but there are plenty of people who need obama's mindset, his change-from-the-bottom-up philosophy, his inclusive government style. not these people though:
Stephanie Ashworth, 41, of Woodside gave $1,000 each to Obama and Clinton. The stay-at-home entrepreneur, who sells environmentally friendly grocery sacks online, likes both but is skeptical either would accept a vice-presidential slot.
"She would think he is too inexperienced and new, and he wouldn't embrace her style," she said. "It's hard imagining either one of them not being the leader." Ashworth voted for Obama in the Feb. 5 primary.
But Drew Perkins, a chief technology officer, says that perception may be short-sighted. Pairing Obama and Clinton would make the Democrats stronger in November. The Saratoga resident, 44, gave the maximum $2,300 to both, but voted for Clinton.
"I think for the Democratic Party, it would be the strongest ticket," he said. While he would rather see Clinton at the top in the November contest, he said Obama is "very sharp and excites people and one day would be a great president."
As the acerbic sparring between the camps intensifies - though reportedly there was a brief rapprochement Thursday when the two held a friendly private conversation on the Senate floor - one ponders how the two would ever get along in the White House.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, said bluntly last week that her "lifetime of political gut" tells her a combo ticket "is impossible." She suggests, throwing a barb at Clinton, that the former first lady has spoiled the chance by calling McCain a better potential commander in chief than Obama.
and then there was former ny governor mario cuomo spouting off:
"It would be ruinous to the Democrats to get to the convention without an arrangement of some kind," Cuomo said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital with Al Hunt," scheduled to air today.
A ticket with one of the candidates running as vice president would give the public a chance to elect the first woman president and the first African-American president regardless of who is at the top of the ticket, Cuomo said.
Either Obama, 46, or Clinton, 60, could serve two terms as vice president and then run for president.
"Most people say that's improbable, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be the best solution," Cuomo said. "And it occurs to me that you could make a ticket almost either way, with Hillary on top or Obama on top."Compilation of Clinton’s Dirty Tactics
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