EXPENDABLE POLITICIAN?

There have been a number of "trial ballons" released by Democrat "movers & shakers" in regard to a Democrat "Dream Ticket." According to these political thinkers, a Presidential/Vice-Presidential ticket comprised of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., would be unbeatable. All the weaknesses of Hillary in the perceptions of voters are more than covered by Barack Obama.

These political thinkers believe that, if Obama were to head the ticket, rather than Hillary, then Obama's weaknesses in terms of experience would be successfully exploited by the McCain team. Whoever joins McCain is likely to be a "meat ax" pro. (He may choose a Black to off-set charges of racism.) Therefore, a ticket headed by Obama (with Hillary in the Vice Presidential slot) would be more vulnerable. Even the "Junior" at the end of Obama's name suggests that maybe Obama has not really "grown" enough to be President of the United States.

More ominously, according to political realists, is the fact that a Presidential ticket headed by Obama invites assassination. Given the heavy support among the Black population of America for Barack Obama, such an assassination would result in social strife.

According to this line of thought, Hillary Clinton might be willing to play "second fiddle" for a while for the sake of William Clinton's candidacy, but would she be willing to wait out Barack Obama?

The long string of suspicious deaths in the wake of the Clintons' political rise cannot be a source of comfort to Obama supporters. The fact that Gerald Ford was shot at, while Nelson Rockefeller was Vice President, and the fact that Ronald Reagan was shot at, while George H.W. Bush was Vice President, point to the inherent danger to the President and to the care that must be taken in choosing a Vice Presidential running-mate.