THE WOMAN.

And they called us cultists.

Obama may be down in the polls, but this type of rant will get you nowhere.

He will not pick Clinton.  Sorry. And to me, as a Hillary supporter, that's a good thing.

His VP pick will not matter.  His campaign has to act quickly to counter the usual (and should have been expected by Democrats by now) labeling by the McCain campaign.  We have to define Obama and destroy McCain. Perhgaps all those Hillary haters will redirect their ire towards McCain instead of continuing to detest 'our gal'.

Obama looks like he is sinking and I expect team Clinton to throw him an anvil at any moment.  

That is how the game is played.  Politics is a contact sport.  Obama failed to put her away when he had the chance and that was his first mistake.  His second was caving and giving Team Clinton huge primetime gigs at the convention.

Check out what is going on in PA:

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles /2008/08/20/news/sc_times_trib.20080820. a.pg1.tt20brazil_s1.1888751_top5.txt

I doubt Clinton has anything to do with it, but it is what you can expect when you cross the most powerful force in the party, and don't knock them out.

I do think Biden can help Obama.  Biden is well liked in the party, and he, unlike Edwards or Lieberman, will go after his opponents and fill the attack dog role nicely.

This diary seems problematic to me, if only because this is the least persuasive argument for a ticket that I support.  Send this message to the Obama campaign and you ensure that HRC will not be offered the position.  That and the entitlement argument (i.e. '18 million people supported her so she is owed') are not going to convince anyone who doesn't hang out at alegres.corner.of.a.round.room.rearguard action.fifthcolumn.schadenfreudefest.com

I recommend discussing strengths she brings and how they would compliment one another in an administration.  If the above is why he should pick her, then he shouldn't.  In these terms it would look like a desperation move.  They never really work.

I fully expect this diarist to have one of the most dramatic

"Obama's VP pick dooms the party" diary, part of the 50 car pile up coming if it's anyone but Senator Clinton.

Lots of CAPS and lots of ???!!!????????????

Agree with Strummerson, and I have said so before.

If your reasoning for Senator Clinton on the ticket is either to placate the big Kitty Ville crowd, or entitlement, or THE WOMAN, you're making it worse.

How come I see very little of

"Senator Clinton is one of THE most qualified, she is terrific on the stump, the economy is her strong suit, she would rip whomever is the Republic VP to shreds....

That is why I want her on the ticket?

It's like all you folks focus on is, she was robbed and this is a make-up call?

That's the WORST argument to put her on the ticket....

According to Huffpost today, Hillary representatives, her brother, met with Carly Fiorina and campaign workers for McCain last week. And had that meeting become public. The release claimed the meeting was private and social but there is no record of the Clinton people, especially her brother, socializing with Carly Fiorina to provide such contextual cover. I saw Maureen Dowd's column this morning in NYT, and thought it was hyperbole, until I heard about this meeting.

How can you ask Democrats to support as VP somebody who sends her reps to talk with the other side?

"He needs to put aside his arrogance, his snob appeal, and this elitist attitude."

Your concern is noted, now polish the tinfoil hat trollboy

Evidently, the more people see and hear Obama the less they like him.

But Obama doesn't need us lifelong Democrats to win the election.  He and his surrogates have told us so.

OBAMA/CLINTON The Ones We Have Been Waiting For!!