Is it Hillarama? Barillary? Obillary? or Hillarack?
I just heard the news that Hillary Clinton is, unofficially, putting her campaign on ice…and jockeying for a VP spot.
In the scheme of things, it seems like it would be a wise choice for the Democratic Party to find some way of formulating a plan to take both Clinton and Barack Obama to the White House. Both have become tremendously popular, drawing formerly uninterested or disenchanted voters to the polls…with enough excitement and vigor (good or bad) to cause otherwise staunch Republicans to switch parties if even temporarily on Primary Election Day.
In talking this over with several individuals who identify themselves as Democrats or independents, most didn’t think this Obama-Clinton ticket would be a possibility given the tenacity of their ongoing battle for the Democratic nomination. Could they mend fences in time to go against McCain? It seemed like it wouldn’t happen. A month ago, not a chance. Now…maybe.
It would be a smart idea for a lot of reasons – the greatest of which being that the Democratic Party would be taking two wildly popular figures forward for the election, two powerhouses up against a guy who is, basically, the best guy the Republican Party could come up with at this point in time. Is he great? Is he charismatic in the way some have described Obama? Is he a good representative for the common man? Maybe. Maybe not. Interestingly, it seems like more people have a strong feeling, positive or negative, for the two Democratic candidates than they do McCain. McCain is just kind of…there. He’s inert.
Another reason the Democratic Party would be smart to put the two together on a ticket is because, in salvaging the momentum, excitement, drama and all the other descriptive elements of this Primary season, they’d be sure to keep the momentum gained by the party in recent months and not risk alienating any demographic. They could count on all the various classifications of people who identify with one candidate or the other, combine them, and move forward. Based on popular opinion, people seem to love them both. That seems like an unstoppable force moving forward…at least for now.
Who knows what rabbit McCain might pull out of his hat – particularly once it is clear who he’s running against.
It all adds up to a level of excitement that seems to be building and not likely to fade anytime soon.