Barack Obama likes it on top. That’s what he said today in Wyoming, where he dismissed opponent Hillary Clinton‘s suggestions that she lead them into the White House:
Obama was asked by a television reporter, “Can you ever see yourself on the same ticket as Sen. Clinton?”
And the freshman Illinois senator replied: “Well, you know, I think it’s premature. You won’t see me as a vice presidential candidate — you know, I’m running for president. We have won twice as many states as Senator Clinton, and have a higher popular vote, and I think we can maintain our delegate count.”
Obama may be right. While it’s too early to call, early exit polls show he’s leading Clinton in today’s Wyoming caucuses.
todd
He should let Hillary win and challenge her in 2012. She will reign over a failed economy, failed foreign policy and failed health care policy. Let her try and mop up her husband and buddy George’s mess. When her presidential approval ratings are only slightly higher than Bush’s – Obama become president then.
Lee
Imagine if Clinton were in Obama’s position now. An irreversible delagate lead, a higher popular vote, and about twice a many states. She would claim to be the winner right now.
How disgusting it is to see someone who is willing to say anything, as long as she gets elected. She is the shame of America.
Bitch Republic
If the Dems had a winner-takes-all delegate situation like the Republicans, Hillary would have 2/3 of the delegates to Barack’s 1/3. Hillary has won all of the largest states representing a population of 161 million, while Barack has won states that represent only 98 million.
Rusty
@Bitch Republic: But she doesn’t…because she is running as a Dem in a Dem race.
I mean, I believe Clinton is a Democrat…”as far as I know”.
hisurfer
Dumb question. The race isn’t over. No one spends tens (hundreds?) of millions to aim only for second place. What else is he going to say? Saying that he’ll accept the VP position is tantamount to folding his cards and leaving the table.
McCain would have bitch-slapped the reporter. Too bad he’s gone over to the dark side. Or, at least, is trying to; the dark side doesn’t seem to really want him.
And Lee, this is just getting tiring. Hillary is not the shame of America for running a strong race. She is – try and understand this – putting the best spin on the situation. As is Obama. It’s what people do in an election race. Even good people.
underbear1
Obama needs to shame the Clinton campaign, and question the judgement of someone who hires Mandy Grunwald who darkened and broadened Obama’s face, and Hillary’s spokesman Jay carson who was caught LYING about this filthy LOW CLASS race-baiting.
Wyoming knows what Texas, Rhode Island, and Ohio missed:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210139/MacacaDemocrat.jpg
America doesn’t want a
Macaca-spewing-Democrat…either
I’d like Obama campaign to work with the “tossing the kitchen sink” concept…like maybe “drudging” or plunging the racist sludge out of your own damn sink.
Bitch Republic
@Rusty, I’m just saying it’s disingenuous of Obama’s people to say he’s won the most states when he only wins states like Wyoming that only have 5 people and 2 dogs. He wins all the small states that with our electoral process don’t matter in winning a general election for president.
fredo777
B.R., I think you’re belittling the importance of Obama’s wins to an extreme. 5 people and 2 dogs…
Indeed.
qjersey
Obama also has also won mostly caucus states…you know you have to show up FOR HOURS and listen to people try to persuade you whom to vote for. If we had caucuses for any actual elections, they would be ruled unconstitutional.
emb
I love how people dismiss the caucus states as somehow un-democratic. (One wonders how the argument would be going if Hillary did well in caucus states?) The caucuses are about as pure a healthy democracy as one can find: there is real-time argument and persuasion, and participants are compelled to examine and defend their opinions. The fact that “not everyone can attend” is a smokescreen: not everyone bothers to vote either.
Hillary is winning in states with established political machines, in states where the democratic party regulars know the drill. Obama is winning where people talk to each other, or to him. I’m not sure that distinction is one that Hillary wins on moral points, or that indicates a propensity for “change.”
The bottom line, though, is that all us dems are in big trouble. This election was our to lose, and by splitting the party down the middle, but potentially causing scads of new young and african-american and independent voters to feel alienated by a cobbled-together and backroomed Clinton nomination, we’re likely to see a half-crazy old bush-backer in the white house.
Charley
It’s her husband’s experience they talk about..First ladies don’t do much but stand by their man, and her experience as a Senator has been unremarkable, expecially for us LGBT’S. She could have introduced all kinds of legislation in our favor. Bill should have gone on a long safari until after this election is over, then she may have had a chance. With her bubba spouting off, forget it. Chelsea seems to be helping with the younger voters, but it is too late.
Bitch Republic
We’ve had months and months of the candidates themselves and their various surrogates trying to persuade us how to vote and months of opportunity to examine our opinions. We don’t need a caucus to do that for us. Get rid of caucuses!
If Obama gets the nom, the election is McCain’s to win.
Bitch Republic
Fredo, have you ever been to Wyoming? There are seriously like 5 people and 2 dogs.
fredo777
B.R., you hush your face.
Meh. Best I could come up with off the top of my head.
M Shane
With Democrates like you, who needs Rep Swiftboaters. Apparently you want McCain to win,You leave the impression that every democrate is loony.
Alan down in Florida
Let’s not forget that Obama seems to perform better in caucuses which are an arcane possibly unconstitutional occurrence and in primaries that allow non-Democrats to vote in the Democratic primary. Correct me if I am wrong but hasn’t Hillary won every closed primary where only Democrats have voted? Sounds to me that Democrats are being very clear as to their choice.
M Shane
Will Bill have to be the first lady, if Hillary wins, or how does that work?
slacker chic
i am so pulling for Hillary I feel like it’s me out there. So much of the population is behind both her and Obama though, that is they joined forces (whomever wins, they should be unstoppable.
http://slackerchic.blogspot.com/
chris
“I’ve been very blessed. Keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention. The cover of Newsweek. My book made the best-seller list. I just won a Grammy for reading it on tape.
Really, what else is there to do?
Well, I guess I could pass a law or something.”
–Barack Obama, March 2006
hells kitchen guy
MShane: He’d be First Gentleman, equivalent to Dennis Thatcher.
hisurfer
We had a caucus. There were no speeches. I honestly don’t know what the major differences between this and a primary would be. The only one I can think of is that in a caucus the party knows your vote, and that only becomes relevant if you want to be a delegate.
I also fail to see how having two candidates is going to tear the Democrats apart. This is democracy, folks! We get a choice, and we get to battle it out. I wouldn’t mind if this happened every election cycle – as long as it doesn’t last so long.
If Obama is such a great uniter, or Hillary such a great leader, then they should be able to bring people back together once either wins the nomination. If they can’t, then pfft on both their houses.
kablamo
Why should he accept the number 2 spot when he’s running number 1? Tom Daschle pointed out that absurdity today.
chadnnocal
This election, as the past two will go to the Republicans! Not because they have a better candidate nor do they have the support of the majority of Americans, but because they can unify, despite differences on a few issues.
Watching the Democrats rip each other apart and hearing the comments of their supporter has enlightened me on the lengths to which I am not willing stoop in the name of the DNC. I have selected the two most infuriating:
HILLARY Clinton has been branded a “monster” by one of Barack Obama’s top advisers, as the gloves come off in the race to win the Democrat nomination.
In an unguarded moment during an interview with The Scotsman in London, Samantha Power, Mr Obama’s key foreign policy aide, let slip the camp’s true feelings about the former first lady. – The Scotsman
JERUSALEM – The board of a nonprofit organization on which Sen. Barack Obama served as a paid director alongside a confessed domestic terrorist granted funding to a controversial Arab group that mourns the establishment of Israel as a “catastrophe” and supports intense immigration reform, including providing drivers licenses and education to illegal aliens. – The World Net Daily
At this point I could care less which of the slightly less tolerable candidates gets the nomination. My vote goes to McCain, because he and his supporters act like adults and more importantly like respectable human beings.
M Shane
Hell’s Kitchen Guy: I can’t imagine anyone wanting to marry Margaret Thather(gruesome)
It sounds strange to call an american a gentleman, yet First Gentleman, but that would
be right..