Joint Ballot

On their "The Caucus" Blog the New York Times recently ran an article about a 22-year-old ex-Hillary staffer who is going to start his own campaign for a joint ballot. (As a Hillary supporter he's obviously advocating for Clinton/Obama '08, not Obama/Clinton '08.) Here's the link to the original article.

This could have been a good plan... possibly... maybe 9 months ago at least. But who is he kidding? This would be impossible now! How could they possibly come back from all the mudslinging that's been going on? Hillary would have to come out and say, "Ok, I said Obama doesn't have enough experience to lead this country, but what i MEANT to say is that he DOES have enough experience to lead this country, as long as I'M leading it with him." Right, that'll go over well.



It's a long video but it definitely shows one of the many times where the debate just dissolved into back and forth arguing. And poor Edwards is left out on the side (most of the time not even on camera) like the kid picked last for dodge ball.

Don't get me wrong, 9 months ago this was my dream ticket, Obama/Clinton that is. In my mind at least, they seemed to complete each others shortcomings. But instead of focusing on their REAL opponents, the not-so-Grand-Old-Party, they've been bringing each other down, creating a division within the party. It looks like this sibling rivalry for who will become mom's favorite will play out until the Indiana Primary, May 6th.

Let's hope that once all those votes are counted the Democratic Party can unite behind one candidate and put all their past differences behind them, or we face another 4 years like the 7 1/2 we've already endured.