Can Obama say no to Clinton?

CNN: Can Obama say no to Clinton?

CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that he and Sen. Hillary Clinton will be "having a conversation in the coming weeks," but will they talk about sharing the ticket? Fears of a divided party increased as the protracted primary season dragged on, but Obama and Clinton both insisted the Democrats would unite once they have a nominee. Now that time has come, and while some top politicians say Obama must put Clinton on his ticket, others say Obama needs to say no.

Obama's search for a running mate has begun. Former Deputy U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, Caroline Kennedy and Democratic insider Jim Johnson are on the vice presidential selection team.

Concern about the division in the party arose because Clinton and Obama appealed to such different segments of the electorate. Clinton did well with working-class voters and the elderly. Obama rallied the support of affluent, well-educated voters, African-Americans and the younger generation. Clinton won the big states -- like Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- that she says are necessary in order to win in the fall.

Exit polls throughout the primary season have indicated that a significant portion of Clinton backers would not vote for Obama if he were to become the nominee. "I think there's a danger that there will be an embittered Hillary group that will stay home or will vote for McCain," said David Gergen, a CNN political contributor. He said he thought her speech Tuesday -- in which she did not concede -- showed defiance. "In effect tonight, she was saying ... I have these 18 million people, and if you want them to come over and support you, you've got to listen to me and you have to pay attention to what I want," he said....

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Some key backers of the so-called "dream ticket" include Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Sen. Charles Schumer of New York....Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, said she doesn't see a joint ticket in the future....Huffington said putting Clinton on the ticket would mean "having to deal not just with Hillary Clinton and her disappointment, but having to deal with Bill Clinton and the way he's been running the whole campaign."...

Former President Jimmy Carter has also said he does not see how Clinton would help Obama's ticket....

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/04/obama.vp/

Hillary needs to be vetted just like any other person that is on Obama's list. If after being vetted she they think she will not help him in the GE, then he can say no!

Having Clinton on the ticket would cost Obama as many votes as it added and would nullify any chance of real change.

a lot of obama supporters heads are going to blow up.
it should at least be entertaining.

And Clinton and Obama supporters said they were proud to have such a great man and woman as choices for the GE...

Now I'm more put in mind of the people that said they would not vote for the other.

Most people were claiming so much promise back then...but that seems to have dimmed a bit.

make no sense.

ed rendell speaking?

He would seem weak if he started his GE campaign by giving in to Hillary's extortion.

and yes he will. After last night there is no doubt in my mind, that the Junior Senator from New York will not be on the ticket.

the dlc powermongers. :wtf: NO.

Just say no, Barack, for the love of Pete!

But more than anything else, I think the coming weeks will show Hillary's true colors. Is she for the party, or is she for Hillary? I'm still not sure.

I'm sure it's not easy to say no to two of the biggest (if not the biggest two) living Democrats--Hillary and Bill. It's the right thing to do, though. Hillary made an Obama/Clinton ticket unelectable by making a lot of awful statements.