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Obama/Clinton '08!!
With last night's decisive win of the Democratic presidential nomination, and after a record-breaking 16-month campaign which truly could have swung in either direction, Barack Obama will now lead his party in its bid for the White House. With eye-crossingly vexing talk of delegates and superdelegates (thankfully) subsiding, speculation is mounting about whether or not Clinton will become Obama's running mate, and seek the office of vice president.
From this blogger's perspective, it seems a pretty logical choice and one with the most promise for a Democratic win later this year. Not only would an Obama/Clinton ticket bring together the charisma and energy of Obama with the political savvy (and dare I say "experience…") of Clinton, it would also draw from the expertise of that other Clinton, who won two presidential bids himself.
Perhaps most importantly, though, a joined force of Obama and Clinton would give the Democratic Party the unity it needs, mending the rifts that have formed among its members in the long, grueling, and dirty months of campaigning.
The big question, it seems, after the barbs and angry words from both camps, is will the two candidates be able to put their egos aside and work together for the good of all?
According to the Dan Balz's Washington Post campaign diary, Clinton is ready to give it a shot. Balz quotes BET founder and Clinton supporter Robert Johnson as saying, after a Tuesday phone call with the New York senator, "She said if asked to do this, she must accept because she believes that it is in the best interest of the party that the party come together and win in November."
If this is correct, and there's no reason to doubt that it is, Clinton is ready to put her energies into the coming campaign, and Americans can look forward to a truly great presidency in 2008.