Clinton’s out - roll on November
Well finally, Clinton (or at least her campaign) have admitted defeat and thrown in the towel. The long hard battle to become Democratic Candidate is over and Obama has clinched it. The next thing on Obama’s list is probably picking his running mate - his Vice President if he ends up winning.
Personally, I think picking Clinton for this would be a bad idea. An online petitionкомпютри втора употреба calling for Obama to make her his Vice President in the campaign has started and there is definitely plenty of support for this. However, would Obama want to pick a candidate who could possibly overshadow him in the campaign or at least prove as popular as himself? What about all of the comments that have passed between them? (Remember: “shame on you Barack Obama…”).
It would make sense for Obama to pick a candidate who reaches out to groups of people where he isn’t very popular himself - typical Blue Collar workers and Latinos for example. Clinton is strong in these areas. But at what cost? The Clinton crowd and the Obama crowd are quite different and after such a bitterly divisive campaign, would they, or could they, just “kiss and make up”? I don’t think so. In my opinion, Obama should pick a candidate who is popular with Latinos and Blue Collar workers in a similar way to Clinton is, but that it shouldn’t be Clinton herself.
