tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8283530266906717621..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Is Webb the solution to Obama's Scots-Irish problem?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67285095194128235412008-05-23T04:56:00.000-07:002008-05-23T04:56:00.000-07:00Democratic party is discrediting itself in a major...Democratic party is discrediting itself in a major, major way. It is removing all doubt in people's minds that it is an elitist coalition. The Republicans have similar lurking problems that might someday discredit them among heartland Americans. <BR/><BR/>Hillary right now is building a coalition of working class whites who favor a nationally contained state that takes care of its own, and is enough of a b-word to think about running as a third party candidate. <BR/><BR/>Whether she can win the Presidency this time around or not, the Dem/Repub system stands to lose out big time. It has happened before. Just ask the Whigs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31906969688169368172008-05-23T04:36:00.000-07:002008-05-23T04:36:00.000-07:00tino:"Given that the US is in the war and that the...tino:<BR/>"Given that the US is in the war and that there are no time machines, how do you want to proceed?"<BR/><BR/>If it were up to me: Make peace with Iran (the US made peace with Libya, an even more evil country); withdraw US forces from Iraq and, with Iran, support a Shia-led Iraqi government in stabilising the country. Our real enemies are the Saudis & the Muslim Brotherhood; Iran-Syria-Hezbollah-Shia Iraq provide a useful counterweight.<BR/><BR/>In reality of course the US govt is heavily infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood's US front organisations, and the US oligarch class are in the pockets of the Saudis, so this is not likely to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76318791735884794292008-05-22T18:44:00.000-07:002008-05-22T18:44:00.000-07:00Thanks for the correction on number of Webb wives....Thanks for the correction on number of Webb wives. Further proof of unelectability. He strikes me as volatile. Not a good character trait in a Veep.<BR/><BR/>The NY Times article on Jews was hilarious. It made Jews look as if they had a mean IQ of 70. They must have pull-quoted the dumbest Jews in Christendom. I think it's a Jewish plot to make Jews seem normal.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559830693993775055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86358298883274609642008-05-22T17:21:00.000-07:002008-05-22T17:21:00.000-07:00For someone who allegedly has an animus against Ob...<I>For someone who allegedly has an animus against Obama, you certainly give him a hell of a lot of good ideas. The previous one was that he should tell the country, "I used to be a hard-core angry Wright-head...but then I had children, and everything changed."<BR/>If you were on the Obama campaign, I would consider you the most dangerous man in America</I><BR/><BR/>Why was that such a great idea? He'd have had to explain why it took him 9 years after his daughter's birth (and a big politically damaging brouhaha) to come to his sense "for the sake of his children."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53976772466227822712008-05-22T13:14:00.000-07:002008-05-22T13:14:00.000-07:00RE: Flip the Ticket, and Communicate, Communicate,...RE: Flip the Ticket, and Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!<BR/><BR/>Dear DNC Leadership:<BR/><BR/>Please seat Michigan as the voters designated for Hillary and “uncommitted” for Obama but nothing short of 58% - 42%, respectively. I understand some penalty to Michigan with its Democratic leadership may be in order but nothing severe or anything that would further disenfranchise voters. I think a 50% delegate seating is bordering the extreme, but 75% is acceptable. The voters were at the mercy of their leadership even if Democratic. Please seat Florida at 100% as designated by the millions of voters. In this case, the voters of this state should not be penalized to any extent for the wrongdoings of their Republican governor. <BR/><BR/>In all fairness, it was Obama’s and Edwards’ choices to remove their names from the ballot in Michigan . It’s not coincidental that neither Obama nor Edwards chose to do this again in Florida in a contest occurring just a week later. I find it very disconcerting, however, that well after Edwards dropped out the race, his name continued to appear on tickets in states where Hillary was expected to win, i.e. West Virginia and Kentucky but not in Obama country like Oregon . Furthermore, I do not buy into excuses that the candidates did not campaign in Michigan or Florida . This is the modern age. People get their news from a variety of sources. Try using another excuse, especially with the successful grassroots, ground operation of the Obama campaign. That’s campaigning with or without media regardless of what you label it. <BR/><BR/>Flip the ticket. The only way to win the general election is the have Hillary on top of the ticket with Obama as VP. He can get his “on the job training” then and possibly give the Party a total of 16 years in the White House. Obama continues to lag in must have, key voter blocks, some of which he has isolated and ignored completely. This site is a good reference to see how the candidates look against McCain. It is http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Clinton/Maps/May22.html. In match-ups against McCain, Hillary is much, much stronger. Obama and McCain are essentially competing for many of the same swing states. This will not work come November, and Republicans already know Obama will be viewed as “damaged goods” to many competing voters.<BR/><BR/>On a separate but related matter, the entire process of primaries versus caucuses along with the delegate dilemmas must be revamped after the general election. It is tired, flawed, and broken beyond words. It truly saddens me that Democratic leadership did nothing to address these issues over the last seven and a half years. That’s not leadership. That’s ignorant and pathetic!<BR/><BR/>Below is my coauthored letter entitled, “Beef With Media, Superdelegates, and Some Grizzle, Too!,” which was distributed in mass over the last two election primary cycles. Please consider the important information within, particularly the parts referring to the Presidential election of 2000 and how it was stolen by the “other Party” from Democrats. This is exactly what the media, superdelegates, and Democratic leadership have been doing throughout the process to the American people. Is this the legacy for which the Democratic Party wants to be remembered? If so, please, by all means, do nothing. The Party will remain too divided seize a moment which is ours in 2008! And, in elections to come will almost be dissolved to be a major player. <BR/>“This election must not continue to be, and should have never been, about race nor gender. The current contests need to be about who is the strongest candidate for the Democratic Party. Almost all media pundits and political players are saying the Democrats cannot take the election away from the first viable African American candidate. This is driving us ape s*$t, and we are absolutely positive we are not alone! <BR/><BR/>Neither Senator Obama nor Senator Clinton will reach the magic number of 2,025 pledged delegates in any scenario without superdelegates’ votes. Equally important to note is the fact that this is the first time the Party has ever had two candidates in a race so close in which neither will win the nomination by contests alone. This is history in the making for the Party and for current Party rules. The rules state that superdelegates need to vote their conscience, by any metric measure of electability. Superdelegates are not required to vote for the candidate who has won the most delegates or the most contests to date (Obama’s campaign argument) just as they are not required to vote for the candidate who wins the popular vote (Hillary’s campaign argument). We cannot underscore enough how important it is to communicate the uniqueness of this particular situation plainly and clearly to the American people. Democratic leadership, like Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi, have negligently failed in their communicating current Party nomination rules clearly and in full to voters and media alike. <BR/><BR/>Superdelegates (like former DNC Chairman Joe Andrew and “super tool” Bill Richardson) need to stop making this election about their own self-interests. These individuals have a social, political, and moral responsibility to uphold the Democratic nomination process and to not deprive American voters of their voice. As the race stands now, superdelegates making declarations are miserably failing the American people in which they are called to represent and serve. By “feeling a need” to declare for either Obama or Hillary prematurely, superdelegates are derailing democracy. The Democratic Party, along with most “liberal” media, are blatantly— even defiantly— forcing Obama’s win. Both are anointing him before the democratic process has played out by saying that he has “won” and there’s no way for Clinton to “catch up.” On this track, the nomination process will have been, in effect, “hijacked” and “stolen” by the same Party who cried foul in Florida in 2000. <BR/><BR/>Again, neither candidate has “won” if either candidate does not reach the magic number of 2,025. Neither candidate will have the nomination “taken away” from them if superdelegates, and the media, do their jobs and allow the process to organically unfold. The media has a responsibility to clearly report the Party rules on how superdelegates vote for a candidate when neither has reached the 2,025 pledged delegates required to secure the nomination.<BR/><BR/>In our opinions, as a Democrat and as an Independent, Hillary Rodham Clinton is the strongest, most experienced, and most electable candidate for the Democratic Party. Even though Hillary has shown “testicular fortitude,” the media-left, as well as many superdelegates, are insistent on coddling a neutered Obama all the way to the nominee finish line. This process must play out naturally by letting all voters decide for themselves which candidate is best suited to be our nominee, without influence from superdelegates or the media. Otherwise, both campaigns and the Party run an extremely high risk of disenfranchising several large and crucial voter blocks, thereby handing the election to the good Senator from Arizona . On a personal note, we are over ultra-leftist media adamantly influencing the race with bias or for ratings, and we consider ourselves to the left! We are equally tired of selfish superdelegates forcing the natural course of democracy for ambition and a moment in the spotlight. <BR/><BR/>This is repugnant. This is un-American. This is not democracy. <BR/><BR/>Regardless of your preferred candidate, help save democracy! If you agree with the basic theme and argument positioned in this message, feel free to add your name to this list. Share it with your friends, family and media, and post it as it grows. We have! America , it's time to take a stand up and be heard in the name of democracy! <BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/><BR/>Just some of many disenfranchised Americans<BR/><BR/>Scott AmerICAN, TX<BR/>James AmerICAN, CO<BR/><BR/>INSERT YOUR NAME HERE”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1398964355597078422008-05-22T10:08:00.000-07:002008-05-22T10:08:00.000-07:00Simon:I know he opposed it from the beginning. But...Simon:<BR/><BR/>I know he opposed it from the beginning. But that’s also the point: he is stuck on a now useless position “I oppose the war”, and has not been able to constructively adjust to the new really. <BR/><BR/>Given that the US is in the war and that there are no time machines, how do you want to proceed? I Webb is one of the Democrats who just re-iterates his position “I am against the war”. How does that help?<BR/> <BR/>McCain, for all his flaws, had the correct focus: How does the US pursue the best possible strategy given the position we are in? <BR/>Let me than repeat my points: Advocating the failed policies of 2004-2005 was harmful to the country, and should be considered a huge minus on anyone’s political credibility. <BR/><BR/>Foreign policy leaders who in 2006-2007 advocating surrender and opposed the surge were equally wrong and potentially equally harmful to the country, and should also lose credibility. <BR/><BR/>Webb belongs to the later group, and is really one of the worst, in terms of not being able to adjust his position to the new debate, not “should the US go to war”, but “how to you maximize the outcome given the present situation”.Tinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744296507176750198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-70124075654165941382008-05-22T09:40:00.000-07:002008-05-22T09:40:00.000-07:00Those commenters who think Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklan...Those commenters who think Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is an option should forget it. Right now the Ohio Attorney General's Office is in complete disarray, and there are all sorts of scandals brewing. The AG Mark Dann just resigned, and sexual-harrassment suits are still in the works. Strickland probably didn't have anything to do with this except for nominating a poor choice for AG. But it does make him a far less likely choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33517747538603876392008-05-22T09:33:00.000-07:002008-05-22T09:33:00.000-07:00In his own way, Webb is as romantic as they come.S...In his own way, Webb is as romantic as they come.<BR/><BR/>Some people really are pragmatic and ruthless and some people are romantic about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-23736197758599289452008-05-22T06:21:00.000-07:002008-05-22T06:21:00.000-07:00anon:"So where does the Kennedy family fall in the...anon:<BR/>"So where does the Kennedy family fall in the Scots-Irish vs. Yankee elites dichotomy?"<BR/><BR/>I've no idea what Webb thinks of them. 'Born Fighting' has an Irish tricolor on it though, rather than an Ulster Red Hand, so I doubt he has any animus against Irish Catholics and Irish-Americans like the Kennedys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6092902587183554602008-05-22T05:55:00.000-07:002008-05-22T05:55:00.000-07:00For someone who allegedly has an animus against Ob...For someone who allegedly has an animus against Obama, you certainly give him a hell of a lot of good ideas.<BR/><BR/>The previous one was that he should tell the country, "I used to be a hard-core angry Wright-head...but then I had children, and everything changed."<BR/><BR/>Now you're telling him to put Webb on the ticket as First-Attender-of-State-Funerals.<BR/><BR/>If you were on the Obama campaign, I would consider you the most dangerous man in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53819246147526869412008-05-22T03:46:00.000-07:002008-05-22T03:46:00.000-07:00Hey Steve, check out the NYT article on Jews who d...Hey Steve, check out the NYT article on Jews who don't trust Obama. It's frickin' hilarious. This guy is going to lose, BIG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-52887152267029335172008-05-22T02:12:00.000-07:002008-05-22T02:12:00.000-07:00So where does the Kennedy family fall in the Scots...So where does the Kennedy family fall in the Scots-Irish vs. Yankee elites dichotomy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57562656552314357212008-05-21T23:44:00.000-07:002008-05-21T23:44:00.000-07:00tino:"There is no more reason to be impressed with...tino:<BR/>"There is no more reason to be impressed with Webb predicting failure and proposing certain defeat in 2006-2007"<BR/><BR/>Heh. Webb has, famously, been against the war since before it started. Here's him in March 2003:<BR/> http://www.jameswebb.com/articles/nytimes/iraqwarugly.htm<BR/><BR/>anon:<BR/>"Supposedly some of his op-eds and writing reek of Confederate nostalgia"<BR/><BR/>No, he's the opposite of a Margaret Mitchell style Confederate romantic. His view is that the Scots-Irish Appalachians had no stake in the slave system (no plantation agriculture in the mountains) and were mislead into the war. He's certainly against the Gramscian Left's Nazification of the Confederacy though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69875493843978918312008-05-21T20:55:00.000-07:002008-05-21T20:55:00.000-07:00Re: Obama has a Catholic problem, too.I'm beginnin...Re: Obama has a Catholic problem, too.<BR/><BR/>I'm beginning to wonder if what Obama really has is a Celtic problem. He did well in midwestern states that have high German populations and which are split pretty evenly between Lutherans and Catholics. Definitely worth a closer look to see what the data says.<BR/><BR/>People like Webb because he's a realist in an age of Romanticism. Another thing that takes the bloom off the rose to add to the litany tino brought up: he has a worse voting record on abortion than Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. The other moderate Dems from red states have the best voting records for their party, so it really stands out that the most famous moderate Dem has voted 0% with the NRLC's positions and is to the left of Kennedy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55034848409797824382008-05-21T18:52:00.000-07:002008-05-21T18:52:00.000-07:00The Obama-Webb podium group picture would be the d...The Obama-Webb podium group picture would be the depiction of our elites' dream: an America where whites are only one of the many races in the 'Propositional' Nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4060402690907770502008-05-21T18:33:00.000-07:002008-05-21T18:33:00.000-07:00Webb is a cool guy. He would be very interesting ...Webb is a cool guy. He would be very interesting as VP. However he is on record 5/22/2000, WSJ, "Taking on the Status of Quotas" as calling affirmative action "state sponsored racism." Somehow I think the O-man and Michelle would not go for that kind of thinking in their White House.tom barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499547858166012906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45840415254821619672008-05-21T18:24:00.000-07:002008-05-21T18:24:00.000-07:00Obama should pick Kathleen Sebelius as VP. She's a...Obama should pick Kathleen Sebelius as VP. She's a popular white catholic female governor from Kansas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38688596428526519432008-05-21T18:17:00.000-07:002008-05-21T18:17:00.000-07:00Concerned: Jim Webb and his first wife (white) got...<B>Concerned:</B> <I>Jim Webb and his first wife (white) got a divorce. His second wife is Vietnamese.</I><BR/><BR/><B>Mrow:</B> <I>don't forget webb's wife - the hot asian woman factor.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Webb#Personal_life" REL="nofollow">According to Wikipedia</A>, Webb is currently on his third wife.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like his private life is a real mess:<BR/><BR/><I>His first marriage was to Anne Arundel county council member Barbara Samorajczyk. He has one daughter, Amy, with her. His second marriage was to health-care lobbyist Jo Ann Krukar, who also assisted in his 2006 Senate campaign. With her, he has three children: Sarah, Jimmy, and Julia... He is now married to Vietnamese-American securities and corporate lawyer Hong Le Webb... Hong Le and Webb have one child together, Georgia LeAnh, born 2006. Hong Le also has a daughter, Emily Nguyen, from a previous marriage...</I><BR/><BR/>To the best of my knowledge, Ronald Reagan is the only president who was divorced [and remarried], and I can't think of any divorced/remarried Vice Presidents.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if the American people are ready for a VP who has led as stormy a personal life as Webb [and, quite frankly, all politics aside, that kind of familial instability ought to be eyebrow-raising].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6304684003182294652008-05-21T16:57:00.000-07:002008-05-21T16:57:00.000-07:00Webb has about 17% odds according to the predictio...Webb has about 17% odds according to the prediction markets, slightly higher than Hillary.<BR/><BR/>What’s so great about Jim Webb? He is wobbly on illegal immigration (votes yes on the latest amnesty bill, ultimately no in the one during the summer), supports affirmative action ‘if it’s extended to poor whites’ and votes against Photo ID:s. Americans for better immigration give Webb a immigration score of C-, the same as Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. <BR/><BR/>I guess people are sick of Republicans and desperate to delude themselves into thinking there must be SOME Democrats who don’t s**k. <BR/><BR/>In the end of the day Jim Webb has become a partisan leftist who hasn’t met an entitlement program he didn’t want to expand, and who at best votes like a moderate Republican on immigration and race issues. Just because he yells and looks angry, carries guns and plays tough we are supposed to love him as some sort of principled conservative? <BR/><BR/>I rather Obama win and try (another) clean liberal experiment the public can evaluate after 4 years than have Jim Webb fool people about his core politics based on superficial characteristics. <BR/><BR/>Even those who like his opposition towards starting the war can’t have been particularly impressed by Webb’s response since 2006. What constructive proposal he offered? Watching Webb talk about the Surge is just painful, the guy is in denial. Last May the US had 126 casualties in Iraq, as of 21st of May this year it was 14. Webb is one of the Democrats who still denies the surge was the right thing, and instead calls for magical solutions like “aggressive diplomacy”, as if begging your enemies will make them change their national interest. <BR/><BR/>Opposing the war 5 years after it started is not relevant, no matter how aggressively you do it, unless you have a time machine. There is no more reason to be impressed with Webb predicting failure and proposing certain defeat in 2006-2007 than by Rumsfeld following bad policy in 2004-2005.Tinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744296507176750198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16125734051868101342008-05-21T16:27:00.000-07:002008-05-21T16:27:00.000-07:00"On the other hand, the idea that Barack Obama mig..."On the other hand, the idea that Barack Obama might put Jim Webb on the path to being President someday is pretty funny"<BR/><BR/>Dear Baby Boomers,<BR/><BR/> This is a superb opportunity for you to make up for several decades of poor public policy choices and explain to my Ritalin addled Baby Bust brain the necessary context for which this might be funny. Black guy opening doors for hillbilly white guy? Is that it? <BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/>Dude who you totally better not be depending on to pay your pension.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75450536177477808662008-05-21T16:26:00.000-07:002008-05-21T16:26:00.000-07:00I think Obama will pick some harmless dull but pop...I think Obama will pick some harmless dull but popular white progressive guy,as uncontroversial as u can get.The VP is good for one thing only:winning a doubtful state. So it will be a guy from a big state where Obammy is not too popular. Prob a southerner or a midwesterner,from Ohio or Pennsylvania. He-the VP- will prob keep his distance from Michelle!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84093267421800103682008-05-21T16:25:00.000-07:002008-05-21T16:25:00.000-07:00The idea is that a veep candidate can't help the t...The idea is that a veep candidate can't help the ticket but can hurt it.<BR/><BR/>Webb clearly has McCain's temper, but can't hold it in in public as well as McCain can. It'll take just one blast, and Webb becomes a liability.<BR/><BR/>Webb used George Allen's middle name (Felix) a lot during his campaign. What sauce for the Felix is sauce for the Hussein.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow if he did pick Webb we could have one election time debate as the 2 of them debate gun-control, one of them saying we should have strict controls and the other saying its fine to hand a gun to your buddy and its okay if he misuses it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37665465260051549342008-05-21T16:18:00.000-07:002008-05-21T16:18:00.000-07:00I agree with Martin. I'm skeptical as to whether t...I agree with Martin. I'm skeptical as to whether the VP pick really influences the average voter's choice. <BR/>Obama/Webb seems to be a dream ticket for alot of pundits and from my armchair perspective it's probably as likely as any pairing, but I have no idea if it will happen. One issue though: I've never really read Webb's writings, but I've skimmed them and heard others discuss them. Supposedly some of his op-eds and writing reek of Confederate nostalgia. I wonder if the black Obama will want to get very close to the chest thumping Southern-oriented Webb.<BR/>Another common thought is Barry will pick a woman to appease the feminists. Think Gov. Sebelius or Gov. Napolitano.<BR/><BR/>-Vanilla ThunderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-55545620953728175382008-05-21T16:14:00.000-07:002008-05-21T16:14:00.000-07:00Jonathan: Why? You really for one second believe O...<B>Jonathan:</B> <I>Why? You really for one second believe Obama buys into any of Wright's nonsense?</I><BR/><BR/>I'm curious - if you don't judge a man by his own autobiography, and if you don't judge him <A HREF="http://www.breitbart.tv/html/64224.html" REL="nofollow">by his speeches</A>, and if you don't judge him by a twenty year record of association [to include a marriage, two child baptisms, multiple Trumpet magazine covers, personalized campaign prayer services, and ~$50,000 in donations], then how in the world do you go about determining what he buys into and what he doesn't buy into?<BR/><BR/>Do you just roll a dice and guess?<BR/><BR/>Or is that man simply functioning as your own personal Rorschach test [onto which you <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection" REL="nofollow">project</A> yourself]?<BR/><BR/>By the way, this is not a rhetorical or facetious question: I'm honestly curious how you arrive at a conclusion like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24149207152126912742008-05-21T15:55:00.000-07:002008-05-21T15:55:00.000-07:00The ultimate running mate for Obama would be Gov. ...The ultimate running mate for Obama would be Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio, who hails from the Appalachian part of the state. He enjoys high approval ratings, and would easily deliver the state and perhaps nearby Kentucky and WV as well. His credibility with the trade unions would secure Michigan and Pennsylvania as well. Strickland is also much less devious and self serving than Webb.<BR/><BR/>As a prominent Hillary supporter, he could also bring back her voters into his fold. I think this another aspect that people must look at. The Vice Presidential nominee may have to come from the Hillary wing to unite the two bitterly divided factions.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, he's a little too self serving. He's stated emphatically that he's not interested, and even used that line about "if nominated, I will not run , if elected..." That's unfortunate for Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com