Last night's debate between Clinton and Obama was friendly throughout -- almost creepily so. The candidates agreed, and agreed, and agreed. And then they laughed and agreed some more when Wolf Blitzer asked them whether they would consider running on the same ticket (see the above video.) The audience loved the question, and the media have been feeling the "dream ticket" story all day.
Never mind that Clinton's supporters think Obama represents a descent into insubstantial "feel-good" politics, and Obama's supporters resent Hillary Clinton for her familiarity and acceptance of the Washington bureaucracy. These are no surface policy disagreements -- they are two mutually exclusive visions for Democratic politics, and the tone of debate has suggested that each considers the other a serious danger to meaningful political discourse. A "dream ticket," indeed...
Friday, February 01, 2008
Give me a break: the feel-good possibility that won't happen
posted by Eric Schmidt at 5:42 PM
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