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Why A Unity Ticket?

By Big Tent Democrat

I always am amazed that discussions of the Unity Ticket never seem to include any reasons why it MIGHT be a good idea. Thus, I must protest Bob Wright's discussion with Mickey Kaus of the Unity ticket possibility.

Their entire discussion is predicated on the assumption that, despite the fact that Democratic voters strongly support a Unity Ticket, it is bad for Obama to have Clinton on the ticket. I think the polling has clearly said otherwise. I have made arguments for why I think it is almost essential that Obama pick Clinton as his running mate. No such arguments are addressed in most elite pundit discussions of a Unity Ticket.

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There is a real disconnect that I see from the elite pundits like Wright and Kaus with the data and the wide swath of Democratic voters who actually are strongly committed to Hillary Clinton. They dislike the Clintons and therefore assume everyone else must or should too.

It is just this type of elitist attitude that the Obama campaign must avoid. I think the solution is simple, a Unity Ticket. But the pundit elites have their own ideas and wash away any plausible concerns about Obama's general election candidacy.

To see a Democrat win in November while dissing half of the Democratic Party will be an amazing feat. But to the elitist pundits, this is not only not a concern, actually ADDRESSING that Clinton half of the Democratic Party is a terrible idea. It is remarkable how people can convince themselves than what they want personally is what the voters want.

P.S. I never knew Bob Wright was a Clinton Hater. I knew Kaus was.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 17, 2008 (boomark / email).