Clinton as Vice President
Well, I have already written numerous articles about how Clinton will end up being the Vice President, or she will blackmail Obama for it. I thought it would be good to bring in another perspective. I asked my friend Era Circunstancio, to write about Clinton and Vice Presidency. This is his opinion.
Title: Clinton as VP: Against Obama's Message of Change
Author: Era Circunstancio
Published: 6/9/2008
With the closing of the Montana primary last Tuesday, all eyes were focused on the new presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. Barack Obama surpassed the magic number of 2118 delegates that night to clinch his party's nomination. No sooner had reporting of Obama's historic win made news than the media set their attention on potential running mates for the upcoming presidential election. Of the many likely candidates, Hillary Clinton immediately took the spotlight. After having run a fierce campaign against Obama in the primary season, she is now vying to fill the vice-presidential spot on the Democratic ticket in November.
Over the past few months, the race for the presidential nomination has led to much division within the Democratic Party. Primary after primary, the majority of Obama's votes came from college-educated whites, students, and Blacks, while working-class whites and Latinos continued to lend their support to Clinton. By choosing Clinton as his vice-president, Obama can potentially unite the party and win over those two crucial groups needed to win the presidential election.
To many, an Obama-Clinton ticket seems like a great opportunity to put the Democrats in the White House and a dream come true. To others, however, Obama's message of change loses it credibility if he chooses Clinton as his running mate. As the former first lady under Bill Clinton's administration, Hillary's ties in Washington are well-established. If Obama chooses Clinton as his VP, one can expect many from the old Clinton administration to be brought back to the White House. This is hardly the change in Washington that Obama's campaign has worked hard to promise. It is the pillar of his campaign and its greatest strength which Obama sacrifices by picking Clinton. Obama would be in a better position to spread his message of change in November by bringing to the ticket an outsider from Washington, such as Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius or Montana Governor Brian Schwietzer--two candidates who can also attract working-class whites to the Democrats. If Obama does not refuse to choose Clinton and betrays those who wanted change, he may risk losing votes to another candidate who also promises change: Ralph Nader. It is to the advantage of Obama and the Democratic Party that he carefully considers his choice. Four more years of a Republican executive branch would be disastrous.
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