It is almost universally accepted by now that the longer this campaign drags on the worse the Democrat's chances are come November. Hillary Clinton will just not go away despite the insurmountable delegate lead that Barack Obama holds against her.
Fortunately, I have the perfect solution for Sen. Obama. If he can find a way to make this happen he can close this thing out right now and end it for Sen. Clinton before
This is the time. It has been a historic race so far, so why not give it a legendary and historic ending? The window of opportunity may only be a couple of weeks wide though, so it needs to happen now.
What Barack Obama needs is a big, exciting name along side his on the ticket.
Yes, I'm suggesting that Sen. Obama picks his running mate now. Within the next two weeks at the very latest.
Remember the "nuclear option" that Bill Frist talked about using in order to stop Democratic filibusters in 2005? It would have changed the Senate rules, particularly the "cloture rule".
The cloture rule allowed unlimited debate on a topic in the U.S. Senate until 60 members of the Senate, or a 3/5 majority voted to end it. In a Senate that was split almost 50/50 it was tough to get 60 votes on anything. The nuclear option would bust the deadlock and end it all. Immediately.
This is precisely the situation that Barack Obama is in. He has the majority on his side, and he will continue to through the convention. The problem is it isn't quite enough of a majority to prevent
Barack Obama's nuclear option could change that.
There are some who have told me they think this might be viewed as unfair or even dirty politics by Barack Obama. I disagree.
I don't believe it is dirty, or that it will be perceived to be. So far conventional wisdom has been thrown out the window in this campaign, so what's wrong with bucking the trends one more time?
The nominee in the Democratic Party will not be a white male for the first time ever, the nomination was not decided by
There are no rules that say a candidate is not allowed to pick his or her running mate before the nomination battle is over. In fact, many people wish that they would know who is going to be the number two before they vote in the primary.
In a game where the referees and the opponent are now trying to change the rules half way through the contest, a breach of tradition or campaign etiquette is not a big deal.
Besides, Hillary Clinton threw etiquette out the window when she refused, four straight times, to congratulate Obama on his victories in the post Super Tuesday states.
The selection of a Vice Presidential running mate is not a dirty trick. It does not involve insulting the other side personally, it does not involve digging up some comment that a supporter of an opponent made seven years ago. It is simply a different approach to choosing a vice president.
Of course just because it is not dirty doesn't mean that the
The hard part for the Obama campaign is figuring out exactly who the right person is. The problem for us right now is that discussing who this person might be is a whole other, long conversation. So, I hate to do this to you, but...
To be continued...
