WASHINGTON - Given the rise of Sarah Palin’s political star, is Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama regretting his decision not to choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate?
Palin, the Republican vice presidential running mate to White House hopeful John McCain, thinks so and even Obama’s running mate wondered whether Clinton would have been a better choice instead of Joe Biden. But what about Clinton herself?
“We have a great Democratic vice-presidential candidate,” Clinton said when asked about Palin’s comment in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that will air on Tuesday.
Clinton praised her “friend” Biden as a strong leader who understands the big issues the United States faces at home and abroad.
“So I’m very happy going out campaigning as hard as I can for both Barack and Joe,” Clinton said.
Palin told ABC’s World News Tonight anchor Charlie Gibson on Friday she believed Obama regretted not picking Clinton, his chief rival for the Democratic nomination, as his No. 2.
“I think he’s regretting not picking her now, I do. What, what determination, and grit, and even grace through some tough shots that were fired her way — she handled those well,” Palin said.
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- Photo credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder (Biden on stage at the Democratic National Convention with an image of Clinton on the screen behind him.)
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I have to say that I just don’t understand it. People say McCain is “scary as hell” because he is tied to Bush. Well is he? Throughout the primaries everyone knew, even my liberal friends, said that McCain was far from Bush (which is a good thing), but now they have changed their tune. I must say that as an Independant, I grew tired of the hypocracy of the liberal democrats. I was starting to get annoyed with the whiny republicans but the dem’s hypocracy knows no limits. Obama scares me and people just don’t get it. There are ties to ACORN and how can people say he didn’t say what he is on video saying. The fact is that low income voters will vote for him because they think the government will take care of them. Problem is that the government can’t help themselves. Another fact is that Bush and the republicans are not the only guilty ones…two words: Barney Frank. I believe he is a Democrat and a big one too. As far as Palin, another fact is she fixed Alaska. I can’t find much that Obama fixed. Biden seems like a good man but the media misses his “gafs” and he’s had as many as Palin. I would just like the media to be fair.
- Posted by coyOn or about Oct. 5th or 6th Sen. Joe Biden will step down because of medical reasons, Hillary will be then added to the ticket. STONE COLD FACT THAT YOU CAN BANK ON!!!!!! Disco Dave
- Posted by Disco DaveHillary’s heart to me looks very much in the right place, campaigning along side Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
For myself, I’ve been donating a little this week also to http://www.hillaryclinton.com to help retire her campaign debt which can weight anyone down. Maybe others will do the same.
She’s a true woman leader whom I appreciate very much.
- Posted by JulieMany of the problems our economy faces have been brought on by high oil and high gasoline prices. For the past 2 years, the Democratic leadership, including Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama had pulled all sorts of strings to make the American people believe that the economy is collapsing. They have not passed up any opportunity to hurt the economy in order to make their point. Refusing to take common sense steps to keep oil and gasoline prices low is just one thing the Democratically controlled Congress has done to hurt the economy. We are now sending several billion dollars each and every day overseas. Our money is employing foreign workers to drill, pump, refine, and transport oil, instead of employing American workers to do those same jobs. Who in their right mind would question the impact this currency drain is having? Higher gas prices make it more difficult to meet one’s home mortgage payments. And defaulting on Mortgages in part has brought on the current crisis. So should some of the fault of our current Wall Street Crisis be laid at the feet of Pelosi, Reid, Obama, and their other liberal Democratic friends? Without a doubt it should!
- Posted by GeraldDHillary clinton will be the deciding factor in the end - once the dust has settled on the Palin choice. Substance counts.
- Posted by gillian wilkinsonI noticed Tori’s comment mentioned that we are picking “the lesser of two evils” every election. She asked why it always comes down to this prospect.
As an American citizen I cannot greatly express how we are ignoring the bigger picture. Unfortunately, we have looked into our candidates own superficial character and not taken an educated stance at our future. The only reason why I see us choosing a “lesser evil” candidate is because we have chosen to side on issues that are not even relevant to our own country’s health. People want to side with Palin simply because she is female and aggressive; however, her lack of education would destroy our country just as Bush’s own lack of education. Not to mention, Palin is a VP! VP does not have any political power, only public influence! McCain is allowing himself to be ignored because he can’t afford more attention than he has now.
Look at a strong reality: McCain is OLD and is likely to pass away in office. Do you want another term of lack of education in Washington from Palin?
As far as Hillary, she obviously is too far caught up in her own legacy to work with others. This is horrible for effective government, because one ideology CANNOT dominate a country.
I vote for BIDEN 2008 and Obama as his VP.
- Posted by Justin Longa life long democrat (73 years) voted in every election regardless of how minor the position. this was to be hillary’s year the year of inventiveness honesty change and a woman. left to howard dean and apparently the really persuasive axelrod we were given a very flawed unlikable candidate. i see both barack and michelle as racist and anti-semites, how else to explain a twenty year relatioinship with reverand wright. why is everyone willing to forget this unholy liason. there disdain for the american public is so obvious, not even willing to be inventive about their past dealings, and the present lack of patriotism of michelle. can dance on tv but can’t go to ground zero.
- Posted by geriMCCAIN-PALIN HAVE ONE THING BETWEEN THEM THAT CANT BE MATCHED BY obabble and obiden AND THAT IS “CHARACTER” LOOK IT UP!!THANK GOD MAYBE WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR A REAL CHANGE NOW WE DESPERATELY NEED…HILLARY NEEDS TO GO FIND A STUMP TO CRAWL UNDER!!!!!!!!!
- Posted by jenniferBoth Nobama and McCain are equally bad choices–just in different ways. I’m a Democrat who’ll be voting Republican in November for the first time in my 57 years–just so we can finally see the more than qualified Hillary Clinton inaugurated as President of the US in January, 2013! Now THAT’s an exciting prospect to look forward to…
Go McCain 2008! Go Hillary 2012!!
- Posted by Both Candidates Equally BadWhat are people thinking when McCain and Palin are both lying most of the time. Palin’s bridge and McCain’s mis-quoting the tax issues about O’Bama. when in actuality both parties will have to raise taxes to pay for the debt that we owe to China and the unknown debts that we have no idea about.
- Posted by GwenBelieve me I was a huge Hillary supporter. Saw her several times, I am all 100 percent McCain. He was right on Iraq, right on Georgia. He will work hard and compromise. I want him to have an economic plan, energy plan and health plan. I am never voting for Obama. He did not pick HRC. He was weak and instead he went for establishment.
- Posted by Seanhe should have picked Hillary. I am also with Johnny Mc. I dont agree with Sarah Palin but we need someone to shake up the good ole boys network. I am astonished that an old white guy had the foresight to choose a woman and single handledly do something Democrats did not have the guys to do: put a woman in the White House. This old military guy picked the hot chick! It is great. We dont have to agree with them but they are tough, determined, smart and they will do their best! Vote McCain Palin 2008
- Posted by SeanI really don’t believe these people who say they were once Hillary backers who now back McCain. I think they are actually Republicans who want to try to convince x- Hillary backers that it’s okay to go with the “other” woman. As mentioned in an earlier post, if you were really, truly a Hillary backer, based on her ideals, then, you should analyze your true reason for switching parties. Search your heart for fear… racism… or, perhaps, an uncontrollable attraction to ignorant and anti-progressive platforms. The Mc-Palin duo will set women back, not push them forward, as Obama/Biden would do. If you have one feminist bone in your body, vote Obama! At this point, of course Hillary wants Obama to win it; she’s an intelligent, forward-thinking woman. So, if it appears that her heart is not in it, it may just be that your heart is not in it… maybe you are not ready to see a black man win… regardless of whether or not he is the better person to represent your ideals. If that’s what it is, try to open your heart and mind and get beyond it. He will serve us better. Palin is not like Hillary… she is more like the anti-Hillary. In fact, she is most like a male-designed anti-woman!
- Posted by JudyI have been a democratic voter for over 40 years. This will be the first election that I leave the presidential position blank. I will vote for down line democrats. For me it is not an either or.
The democratic party does not exist. The DNC is corrupt. If we are to have any decent change within the DNC, then the democrat must lose. He is not a good candidate. While charming, he and his staff are dirty. He will stop at nothing to get elected, and he is/was not the most electable candidate. He knows nothing about being in the highest position and for me, he has already gone back on his voting promises since the primaries. He has broken promises to the very people he needs to elect him. and yet, I do not see democrats questioning his truth-o-meter in voting. If he flip/flops now, what would happen if he were president?
He has not kept the high ground. If he had, he would have stopped his campaign, the DNC, and the MSM from being so sexist. Not that I am voting for them, but the republican party has been all over media sexism from the beginning. That, I applaud.
- Posted by HeatherRoseHillary not only is not happy to be stumping for Obama, she isn’t even going to vote for him. Bill Clinton said it best with his hypothetical Candidates X and Y.
- Posted by RIChrisWhen you get past the BS and look at the facts, they remain - McCain doesn’t give a damn about working women, and what’s more, he never has. If women want to vote for that, that’s their funeral. What people need to realise is that if McCain gets into office, the lives of working women will not change - they will still face the same frustrations, challenges and hard choices that their male counterparts will not. The difference between the Democrat and the Republican this year is that the Republican, frankly my dear, doesn’t give a damn. McCain has made that quite clear.
- Posted by LisaHer heart is in it just fine. She doesn’t want McCain in. I really don’t know what else she can do to prove that to all of the whiners who just aren’t ever satisfied. She will not atack Palin. It would not be smart and Obama doesn’t want her to do it.
- Posted by StephanieThe average voters are not very smart as much as I hate to say it. It’s how it is. Yeah, they will listen to some issues and debate who the better candidate is but they will be influenced and led astray. At the end of the day, they will cast their vote, a vote which I say is not entirely based on reason and research but on 30 seconds of tv ads and appeals.
- Posted by PonchoThis is what I have learned from those who switch party allegiances as easily as a sweaty shirt when “their” candidate doesn’t make the final cut: The party system is dead. Ideology is meaningless. Long live the cult of personality. Waiting for America’s Putin …
- Posted by neuebieneI am a Hillary supporter. That would be in whatever role she is playing within the Deomcratic party to defeat the Republicans. Any Hillary supporter who would consider voting for John McCain should get over themselves. This election is not about our favorite not winning the contest. There is so much more at stake. Yes, I wish Barack did not win the primary, but he did. Whatever else happens, we need new leadership. And you can think of it this way. In honor of Hillary, the first viable woman candidate for president, you should support her choice. She is campaigning for him because she knows what is at stake for America. Good leaders do what is best for the country, they do not pout. I will forever admire her and will follow her example of working for the best choice left for president. And I look forward to seeing what role she will play within his administration to effect change for Americans everywhere. Health care czar??
- Posted by dory