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Hawaii Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:33 PM
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If HRC gets the nomination & asks Obama to be the VP, would
Edited on Thu Oct-04-07 07:34 PM by Hawaii Hiker
they be able to combine the money they've raised??....What does Obama/HRC have to give back (dollar wise) if he/she doesn't get the nomination?...Could you imagine the resources these two would have under either scenario; HRC or Obama gets the nomination, & selects the other for the VP!....Wondered if anyone could shed light on how this would work regarding the money issue; ie: could the VP candiate transfer funds to the presidential candiate, etc?....
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YDogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:37 PM
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1. I don't think this will happen.
But I don't know the answer to your questions, either.
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:38 PM
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2. Obama/Anyone.
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illinoisprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:48 PM
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3. Obama won't be vp for Hillary. she is establishment right and he is progressive
she is DLC and he is not. ect. ect. Besides all who support him would be very upset with him.
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Herman Munster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:51 PM
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4. how can you say that with a straight face
obama is no progressive. He and Hillary agree on the vast, vast, majority of issues. Just compare their voting records in the senate. They are virtually identical.

Any differences between Hillary and Obama are stylistc. It's coke and pepsi. Some people prefer one over the other but at the end of the day, it's still soda pop.
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durrrty libby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:55 PM
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5. "It's coke and pepsi. " Some people around here appear to be on coke or crack
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:55 PM
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6. He would jump at it, and with good reason.
He's a young man. If he doesn't make it this time he has a VERY bright furure, and a person can do a lot of good as VP these days.
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:51 PM
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15. Agree -
Also, he will be better off if he does not have a longer senate voting record - less to defend.
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ElizabethDC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:59 PM
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8. Except that their Senate voting records (for the times they've both been there)
are exactly the same, but for one vote. Their positions on the issues aren't terribly different by any stretch of the imagination.
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Ethelk2044 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 07:56 PM
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7. Obama will not do that. She would only hurt him politically
Edited on Thu Oct-04-07 07:57 PM by Ethelk2044
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earthlover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:01 PM
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9. More Hillary is Inevitable meme spread....
Edited on Thu Oct-04-07 08:02 PM by earthlover
She isn't even the nominee, so it is a bit premature to speculate on who would be her running mate.

We could, of course, ask the hypothetical question of: If Obama gets the nomination & asks HRC to be the VP, would
they be able to combine the money they've raised??....

Or the question could have neutrally been asked "could two candidates combine resources after the nomination...."?

The inevitablity meme is alive and well.
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Hawaii Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:10 PM
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11. Yes, the question could have been asked "neutrally", but
I'm just being a realist here....HRC, Obama, Edwards; one of them will get the nomination, & it's a fair & relevant question about the resources...

Howard Fineman sure went speculating in his column today:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21130696/site/newsweek/
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AZ Criminal JD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:08 PM
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10. Can't combine funds
If Clinton and Obama were united together only the presidential candidate could use funds for the election. If Clinton or Obama were to select a very rich person for VP, that person could contribute funds without restriction.
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:10 PM
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12. Obama/Anyone. Very easy to understand.
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Frances Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:13 PM
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13. IF Hillary is elected President,
I have heard some Supreme Court watchers say that they think she'll nominate Obama for the Supreme Court.

I have no idea if Hillary will even win the Dem nomination, but I'd love for Obama to be on the Supreme Court.

I would love it even more if he were Chief Justice of the Supreme Court!!
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Hawaii Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-04-07 08:18 PM
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14. I've not heard that, but I agree, would not mind Obama at all
on the Supreme Court, or John Edwards for that matter....

Well, first things first - win in 2008 then hope for opening on Supreme Court, don't want to put the cart before the horse..
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