Would you accept a Republican on a Democratic ticket? (WAPO Obama-Hagel)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/12/AR2007011201956.html

In this article, Lanny Davis proposes a McCain-Hillary (yeah, right) or an Obama-Hagel ticket. Seems extremely unlikely. I wanted to see what DU thought about it.

Would you accept an Obama-Hagel ticket (or a Republican at all) under any circumstances?

Personally, I would if it gave us a better chance of winning, especially if a true-believer type like McCain were on the Repub ticket.

Bipartisanship is bullshit. The Republicans are the Party of Bad Ideas. The sooner we're rid of them, the better.

and he has supported immoral and criminal behavior by bushco.

:eyes:

If they were rigged, why did we win the election?

He "misunderestimated" the huge turnout on our side and we overwhelmed his programmed small margin of victory.

obvious. Some estimate we should have won 50 seats.

but Hell No!

what if the alternative was an insane man like McCain polling higher than us? I'll admit, I'm not a Constitutional expert when I say this, but I don't think Hagel could do much damage as a mere VP. (Unless the Senate is 50-50, then no.)

pathological naivete.

What in the world has happened to Lanny Davis?

a conservative. He is no Chafee or Snowe.

Read his voting record and ask yourself if you think this person would support an increase of the minimum wage, universal healthcare, ... and remember that a vice-president will become president should something happen.

I'm mostly familiar with what Hagel says on TV. I don't know what's underneath so forgive my ignorance.

He's about all I'd accept. It's not that I think all Republicans are reprehensible. But I don't see the advantage to telling our entire party that we lack the talent to produce a complete ticket.

but there are not many of those around. Party of Lincoln indeed.

Just think of what would happen if Hagel had to break ties. And there would be no chance of a unified message. Hagel has a bit of a conscience, but he's no Chafee.

Although he generates little buzz since he's from a state we'll win anyhow.

He seems more liberal than say Shuler, who's a Democrat.

I would not rule anyone out on party affiliation alone.

Who is Lanny Davis and when did he get to be so stupid?

He makes Bush look sane by comparison. He obviously suffers from mental illness. If it's a choice of a Hagel VP or McCain with his finger on the Red Button...

A Democratic ticket would not have such a ridiculous choice as mccain or hagel. I can't imagine one looking to the repub party for a candidate... unless one were a repub... attempting, possibly to sabotage the Democratic Party.

I'll do anything to get an anti-war Dem Prez in the WH. If he polls significantly higher than say, Edwards as VP (who gave Kerry nothing.) Any alternative is acceptable to McCain.

And the poorly veiled accusation is really immature. If you want to say something, then say it.

... or even consider. We will have numerous excellent Democratic candidates in the 2008 presidential election. I am a Democrat and will continue to vote as one.

That was no "poorly veiled accusation"; that was my honest opinion. "Immature"? Think what you will.

Perhaps you're campaigning for a repub VP on the wrong board.

I wouldn't even consider it. I'm anti-war before anything else.

I really don't care whether I'm welcome here by you.

at one time I might have, but the Republicans can no longer be trusted with any power whatsoever. And quite frankly I'm not all that sure about the Democrats.

:nuke:

No matter what.

to vote for Nader (not me personally) throwing this country into the situation in which it finds itself now...

I have said repeatedly that there are too many strong, hard working and good democrats who deserve the chance to lead. They have hung it throughtout the bad times and I will support them. I'm not saying that cuz a person is a republican I won't support him/her, but I admire a strong democrat and I will always give them an opportunity.

Would I like them to choose a republican running mate? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no.

IF it happened, would I vote for the Dem anyway? Of course. The only alternative would be to vote for two republicans or even worse, a greeeeeen candidate :puke:

There are plenty of wonderful Democrats and if the party can't find TWO worthy people to fill a ticket, then why should I bother supporting that party? :shrug:

Besides ... I'd constantly be worried that the Democratic Prez would have one of those tragic "accidents" that always seem to happen to GOP opponents and the Repug VP would take charge. :scared:

That said, I don't see any point in putting a Republican in the #2 slot.

I'm sick of these DC insiders trying to put together some construct that keeps them in power.

Guess what? I want progressive Democrats heading up the ticket, minus political opportunists from the DLC.

Democratic ticket...his name was Joe Lieberman.

Gore/Lieberman. You saw how well that worked out.

After all that the Republicans have done for the last 50 years or so their "party" should be outlawed, not fawned over for the sake of "winning".

I remember all the threads on here in '04 advocating a Kerry/McCain ticket. I can't believe this shit is starting again already.

Why do people think we need a Republican on the ticket to win?

:grr:

is a repuke is a repuke and will always be a repuke! NO!

No, no, no and no.

Gore/LIEberman...

But LIEberman was still in the closet.

We have enough democrats in the mill without reaching out to the republicans. I'll stay home on election day if that should happen.

I'd be uneasy about that, unless the Republican had explicitly switched parties. Not because I hate all Republicans; there are some whom I respect quite a bit (I can't comment on Hagel, as I didn't even know who he was till a couple of weeks ago). But I just think that bipartisan tickets before an election seem undemocratic - as though the voters' choice is being pre-empted. To me, such coalitions are for dealing with the results AFTER a close election where no one has a clear majority; and forming a coalition between opposition parties BEFORE an election is like jumping to the result before the election, and not allowing the voters a proper choice. I may feel this way because I'm used to a different system; but that is my opinion.

Another concern: supposing such a ticket won, wouldn't that put the president at greater-than-normal risk of assassination by people who wanted to get the opposition party in?