Sanity and Pwns

Over at the DailyKos (http://www.dailykos.com), they fowarded the opinion that it wold be unwise for Obama to select Hillary Clinton as his running mate. They suggested other people, such as Bill Richardson, would be a better choice. As they accurately noted, Richardson would put New Mexico into solidified Obama camp.

I’ve been saying for a while that Obama could legitimately win Texas and Nevada, and Richardson would help there as well. If he pulled out these three south western states, the Democrat should take the white house in a landslide this November.

It certainly would be painful to pick Clinton as Obama’s running mate. It would be like a divorced couple trying to get back together after they cheated on each other. But it is not without it’s merrits. The only road bloack Obama will face in the road to the White House is getting all the white moderates that backed Hillary to back him in the general election. Unlike the pundits, I see this as his top issue.

So the choice comes down to whether Obama’s people agree with me, or if they disagree. If they think an Obama/Clinton ticket would easily win, but an Obama/Someone Else tickey might fail - even a slim chance of failure - I’d advise him to go ahead and pick Clinton.

I say that because, there is a lot more the Democrats can lose if they mess this up than the general election. If Obama selects someone other than Clinton, and he fails to get the 30% of Hillary supporters that say they’d rather support McCain, causing Obama to lose - it would implode the entire party. Obama’s supporters would blame the Clintons, and therefore the “white” base of the party. The young voters would turn to third parties and general cynicism. Black voters would question the parties loyalty.

So, what it comes down to is this: Obama has to win the general election. If he can win without Clinton, he should pick someone else. We’ll see if that’s the case.