Clinton for VP

It appears that Barack Obama is going to be the Democratic nominee for president. Now the question is, who would make a good Vice-President for Mr. Obama? How about a Washington insider and a very well known name combined with great speaking skills?

The Democrats desperately need a one-two punch team to counter the surging McCain candidacy. Obama/Clinton would make a blockbuster combination that combines the youth of Obama with the more “seasoned” Clinton. It is a given that Clinton would be a strong Vice-President who would bring much needed trouble shooting skills to assist the new President in dealing with world wide crisis that will crop up unexpectedly in unimaginable scenarios. More importantly, President Obama would greatly benefit by having daily advice and counsel from someone who has lived and worked in the White House and slept in the President’s quarters for eight years. In addition to being a great political asset to counter the Republican onslaught this fall, in essence, Clinton, as the Vice-Presidential candidate would bring an unprecedented dimension to both the election campaign and the new administration that would be elected.

Oh, you thought I was referring to Hillary? Well, sorry to disappoint, but I was thinking of that other
Clinton named Bill! If nothing else, the controversy over the 12^th Amendment would be a world class circus that would far exceed the hanging chads and Supreme Court debacle of the 2000 election!

Hey, now we’ve got something to really blog about!

Comments

[Aubrey Marron]

Victor,

I thought you meant Chelsea!

[Timo Kokko]

Chelsea would be far preferable to Bill. Good blog Victor.

[Politcal Man]

It should be:

McCain/Clinton

v.s.

Obama/Paul

This would be a interesting election.

[parrot]

I don't know if that was tongue -in-cheek or not, politcal man...but Obama/Paul is the best idea I've seen on here in a long time

[Mike Sears]

Political Man, you are right on with OBAMA/PAUL TICKET. Keep doing what your doing.

Thanks again Political Man.

[Michael Motta]

That scenario of McCain/Clinton versus Obama/Paul is intriguing as far as the first ticket being conservative especially in the broad sense of "old guard", and the second ticket having a maverick edge to it. However, I learned long ago that like it or not, name recognition is one of the biggest factors in elections, regardless of anything substantive. So I think McCain/Clinton would be too overpowering compared to Obama/Paul in terms of household names for those all too many who consider the political to be somehow beneath their personal lives in terms of importance.

[Populista]

Bill Clinton cannot be vice president. In order to be vice president, a person must be eligible to be president. Since Bill was already president for two terms, he's no longer eligble to be president.

[Vic Jackson]

Populista, you had better carefully read both the 22nd and 12th Amendments.
"The Twelfth Amendment explicitly precluded those constitutionally ineligible to be President from being Vice President. The question of how the constitutional eligibility provided by the Twelfth Amendment and the Twenty-second Amendment's term-limiting provisions apply to constitutional eligibility of persons having previously held the office of President, or acted as President, to the office of Vice President, having not been adjudicated by the U. S. Supreme Court nor specified by ratification of an additional constitutional amendment, remains constitutionally inexplicit/unclear." (Quoted from Wikipedia) That is why I made the "circus" comment.

[Dave Woods]

A person can actually be president for up to ten years, not eight: a VP taking over a presidential term more than half over doesn't get that charged as a term in office.

So maybe Bill should be considered eligible to be VP. I am going to fill out an intern application just to be ready.