A Washington Post columnist utters words that should send chills down your spine — Supreme Court Justice Hillary Rodham Clinton:
As the primary season nears a merciful end, the Clinton-Obama conflict is giving way to Obama-Clinton conjecture. Many in the Democratic Party support a so-called dream ticket of both, with Barack Obama at the top. They believe Hillary Clinton has earned the No. 2 spot through her feisty, never-say-die campaign, and they worry that her supporters will stay home in November if she isn’t part of the ticket.
Opponents counter that in terms of the electoral vote, Clinton might not help carry any states that wouldn’t already go for Obama. Moreover, the possibility of both Clintons ganging up on a President Obama could make life more difficult for him than anything the Republicans could ever put together.
But there is another way to foster party unity without forcing a political marriage.
It’s likely that the next president will face at least one Supreme Court vacancy. Obama should promise Hillary Clinton, now, that if he wins in November, the vacancy will be hers, making her first on a list of one.
Yea, that makes sense. Elevating to the highest Court in the land someone who has no judicial experience, no evidence of judicial temperament, and hasn’t even practiced law in about 20 years.
And a lifetime appointment at that.
No, I don’t think so.
But you know, if Barack wants to give the Republicans even more ammunition in the fall, he should it. Could you imagine an entire campaign built around the idea “Elect Barack Obama, and you’re putting Hillary Clinton on the Supreme Court”. That’s something that could actually unite disaffected Republicans around John McCain.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:50 am
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