Glad to see them finally get on board for Sen Obama! (It was disappointing to see their actions on behalf of Sen Clinton.)

Now with their unwavering full support of Sen OBama, I am sure we can deliver Pennsylvania and ensure a democratic party win in November!

Some people wholeheartedly supported Hillary , and some ardently supported Obama. Whether you were a Hillary-Democrat or an Obama-Democrat, we are, first of all, Democrats. Now it is time to work together to defeat McBush.

A joint ticket with Barak Obama and Hilary Clinton may not be a bad idea after all. But it is up to the Obama camp and Barak Obama to make the final decision. It is good to have an open mind and examine all options and choose what is best for the Democratic Party and what is good for the country. It may be a tough call to make. But then again it is just a everyday routine decision that one may expect of anyone aspiring for the high office of the President of the United States of America, because to be the President of the United States of America you have to be a great person loved and accepted by all Americans.
The great President John F Kennedy said “..ask not what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country…”
Another great President Abraham Lincoln said “...united we stand,divided we fall…” and Ronald Reagan, a third great President said “...America is a shining beacon of democracy…...”
Like many that originally considered that it wouldn’t work, because of the fierce exchange of words between the two camps, a joint ticket sounded out of the question. But then my opinion don’t matter. It don’t matter because it is not my call, it is the call of the Obama Camp and Barak Obama.
On reflection it will be good to heal the party. It will demonstrate that in primary elections , individuals may have different opinions but still have the grace to unite around a common purpose for the good of the people. Tin Election 2008 the Democratic Party people have spoken in the primaries by voting in their millions that they have a high opinion of both Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama .
Is a joint ticket a U-turn to rhetoric that would prefer the Obama Camp administration totally independent of the Clinton Camp and the Clinton Camp totally independent of the Obama Camp?Yes! An emphatic yes! Why? Because both Camps have excellent election and administration teams and best of all they belong to the same party. It will be good synergy for the party for the Obama Camp and the Clinton Camp to progress to the next level.
The media has been kind to both candidates . That is the maturity of American politics. Freedom of the press and freedom of speech,transparency and accountability.
Together Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton with John Edwards will make a formidable team. It is common knowledge that convention states that the winning candidate gets to choose his running mate. Public opinion and street wise talk on the streets suggests that it will be gracious for Barak to choose Hillary as a running mate.
In the past at the height of the primaries some negative press reports suggested that a joint ticket was not a good idea. I am guilty of thinking that it was not a good idea. But I would like to go on record for whatever it is worth and say that I salute Hillary Clinton for her tenacity, her courage,her patriotism, her great zeal and love for America, her love and commitment to Israel and her dedication to the high call of duty. Hillary as VP will bring a wealth of experience and advice for the Obama Administration.
To date Hillary’s has not publicly conceded. No one knows what is actually being said by both party camp loyals about the future direction of the party behind closed doors and what is being whispered by party camp die hards around coffee tables in restaurants , hastily convened crisis meetings etc. Just kidding!
Word on the street is that the party has to have a united front. To do this it may be recommended by persons close to Barak Obama that since Hillary’s name has been put forward for the VP slot it is respectfully suggested that he appoint her as his VP running mate and have John Edwards as Secretary of State.
The final decision will be up to Barak Obama who has the interests of uniting and healing the wounds of division of the Democratic party. That is an urgent priority and the “...urgent need of now..” and the “...fierce urgency of the hour…”.
It is hoped that this contentious hurdle of appointments of Hillary and John Edwards can unite and galvanize the party to be a political force to reckon worth.
No one doubts the patriotism , maturity and graciousness of Barak , Hillary and John who have the Democratic Party interest at heart and will do whatever it takes to unite the party around a common purpose with a view of November 2008 . Errol Smythe.

A strong VP, such as Hillary Clinton, will only detract from Barack Obama. Obama needs to be in the light now, and Clinton will only take away from his presence. While I am still an undecided voter, anyone who calls John McCain ‘McBush’ has not done their homework because drawing strong similarities between them is only a tactic to paint McCain as a Bush ‘Republican.’
Overall, Obama needs to get away from Clinton and McCain needs to be watched, as he may prove to be another ‘sleeping giant.’

-Michael Grant

Excuse me, but I have done my research! McCain’s voting record rarely shows him disagreeing with Bush. McCain is defintely McBush!

No question. McCain will only continue the failed and miserable Bush legacy. Between now and November, he’ll clearly say ANYTHING to ANYONE to get elected. Much of that will be an attempt to distance himself from Bush….but it’s just political gamesmanship. All the GOP candidates do this after their cronies muck things up enough that the entire nation is pissed off. They try to say, “We’re different! We’re not THAT kind of Republican.” But only tin ears will buy that crap. The Republicans are no more or less than the party of wealth and power and oppression. They dress it all up in flummery like “compassion” and “fiscally responsible,” or “thoughtful” (a new meme we heard on these boards recently) but that’s just palaver for the masses.

Pilt

here’s a a link…

http://www.bushsthirdterm.com

McCain really has no other options. For years the Republican party saw him as “too liberal” for their party. This “too liberal” stature was fine as long as he remained a Senator from Arizona and at times was a useful tool to the Party in that position. And then it all fell apart when McCain blasted into the front of the pack and is now the Rep candidate for President. Suddenly the Party has to deal with this “too liberal” a Republican. The strange part of this whole story is McCain is nothing more than an extension of the Bush Administration and his ideas have always been terribly right wing. This mantra of “too liberal” has always been a scam thrown out for public consumption by the Evangelical Right of the Party. Oh yeah, the Evangelical Right…where the hell have they run off to.
JP