I'm starting to think that Clinton and Obama should just agree that they'll be running mates if nothing's sorted out by the Pennsylvania primary. Let's be realistic - at this point, nobody's going to get goosebumps from Evan Bayh or Ted Strickland. They're not building much love within the party by firing on each other until August, and Democrats are going to need to learn to bounce back and love their alternative when one of them finally has to give it up. Plus, after umpteen debates and screenshots that juxtapose the two of them, most of their alternatives are going to make a Clinton ticket look awfully white and an Obama ticket look conspicuously male. (I say this because one of them running with Michelle Obama would be completely okay.)
Plus, I'm ready to start rallying behind someone. And I'm scared that if I rally behind McCain, I'll accidentally startle him and he'll turn around and kill me with his bare hands. I dunno, the man spooks easily. It happens when you turn two hundred years old.
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Electing either a woman or an African-American will require overcoming a good deal of voter resistance. Having a ticket with both a woman and an African-American is quixotic in the extreme; even the Democrats can't have that much of a death wish.
In addition, both Clinton and Obama are senators and neither has any executive experience. The ticket needs a governor, who would bring executive experience, preferably a governor from the Midwest or Pennsylvania.
McCain, btw, would also benefit from running with a governor.
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