of Bush tactics that have propagated and cultivated then, one huge disaster for the history of our country.
It all comes down to just how 'little' people are, and can be, and proves they are merely more numbers in the growing membership of the 'ME Generation'!
