2. Senator Clinton and her campaign attacked him in every way possible. If someone insulted me with half of the intensity that Senator Clinton and her campaign attacked Senator Obama, I would probably deck that person when I saw him (not her, because I don't hit girls) in public. Is Obama supposed to turn the other cheek? If he does, he looks weak, and Republicans will spin it just so.
3. Dick Cheney proved that the Vice President can have incredible power. Do you really think Senator Clinton (and former President Clinton!) is going to play a complimentary role to Obama? No. She'll (they'll) want to be co-President. Here's an example that some of you might follow: The Lakers are in the championship. Obama is Kobe. If you brought T-Mac and Vince Carter on the team because they can score a lot of points (they're cousins, not husband and wife, you get the idea!) in the NBA Finals, what would happen to the Lakers chemistry? Would they still be able to win that championship? Maybe, but not without a lot of internal conflict.
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not to discredit your reasons but I think your third reason in particular is a difficult one to swallow. The reason Cheney has had so much power is because Bush is simply a figurehead for the republican party. He is not the think tank decision maker. Obama and his people would only select Hillary if they came to an understanding about who was numero uno. Obama would be Hillary's boss, the guy in charge, it would in no way reflect the relationship between Bush and Cheney.
Look at Bill and Al Gore, those guys hated each other, don't talk to each other now and ran an incredibly successful presidency. It was because they both brought a unique and beneficial view to the white house even though they disagreed on issues before running together.
Look at LBJ and JFK. LBJ was the washington insider who ran a propaganda campaign and was personally asked by JFK to be his VP days after he conceded.
Selecting a VP should not be about someone you like or don't like or someone who ran a dirty campaign (thats what all politicians do) because frankly it is more about the states that they would pull when it comes to election time. Obama should be looking at who can help him win the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, even Florida. If it turns out that the person who can pull these states is Hillary than so be it. I think Obama knows this.
By the way, Bill Clinton just returned to work for his foundation for the first time since the beginning of the campaign, maybe he will take a step back in order to benefit the party.
Here's the difference: Hillary got 17 million votes. She's going to be able to throw her weight around because of that fact. Of course, Obama will be boss BUT that doesn't change the fact that Hillary will feel entitled to have a certain say due to her past as First Lady and her success in the primaries.
Bill will never step out of the picture. His foundation does a lot of good things, but it's also a political machine. He has done some shady things to get his net worth to 109 million dollars since leaving the Oval Office millions of dollars in debt.
It would hurt the Obama brand to lower himself to the Clinton's level. Do I think they are bad people? Of course not. They are Washington insiders. Obama is not. Obama has taken a firm stance against lobbyists during his Presidential campaign (not entire political career) while Hillary refused to stop accepting their money (Edwards called her out for this earlier in the primary season). I have many more examples to back-up my Insider claim.
She's got baggage, and more baggage is what Obama doesn't need.
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