So What If Obama Wins?
Posted by Mike | May 6, 2008 | |
Going into today’s primaries, the punditry has been preoccupied with the question of whether or not Obama can “close the deal.” A valid question, sure. But a more interesting question might be what happens if he wins?
I’m a baseball fan, and every year there is a team that manages to clinch their division relatively early in August. Or worse yet, they never do quite clinch and end up limping into the playoffs. In sports, momentum is everything, and these teams don’t usually do well in the post-season.
To superimpose the metaphor onto politics. Say Obama pulls this thing out; it will be a limping victory. Can he overcome the lack of momentum? Can he and Hillary “unite” and re-energize the party? These are the pertinent questions.
From a political point of view, if Obama wins the nomination, he’d be wise to offer the VP nod to Hillary for precisely this reason; she’s the one with momentum right now and he has to figure out a way to leverage that.
Tags: Election 2008 > Hillary Clinton > obama > Political Thoughts > Politics
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May 6th, 2008 @ 11:05 am
first are you crazy with this hillary vp business and second you really can compare everything to baseball can’t you.
May 6th, 2008 @ 11:09 am
hey, I’m not saying I want her to be VP. I’m saying it makes sense for him to do it! And yes, life is about baseball.
May 6th, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
ok so then obama in prez nom and clinton vp. (yuck) Who wins them or mccain?