I hate to say this. Maybe Barack Obama needs to pick Hillary Clinton has his running mate.
Yes, it pains me to say that.
But the midgets that Barack is considering—Tim Kaine, Joe Biden, and Even Bayh, just don’t cut it.
The only name still out there that is fresh, new, and potentially helpful is Kathleen Sebelius. And she looks to be out of it.
Barack has fumbled the period between the primaries and caucuses until now. He flip-flopped on issues, he failed to adequately respond to John McCain’s attacks, he’s lost his lead in the polls, and he never fully healed the Hillaryites.
I mean if he is going to pick someone who represents Old Politics, he might as well pick someone who has mastered it-and who apparently brings people into the tent.
I can’t imagine dealing with Hillary and Bill Clinton’s enormous egos. But Barack will be dealing with even bigger egos like Vladmir Putin’s, whoever is in charge of China, and the crazies in the Middle East.
It would energize the Democratic Party, unify it, and maybe staunch the bleeding to McCain.
Like JFK and LBJ before them, they don’t have to like each other, they just have to win—then figure out the rest later.
So, the Man Crush and the Pant Suit, together again for the first time!
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