If Hillary is the Nominee, does Obama's run make Harold Ford Jr. inevitable as VP

[JCMach1]

on the ticket with her?

Just thinking out loud here, but it does make a certain sense. Plus, he's available.

...In a move that surprised even convention organizers, the convention chose Ford by voice vote as Clinton’s running mate for vice president... http://www.news2wkrn.com/vv/2008/01/29/mock-veep-harold-ford-chosen-as-hillary-vp-at-mock-convention/

[angie_love]

1. Don't know about that

I don't know about that but it makes him running for prez in the future inevitable. Love Harold Ford Jr.

[ingac70]

2. She and Harold are DLC buddies...

but Harold's family would bring a lot of scrutiny to the campaign. They are the reason he didn't get elected in TN.

[Duke Newcombe]

4. shady ads...

...that played on interracial prejudices are what cost him that election. His family is a political dynasty in that state.

Duke

[JCMach1]

5. Exactly and it might be enough to put TN into the electoral mix.

[ingac70]

9. If you lived in TN...

you would know what I am talking about...

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/nov/29/ford-prison-date-postponed/

[ingac70]

8. Several of them have also been to jail...

Uncle John is next to go to prison..

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/nov/29/ford-prison-date-postponed/

[ingac70]

16. Aunt Ophelia rips off TennCare...

Using insurance for the poor....

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=6751790

I live in TN. I voted for Harold because I know he is not like them. But I am also well aware of what his family gets up to.

[Historic NY]

3. No not with all the Ford problems in Tn. lots of family stories.....

and they are not good.

[ingac70]

12. And the stories a very true....

They don't call the Fords the Memphis mafia for nuthin'!

Makes me feel sorry for Harold, as I don't think he is anything like his family. Don't particularly like him because he is a DLCer though. I did vote for him anyway.

[ecstatic]

6. I'd be turned off at that

It would be obvious pandering. Obama is not exchangeable, he is his own unique person.

[Dogmudgeon]

7. It will be Clinton/Obama

With at least three of the other candidates being invited to cabinet positions within days of the announcement -- Edwards, Biden, and Richardson. If Hillary is the presidential pick, she will make a magnanimous offer to Teddy. They will run, effectively, as a team. (Better get the macro programmed to print "Kumbaya" when you hit control-k.)

McCain is already planning this kind of thing. The word is that Huckabee will be his VP, Giuliani will be offered a cabinet post, and he will have half the rest of the cabinet assembled soon.

Result? A massive win for the Democrats anyway. Largest turnout in history, possibly a 50-state sweep.

--p!

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. I would hope that Obama would think long & hard about any such

deal. He would be much like Al Gore, always at odds with the First Spouse. I've heard that she might go with Wes Clark.

[newmajority]

10. If Hillary and that piece of crap are the ticket

Nader and or Bloomberg wins in a landslide.

[Thrill]

11. Obama will go for someone like Webb, Warner, or Richardson

[JCMach1]

13. Might be Richardson to reach out to hispanics...

[AtomicKitten]

14. " ... but it does make a certain sense." Why's that?

:(

[ingac70]

18. Because he is black...

and if Hillary doesn't tone it down, blacks may get pissed off enough to stay home in Nov.

That said, Harold's family would be a drag on a Hillary/Ford ticket.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

17. I can't stand him.

I'll never forget his response to being questioned about being at a Playboy Super Bowl Party: "I like football. I like girls."

Um, women are not a sport, asshole. :grr: