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Clintons Push 'Dream Ticket' —With Obama as Veep

Critics cry hypocrisy at not-so-generous offer

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 10, 2008 7:01 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Both Clintons are hinting that Hillary's camp wants to unite the nation's Democrats by joining forces with Barack Obama—with him as No. 2, Reuters reports. This dream ticket would be an "unstoppable force," Bill has said on the stump, attempting to position his wife as winner and uniter, and Obama as VP material. Obama himself says he's not running for vice president, and remains focused on the top job.

With the Clintons taking aim at Obama's lack of experience, offering him the Veep position is illogical, argued John Kerry, pointing out that "the first threshold question about a vice president is, are you prepared to be president?" Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, meanwhile, finds it odd that the second-place candidate would offer the frontrunner the No. 2 position.

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts as she is introduced at a campaign stop at the Casper College Auxiliary Gym in Casper, Wyo., Friday, March 7, 2008. Barack Obama easily won the state, keeping him in the lead in the delegate race, but that didn't stop...
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., reacts as she is introduced at a campaign stop at the Casper College Auxiliary Gym in Casper, Wyo., Friday, March 7, 2008. Barack...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during an election night rally Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas. Obama has said he would reject any offers by Hillary Clinton to be her running mate in November's election. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during an election night rally Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas. Obama has said he would reject any offers by Hillary Clinton...   (Associated Press)
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at the Sweetwater County Events Complex, Thursday March 6, 2008 in Rock Springs, Wyo. Former president Bill Clinton told a standing-room only crowd here that there's no hurry to resolve the close race between his wife and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential...
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at the Sweetwater County Events Complex, Thursday March 6, 2008 in Rock Springs, Wyo. Former president Bill Clinton told a standing-room only crowd here that there's...   (Associated Press)
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