Long Democratic Race Coming to Rapid Climax
AP: Obama clinches nomination. "Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, becoming the first black candidate to lead a major party into a campaign for the White House. Vanquished rival Hillary Rodham Clinton swiftly signaled an interest in joining the ticket as running mate. Obama arranged a victory celebration at the site of this summer's Republican National Convention — an in-your-face gesture to Sen. John McCain, who will be his opponent in the race to become the nation's 44th president."
Clinton said to be open to VP slot. " Rep. Charles Rangel, a senior member of the New York Democratic delegation, also told CNN, 'I have reason to believe she is open to the [vice president] slot.' One of the sources added that former President Clinton has been privately pushing for a couple of weeks for his wife to be No. 2 on the ticket."
Jimmy Carter to endorse Obama after polls close. Carter: "I'm a superdelegate. I think a lot of the superdelegates will make a decision quite, announced quite rapidly, after the final primary on June 3...I have not yet announced publicly, but I think at that point it will be time for her to give it up."
Earlier: Clinton campaign denies report she will concede tonight...
Posted Jun. 3,2008 at 5:10 PM EST by Andy Towle in Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter | Permalink
Jimmy, it's my trust in Obama, particularly his judgment, that makes me so certain Clinton won't be on the ticket.
Posted by: 24play | Jun 3, 2008 7:08:16 PM
BREAKING NEWS!!!
Hillary Clinton annouced that she is divorcing Bill Clinton after she realized that she can't use him any longer!
Posted by: Daniel | Jun 3, 2008 7:42:32 PM
FINALLY! Thank god this part of the campaign is over. Let the healing begin people!
Personally after her campaign I would rather Obama not choose Clinton as his VP. I use to like the Clintons but I have lost a lot of respect for them. However if it helps bring us Democrats together, then yes definitely put her on the ticket. We need everybody to come together and work against the real and VERY dangerous enemy: McSame.
Our country can not afford another Republican presidency.
Posted by: AdamN | Jun 3, 2008 7:51:57 PM
Congratulations Senator Obama on your much deserved and historic nomination.
I'm looking forward to working with Clinton supporters as we move into the general election to win this thing against McSame.
For those of you who are still bitching and whining (from both sides) and will continue to do so through November every time there's a mistep/mispoken word by Obama or a swiftboat attack from the flying monkeys from the wing-nut right, please get the hell out of the way of the rest of us who are ready to put the past behind us, unite forces and work together on the blood, sweat and tears business of putting a Democrat in the White House and securing and expanding our majorities in the House and Senate.
I will bust my hump to get Obama elected no matter who he ads to the ticket.
Posted by: Zeke | Jun 3, 2008 8:07:26 PM
And a lovely hump it is, too, Brer Zeke!
( ! )
Posted by: Michael Bedwell | Jun 3, 2008 8:14:54 PM
More spin from Obamaroad.
And you all fell for it.
Posted by: bigbear | Jun 3, 2008 8:57:40 PM
Anybody watching McCain's speach?
His small crowd has chanted "NO on change" quite a few times
Uhm
Change is the ONLY universal constant.
No on change =
No on gay rights
no on equal pay for women
no on getting of iraq
no on anything
YIKES
They might as well be screaching no on evolution as well
Anyone seriously voting for mccain needs to think twice about it
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Jun 3, 2008 9:03:00 PM
Name calling! Ad personam attacks! How very thoughtful and mature your comments, little Towletwinks.
And we will not take your advice to stop reproducing or cease participating in the political process.
My family is among the most diverse and politically involved of any I have encountered. We range in age from eighteen year olds who will be voting for the first time to several members over one hundred who have voted and participated actively in politics almost since my home state of New Mexico became a state. Although predominately Catholic, we include Lutherans, Buddhists, Eastern Orthodox, Jews, and atheists, including several priests, nuns and a rabbi. Although predominately Hispanic, we include Irish, Italian, Scots, German, French, Armenian, Turkish, Greek, Pacific Islanders, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and American Blacks and African-born Blacks. We range in professions from cattle ranchers, bakers, carpenters, classical dancers and opera singers, lawyers, doctors, teachers and university professors, engineers, pilots, investment bankers, a state supreme court justice, several state Representatives and Senators, policemen, veterans of WWII, Korea, VietNam, the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, government workers, small business owners, straight, gay, and two transexuals.
Amazing that one of the few things upon which we agree is that we do not want Hillary Clinton back in The White House. It is not surprising that some of you are so blinded by your loyalty to a particular candidate that you cannot see her all-too-obvious faults.
Fortunately, I do not believe that Obama will pick Hillary. He can buy her off for a less damaging role. He does not need the most divisive politician of this generation on the ticket with him. I made a great deal of money advising candidates in the last election and correctly predicting the outcome of 100% of the electoral races that I ranked.
It is but my opinion; however, I do not resort to the last refuge of a coward, i.e., name-calling, unlike some who comment and run on this blog. The results of this election are, indeed, too important in that several Supreme Court Justices likely hang in the balance, to squander a likely win by Obama in continuing to support a candidate who has proven repeatedly to appeal to a core group of bigots and old, poor, under-educated, white (and Hispanic) Catholic women and self-marginalizing gay men.
Posted by: rudy | Jun 3, 2008 9:04:44 PM
hillary's song
"Ain't no mountain high enough...."
Uhm, subtle suggestion there. It is a 2 person song a male and a female.
:-)
Obama/ Hillary 08
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Jun 3, 2008 9:34:29 PM
No way in h will he pick Hillary as his running mate. It will be almost impossible for him to turn any red state blue without Hillary but with Hillary he has no chance to do it. With a good old boy from the deep south he might be able to turn at least one red state blue. I hope so but I'm not holding my breath. The hard fight is ahead of him when Rove and the gang go after him and his church and his wife and his shady business partner.
Posted by: dezboy | Jun 3, 2008 10:24:42 PM
Ok
They have to have a 1 on 1 private sit down to flesh it out. Both will be in NY tomorrow.
CNN just did an electoral college map
Obama on his own gets it but it ends up very very close, too close
Together
Obama POTUS/ Clinton VP 316 electoral college votes (270 wins it)
mccain 222
Obama/ Clinton 08 = we win BIG!
Everybody be nice, it will take some time and breathing room for our 2 to sit down together and flesh it out.
:-)
Posted by: Jimmyboyo | Jun 3, 2008 11:14:55 PM
"Name calling! Ad personam attacks! How very thoughtful and mature your comments, little Towletwinks...I do not resort to the last refuge of a coward, i.e., name-calling, unlike some who comment and run on this blog." - Rudy.
Um...Rudy, you just used "twink' as a pejorative and you're accusing others of name-calling!?
Does that make you a coward?
Posted by: Chaq | Jun 3, 2008 11:44:23 PM
"Twink" was used affectionately. Does that make you one with analytical comprehension difficulties? ;)
Posted by: rudy | Jun 4, 2008 7:34:03 AM
CHAQ,
no, that makes rudy an idiot. more accurately, that makes him delusional.
JIMMYBOYO,
when we force the moment to its crisis (paraphrasing t.s. eliot), we can still come together. then, all is good under the sun (loosely paraphrasing robert browning) and all is sweetness and light (ditto, johnothan swift and matthew arnold).
while no one will convince me that hillary was not the better choice, there is nothing to be gained in bemoaning her loss (and, in my mind, our country's loss). there is everything to be gained, however, in rallying behind OUR nominee, the brilliant and more than capable barack obama.
Posted by: nic | Jun 4, 2008 7:46:10 AM
*Yawn* [ignoring nic] *Yawn*
Posted by: rudy | Jun 4, 2008 8:16:09 AM
Rudy said: And we will not take your advice to stop reproducing or cease participating in the political process.
Dude, you said yourself that y'all won't vote at all rather than vote for a ticket with Hillary on it.
Rudy said: It is not surprising that some of you are so blinded by your loyalty to a particular candidate that you cannot see her all-too-obvious faults.
Blinded works both ways. And it's notable that you still don't list a single fault, unless you count "divisive" which I don't think is necessarily a fault.
Posted by: Michael | Jun 4, 2008 11:40:36 AM
PS Yes, I was guilty of some name calling, but I'm not apologizing. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about these candidates. I understand and respect that. It's your pledge that you and your kin won't vote AT ALL if Hillary is on the ticket that disgusts me.
Posted by: Michael | Jun 4, 2008 11:51:40 AM
Michael, What is it about conditional statements that you fail to comprehend? I clearly stated what would occur IF HRC was on the ticket. Obama would only make that choice if he were to somehow become someone other than who he has shown himself to be. He does not need her; she only hurts the ticket. Most importantly, Obama knows that. HRC is negotiating in bad faith from a position of weakness (the hallmarks of her disastrous campaign). Moreover, there is no way that Michelle Obama would allow HRC to join the ticket. She is the family enforcer but the initial decision will not be in favor of HRC, so it is all theoretical.
Enjoy your malinformed slough of disgust. ;)
Posted by: rudy | Jun 4, 2008 7:09:03 PM