Political Nanny: Wake Up, You Were Dreaming

Madeline Holler — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:01:00 GMT

An organization led by former Hillary Clinton staffers has ended its quest to get Democratic candidate Barack Obama to pick her for a running mate.

Political Nanny would like to note that, mmmhmmm, she didn't realize others were still making an effort to get Clinton in the No. 2 spot. In any case, here's the writing on the wall that leaders of Vote Both finally saw:

From USA Today:

"Because it seems that Senator Obama has made his decision to offer the slot on the ticket to another candidate, we believe that continuing to ask him to pick Hillary is no longer helpful to our party's chances of winning in November," Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Arora wrote in an e-mail they planned to send Thursday to the 40,000-plus supporters who signed onto their online petition.

What does the Obama camp have to say? Well, they're still not talking about VPs, yes or no, or even the convention schedule.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the campaign won't comment on the vice presidential search and hasn't finalized the convention speaking program. Obama and Clinton advisers have said Clinton is likely to speak on the convention's second night, Aug. 26, which is the 88th anniversary of the ratification of the amendment giving the women the right to vote.

Are you totally crushed or had you given up the dream (ticket) a while ago? Who's your VP pick for Obama?

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Political Nanny: Obama Clinches It! Election 2008 Begins

Madeline Holler — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:05:00 GMT

Hillary Clinton has all but conceded the nomination to her rival Barack Obama. That should come in, what, a few more hours?

The polls are still open in South Dakota and Montana, but no matter the winner, Obama has collected enough delegates to get the party's nomination.

He has also arranged a victory celebration in Minneapolis -- the site of the Republican National Convention later this summer.

When asked, Clinton said she'd be open to the VP slot on the ticket. Political Nanny sort of doubts that will happen. But in this campaign full of surprises, well, we've learned anything goes.

What do you think? Will the election finally begin? And Hillary supporters -- can you bear to send a check to the Obama campaign?

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