Comments on: Easing Relations Make Clinton-Obama the Clear Bet http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2007/10/01/clinton-obama-page-early/ When old landmarks crumble, established roads no longer lead the way. New paths open to those with an irregular eye. Our news is unfit for print. Sat, 26 May 2012 14:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: J. Clifford http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2007/10/01/clinton-obama-page-early/comment-page-1/#comment-309675 J. Clifford Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:35:32 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2007/10/01/clinton-obama-page-early/#comment-309675 I try to remember this about Gore: He's the guy who picked Joseph Lieberman as a running mate. I'm not saying that Hillary Clinton is my favorite choice for President. I'm just looking at the trends as they are. I'd love to see Russ Feingold as Vice President, myself, with Patrick Leahy as President. I try to remember this about Gore: He’s the guy who picked Joseph Lieberman as a running mate.

I’m not saying that Hillary Clinton is my favorite choice for President. I’m just looking at the trends as they are.

I’d love to see Russ Feingold as Vice President, myself, with Patrick Leahy as President.

]]> By: Jim http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2007/10/01/clinton-obama-page-early/comment-page-1/#comment-309660 Jim Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:49:01 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2007/10/01/clinton-obama-page-early/#comment-309660 I wouldn't bet against that ticket. There's something else that I think will happen, though. There's a fair number from the set of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters who are looking for Anybody But Another Republican in 2008, and who will coalesce around a Clinton-Obama ticket. But there are also a lot of people who vote or lean Democrat who don't like to be told who to vote for, and the Clinton presidential ticket is pretty transparently being driven from within the DC Beltway outwards (in the way that Joseph Biden would love to be). So during the next three months, I predict that there will be a look for an alternative candidate and some gathering of support around that person. If Al Gore jumps into the race within the next week or two, it will be Al Gore. If he doesn't (time's a-ticking, Al), I don't know who that will be. Kucinich? Edwards? I think Edwards really wants that slot, and he's talking like an insurgent, but the problem is that in the last cycle he was on the establishment ticket, and in his Senate work had a history of playing it safe when he wasn't absent. Will people looking for an insurgent start looking outside the Democratic Party? I wouldn’t bet against that ticket. There’s something else that I think will happen, though. There’s a fair number from the set of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters who are looking for Anybody But Another Republican in 2008, and who will coalesce around a Clinton-Obama ticket. But there are also a lot of people who vote or lean Democrat who don’t like to be told who to vote for, and the Clinton presidential ticket is pretty transparently being driven from within the DC Beltway outwards (in the way that Joseph Biden would love to be). So during the next three months, I predict that there will be a look for an alternative candidate and some gathering of support around that person. If Al Gore jumps into the race within the next week or two, it will be Al Gore. If he doesn’t (time’s a-ticking, Al), I don’t know who that will be. Kucinich? Edwards? I think Edwards really wants that slot, and he’s talking like an insurgent, but the problem is that in the last cycle he was on the establishment ticket, and in his Senate work had a history of playing it safe when he wasn’t absent.

Will people looking for an insurgent start looking outside the Democratic Party?

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