George Stephanopoulus, who was an insider during Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign and a major White House policy wonk during his first administration, thinks she’s angling for that slot.
It would be the best thing for the party if Obama were to accept her in that role. And, as I’ve been arguing all along, is much more of a net plus for her than going back to the Senate.
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If Senator Barack Hussein Obama is nominated for the the US presidency by the Democratic Party this year, then it is in the best personal interest of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton that he be defeated in the general election in November by Republican nominee Senator John McCain. (I also think any outcome that denies the presidency to Senator Obama is in the best interest of the United States as well, but that is not relevant to the point you raised.)
If Senator Obama were in fact to be elected president, it must be assumed he will be in power for the same eight years of office enjoyed by President William Jefferson Clinton and President George W Bush. Senator Clinton would be a more or less elderly dried up woman by the time her chance for the presidency she so longs for will come again.
On the other hand, Senator McCain, who was born in the summer of 1936, will be 72 years old when inaugurated.
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In 2012, it is one thing for a Democrat to take on a 76-year-old Republican after one term. On the other hand, unless Senator Obama all but destroys the United States, it would more or less impossible for Senator Clinton to take away his nomination for a second term in 2012.
Moreover, I cannot see how a proud and willful person such as Senator Clinton would in fact accept a role as second-fiddle to a presidency run by a junior senator who utterly lacks her level of experience in Washington.
In any case, with few exceptions through american history, the vice presidency has proven to be a dead-end job. Meaning, the end of anybody’s political career.
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If I were her, in this situation, I would do everything within my power to undercut his chances of getting that nomination. And if he were to get the nomination, then I would sit out the campaign, doing little more than paying moderate lip-service to the "Democratic Party candidate", whom I would never deign to mention by name.
And if she cannot in fact talk the super delegates into examining Senatoror Obama’s glaring election-day shortcomings, then I hope what she will do is to help destroy his candidacy.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WIÂ
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