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We have a new conventional wisdom. Hillary is done for…again. The notion that Barack Obama has all but secured the Democratic nomination is hard to argue against.
For those of you who wish to see me discussing this in video format, here is the link.
One question I’m not asked on the video, is whether it is conceivable that Hillary will accept the number two spot on an Obama ticket?
I think she probably would: vice-president is more glamorous than Senator. But will she be offered it?
Obama’s people point out that - after a long campaign - the two candidates cordially loathe each other. They say he would prefer almost anybody rather than Hillary. But if Democractic grandees decide that the only way to heal the breach in the party is to have an Obama-Clinton ticket, they might just try and twist Senator Obama’s arm. He would resist, initially. But if the case were made repeatedly and insistently? Who knows, it just might happen.
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