Wednesday, June 04, 2008
'After a grueling and history-making campaign'
Hub Blog is content: Mitt and Hillary have lost. The two winning candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama, are good men. Not great. But good. Definitely good enough to move the country beyond the Bush-Clinton-Bush era and the potential Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton era that Hillary's campaign represented. BUT ... If McCain picks Mitt as his VP running mate, I'm voting for a Clinton-free Obama ticket. If Obama picks Clinton as his VP running mate, I'm voting for a Mitt-free McCain ticket. If McCain picks Mitt and Obama picks Clinton, I'm probably not voting. ...
Assuming McCain and Obama aren't total dolts, the chances of seeing Mitt and/or Hillary on the ballot appear slim. So it will be McCain vs. Obama -- and I really don't know who I'll vote for or who will win. The election will come down to the economy and Iraq -- with McCain's age and Obama's race playing unfortunate wild-card roles. The economy will heal itself. But Iraq won't. Both McCain's and Obama's positions on Iraq scare me a bit. McCain was/is too gung-ho stubborn. Obama seems too willing to pull the plug too early. They have a lot more explaining to do. ... For the moment, though, it's nice to see an old-fashioned war hero and America's first black presidential nominee basking in the limelight. The country is fortunate to have two good -- not great -- candidates to choose from. ...
Update -- Dick Morris: 'Putting Hillary Clinton on the ticket for vice president creates a ménage-à-trois.' He rightly notes that the weirdness of last night's competing rallies is just a taste of what we'd get in a Obama-Clinton White House. ... BTW: If Obama selects Hillary, we'd instantly know his campaign really isn't about change. BTW II: If Obama can't stand up to Hillary, how can we expect him to stand up to Ahmadinejad? Hmmm. Now when did we last hear a variation of that line? ...
Hub Blog is content: Mitt and Hillary have lost. The two winning candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama, are good men. Not great. But good. Definitely good enough to move the country beyond the Bush-Clinton-Bush era and the potential Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton era that Hillary's campaign represented. BUT ... If McCain picks Mitt as his VP running mate, I'm voting for a Clinton-free Obama ticket. If Obama picks Clinton as his VP running mate, I'm voting for a Mitt-free McCain ticket. If McCain picks Mitt and Obama picks Clinton, I'm probably not voting. ...
Assuming McCain and Obama aren't total dolts, the chances of seeing Mitt and/or Hillary on the ballot appear slim. So it will be McCain vs. Obama -- and I really don't know who I'll vote for or who will win. The election will come down to the economy and Iraq -- with McCain's age and Obama's race playing unfortunate wild-card roles. The economy will heal itself. But Iraq won't. Both McCain's and Obama's positions on Iraq scare me a bit. McCain was/is too gung-ho stubborn. Obama seems too willing to pull the plug too early. They have a lot more explaining to do. ... For the moment, though, it's nice to see an old-fashioned war hero and America's first black presidential nominee basking in the limelight. The country is fortunate to have two good -- not great -- candidates to choose from. ...
Update -- Dick Morris: 'Putting Hillary Clinton on the ticket for vice president creates a ménage-à-trois.' He rightly notes that the weirdness of last night's competing rallies is just a taste of what we'd get in a Obama-Clinton White House. ... BTW: If Obama selects Hillary, we'd instantly know his campaign really isn't about change. BTW II: If Obama can't stand up to Hillary, how can we expect him to stand up to Ahmadinejad? Hmmm. Now when did we last hear a variation of that line? ...
