Thread: The Obama Bubble is about to Burst
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Old 03-05-2008, 01:58 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by highway80west View Post
But you know, a presidential nominee has always chosen an unknown to be his running mate. I mean who could ever have heard of Spiro Agnew when Nixon chose him as his running mate, or Walter Mondale as Carter's running mate, or Dan Quayle as George H.W. Bush's running mate, or Dick Cheney as George W. Bush's running mate? Hubert Humphrey chose Edmund Muskie, and McGovern lost Thomas Eagleton to Sargent Shriver.

I think the lone exception was when Kennedy chose Lyndon Johnson as his running mate. Johnson expected to be the nominee, but Kennedy surprised a lot of people by being the nominee. I feel that we may see a repeat of this should Clinton choose Obama. I can't see that happening if Obama gets the nomination. Obama may choose an African-American as his choice.

Having said that, I think Hillary can stand up to McCain in debates, but I have a feeling that McCain could tear Obama apart in debates.

Wouldn't it be funny that if Hillary is elected president, that it would be like a battle between the Bushes and the Clintons in the last 20 years or so.
I think they both can stand uo to McCain in debates. McCain can only talk about his military experience and hope that America equates that with leadership as a whole.
Have you wondered why McCain will not discuss the economy? He has no clue; that's why! And this would lead to years of unchecked government wasteful spending-as if we don't already have enough of that.
Everybody seems to be backsliding to "race". Obama is not; and has not made this a part of his campaign. If he were the nominee; I believe he would offer the Vice-Presidency to John Edwards, John Kerry, or Bill Richardson.
My father made an interesting comment about the Obama/Clinton situation:
"Right now they are like two scorpions fighting in a tight space. One will be totally destroyed, and the other will not survive for long afterwards".
He said he read a quote close to this in some Tom Clacy book years ago; but couldn't remember which one.
I actually agree with his assessment.