Second Spouse Bill Clinton?
June 5th, 2008 by Josh
Imagine this: It’s August 28th, 2008 in Denver, Colorado and the Democratic Party is concluding its convention on the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech by nominating the first African American candidate of a major party in American history. The crowd is cheering, the balloons are falling, and across the country and the world there is a sense of history being made.
On to the stage steps the tall figure of Barack Obama beaming his megawatt smile and waving at the crowd. He is flanked by his wife Michelle, his running mate, and the running mate’s spouse. They’ve joined hands and lifted their arms in the air. It’s a new day and a new direction for the Democratic Party.
Can you really imagine the last person on that list to be former President Bill Clinton? Can President Clinton be the fourth most important person on the stage that night?
And come January, when it would become President Obama, could he truly run his administration with President Clinton advising Vice President Clinton across the street in the Old Executive Office Building? The man is undeniably brilliant but can he stand in the shadows?
I think Senator Hillary Clinton would be a great running mate and a great Vice President. It could be a 16 year ticket of progressive good governance. But I worry that Bill Clinton, the only Democratic president I have known in my lifetime could not handle his far less prestigious and powerful role.
I’m not sure this is a dream I want to have.
Cross-posted on DoubleSpeak.
June 6th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Why do we t1ry to dismiss the older more experienced people who have led our country successfully to allow a new, totally green young guy we know nothing about ,except he has questionable radical ties,to have total control? this defies logic. I for one think Bill Clinton is needed by our government more now than ever. Obama should be so lucky to be able to run his pres with someone of Clintons stature in the wings, warts and all he loves this country and is brilliant leader. His wife Hillary should be the pres, but if she is gracious enough to accept vp, obama would be twice blessed!! Only in politics do we throw the baby out with the bathwater. We dont do it in the sciences, arts, health fields, military, or academia soooo why do we always turn on the past leaders of our country like vicious dogs.Our media is the most guilty of this. Other societies revere their older experienced generation with great respect.
D in miss