McAuliffe: Joint Ticket Would Be "A Great Idea"

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McAuliffe: Joint Ticket Would Be "A Great Idea"
By Greg Sargent - May 9, 2008, 5:02PM

This aired last night, but it's worth a quick look as a sign of what's to come.

Here is top Hillary adviser Terry McAuliffe, talking up the idea of a joint ticket in rather glowing terms in an interview that aired on Sirius radio (transcript sent over by the station)...

TERRY MCAULIFFE: Well first of all, as you know Mark, both of them, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are themselves going to have to decide who they think is going to be their best Vice President. For the rest of us it's speculation and presumption and all that.

I'm just -- I'll put on my former chairman of the Democratic Party hat -- I think it's a great idea at the end of this process for us all to be together...

I do get excited about the possibility of having Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton crisscrossing this country in the fall of 2008. I think that would be pretty exciting. But I have absolutely no say in it. Hillary Clinton and I have never talked about it. But as former chairman of the party it does get you somewhat excited.

Prediction: The public enthusiasm among top Hillary supporters for an Obama-Hillary ticket will rise roughly in proportion with their growing recognition that Obama is the party's presumptive nominee.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Terry McAwful can

bite me.

[xxqqqzme]

2. And that folks is, in a nutshell,

why he lost all elections while chair of the DNC.

[democrank]

3. A "great" idea?

Clinton should be true to her inner president and run with McCain.

[thunder rising]

4. This is sooooo foolish. We don't need Hillary in the 4th branch of government.

[speedoo]

5. What's it going to take to shut this asswipe up?

I can't believe anyone actually thinks he is doing Hillary any good. He was and is a total failure in every capacity he has worked.

[elocs]

6. Why would Obama want the finger wagging, loose canon Bill Clinton anywhere near his campaign?

Why would he want and ex-president hovering around an Obama administration? Obama has campaigned on change and a new kind of politics for our future and Senator Clinton and her husband clearly represent the past. There is no way that Obama and Clinton are a workable fit on the same ticket and it would be a stretch for American voters to swallow if they think about it for a couple of minutes.

[Joey Liberal]

7. Fuck Terry McAuliffe

After Hillary's negative campaign against Obama I'll never support her again.

[PFunk]

8. Not going to happen folks

Too much bad blood has been spilled in this campaign to do so.

(plus I think Ms Obama looks like she would like to kick Clintons butt if she got the chance)

[Triana]

9. I DON'T THINK SO! n/t