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the troubles with obama-clinton

it has implications for who controls the democratic party and to what extent (maybe it's better to have competing centrist power bases that are slightly different from one another in policy - i dunno).

obama-clinton will generate the perception of a "diversity ticket."
do i think there's anything wrong with that? no.
do i think it should hurt the chance of the ticket to win? no.
do i think it will? yes. (mainly because the campaign has shown no evidence that they'll push back hard enough, as far as I can tell).

i also don't know how wise it would be to have co-presidents or the perception thereof, and finally what it would mean for health care reform after the earlier attempt by clinton as powerful non-president.  

it's a much higher risk strategy, i think, for both the election and for obama's ability to retain control of his administration (without even engaging the question of whether or not his total domination would be a good or bad thing) than picking a middle aged white guy who can and will fight with mccain.

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by: dr anonymous @ Mon Aug 18, 2008 at 11:47:31 AM CDT