The World According to Greg » Democrats http://www.envirojustice.org/gregsworld Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:08:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 It’s Time http://www.envirojustice.org/gregsworld/2008/05/its-time/ http://www.envirojustice.org/gregsworld/2008/05/its-time/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 07:22:34 +0000 ghile http://www.envirojustice.org/gregsworld/?p=19 Lately, I, and I’m sure a whole lot of others, have been wondering why Barack Obama has not been able to close the deal, to once and for all knock Hillary Clinton out of the box and legitimately claim the Democratic nomination. After seeing the results from Indiana and North Carolina that make it even more clear that Obama is the likely nominee, and especially after listening to Hillary speaking at a campaign rally today, it has become abundantly clear why Obama can’t knock Clinton our: it would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.

There is one thing that will bring the Democrats together (and I have never believed that the prolonged primary struggle between the two has been a fatal or even a seriously damaging one to the party) and it is more apparent now than ever: Obama and Clinton need to be on the same ticket, Obama as president and Clinton as vice-president. I know Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have said it won’t happen, but it should happen. The true test of leadership and of the gravitas it takes for a first-term senator to deserve the nomination and the presidency is to make sure it happens.

Of course, Democrats have long been famous for screwing up elections and eating their own, so it probably won’t happen. But it should. Now.

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