« Previous | Main | Next »

Clinton for VP? She Says Ask the Obama Campaign

Share

August 21, 2008 6:21 PM

ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton took questions from local reporters in Tamarac, Fla., Thursday and was asked twice if she is going to be on the 2008 Democratic ticket.

Clinton responded saying, “Anything about the vice presidential choice should be directed to the Obama campaign.”

Clinton said she is all about winning, and any tension between the two camps regarding the nominating process or the convention is nonsense.

"I think some people are trying to make something of what’s not there. You know we have worked through this. Both of us agreed that this would be in the best interest of our party and of the winning. I'm all about winning," she said.

Clinton attempted to make the point that she has gone further in supporting her formal rival than her predecessors.

"Most people who competed as hard as I did and did well, go to the convention with their delegates. They hold on to their delegates," Clinton continued, “they have a contested floor fight, they have a contested nomination fight they fight over rules or credentials or the platform, there’s lots of things to fight over. And that’s not what we are doing we are you know were really trying to respect and recognize the very strong feelings that the 18million people who voted for me had.”

When it was suggested to Clinton that she wasn’t being very enthusiastc about Senator Obama, she responded saying, “Well you know I’ve had a lot of people thank me for being so enthusiastic. You know you can talk to people and get a million different responses. I have done more for Senator Obama in the last two months than anybody in my position has ever done for a winning nominee and I’m very  proud of that.”

Clinton also said that her work has been paying off saying, “I’ve been all over the country campaigning for him and making the case for him and I think it is having an effect.”

August 21, 2008 in Bush, George W., Romney, Mitt, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (91)

User Comments

Feed You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.

We asked, and he said no.

Posted by: Boneheaded, from Chicago | Aug 21, 2008 6:25:47 PM

It is really simple, if he doesn't choose Clinton, he's not getting my vote. I will vote independent again this year. His selection of Clinton would show at least some bit of humility. We'll see. But his choice will decide my november fate now.

Posted by: chris | Aug 21, 2008 6:35:14 PM

The more you ask Obama to pick Clinton, the least willing he will be!!! Stop the madness and let the guy make his own decision. Do you really want a president who can even pick, by himself, his own VP? LOL!!!!

Posted by: carl29 | Aug 21, 2008 6:38:23 PM

Hillary don't do it. Please don't do it. I hope to God she does not help this empty suit get elected, even it she is the VP choice I cannot vote for the ticket knowing that the final decisions would be left to him, no way. Do not get onto this sinking ship.

Posted by: Kim | Aug 21, 2008 6:39:15 PM

Chris ...

If you voted against for anyone other than Obama as a former Clinton supporter ...

You are a traitor. You are immature, and you are pathetic.

Don't be those things.

Posted by: snoot | Aug 21, 2008 6:39:37 PM

I heard on CNN the DNC is going to be modifying the primary process, dates changed, less super dels, and no cacuses....TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. Hillary PLEASE DO NOT GET ON THAT LOSING TICKET. McCAIN '08/HILLARY '12.
Evan Bayh should be BO's pick...please.
Hill fake it Tuesday night, grin and bear it, but we know you can't stand him either.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN!

Posted by: Debra | Aug 21, 2008 6:50:12 PM

Whoever people vote for is completely up to them and their personal priorities.

I just hope that folks look around themselves and see what a term of Bush/Cheney on steriods will do for them.

Defeat evil? How many wars would that take and how much would each jack up the deficit that your grandchildren will hae to pay? Personhood at conception? That would outlaw virtually all birth control that disallows implantation. Corporate tax cuts to stimulate an economy that already ignores the middle class?

It's your future folks. Vote as you see fit, but I beg you to look at the issues.

Posted by: G Davis | Aug 21, 2008 6:51:41 PM

Is Trench the only soul in Amerika who thinks the big O ought to cut with he foreplay and announce the name of the new national nightmare already?

Posted by: Trench Baralski | Aug 21, 2008 6:58:38 PM

Way to go Chris.

Posted by: bombem | Aug 21, 2008 7:00:06 PM

Who cares who Obama picks? Things are not looking good for him right now. I
am seriously looking at the third party candidates. There has to be someone out there who can run this country but not this clown.

Posted by: Jenny | Aug 21, 2008 7:02:51 PM

Obama doesn't do anything for me. He has no experience, no workable plans, and he changes his mind and adopts Hillarys or McCains solutions. I just can't see trusting Obama with this country's problems, and future problems. I prefere Hillary but will vote for McCain. I can trust Hillary or McCain to put this Country First.

Posted by: NoObama | Aug 21, 2008 7:04:49 PM

Debra and her whining, backbiting ilk really frost my behind!

Willing to put (as if they have that much control) McShame into office and subject our country to four years of ruinous Bush3 politics, including a likely super-conservative Supreme Court, further erosion of our constitutional rights and deepening ecomomic disaster, in order that Hillabeans will have an open (so she thinks) shot at the Presidency in 2012.

Should that happen, I will begin to work from Day One of the McShame administration (from November 5th, really) to ensure that Hillary Clinton is not able to get even close to the nomination in 2012. I'm sure others will join that movement.

Thankfully, for all of us, McShame WILL NOT be elected, and we will soon celebrate the presidency of Barack Obama.

Those of you who, for whatever bitter and selfish reasons, choose not to vote for him better not claim you did when your grandchildren ask what you did when the first black president was elected!!!

Obama 08/12

Posted by: jackt51 | Aug 21, 2008 7:05:24 PM

He's going to pick his brother for VP. That way the tax payers can pay to get him out of the mud hut he's living in. Change & Hope, Yea!! Vote for McWinner.

Posted by: bombem | Aug 21, 2008 7:05:28 PM

Chris I am an indp too,and if she is on the ticket I will NOT vote for a dem.....Guess we can stay home she is just another 8 years of the same ole crap in Washington.....Like we need billy back int he area.

Posted by: indp voter | Aug 21, 2008 7:06:45 PM

Evan Bayh would be a great pick and an excellent fit. But Hillary would be a blockbuster choice.

Posted by: hopesprings52 | Aug 21, 2008 7:06:46 PM

IT'S BEST THE ARAB DOES NOT ASK HILLARY TO BE HIS VICE PRESIDENT, THEY WE WILL HAVE HIM DEFEATED AND IN FOUR YEARS FROM NOW THE PEOPLE WILL WISE UP AND NOT WANT ANY MORE OF OBAMA OR AND BUSH'S FOREVER TO COME...WAKE UP YOUNG AMERICA AND LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS AND NOT THE PRESS...LONG LIVE AMERICA.....ARTIE

Posted by: ARTIE BURRIS | Aug 21, 2008 7:07:28 PM

the decision is obamas but no clinton on the ticket, and i take a walk

Posted by: ron | Aug 21, 2008 7:07:35 PM

Nothing surprises me anymore. I don't think Obama will pick Hillary, but even if he does, he still won't win. He definitely won't win if he picks Biden, Bayh, or Kaine either. Obama is behind McCain in the national poll, 46% to 41% and in the electoral votes: McCain 274, Obama 264. And now, more negative news breaking out about Ayers. Added to the fact that McCain will debate Obama three times, one of them being a town hall meeting....McCain will win all three. Everyone knows Obama can't debate without a teleprompter. I think Obama knows he's lost and is just hoping November gets here quick!

Posted by: willem | Aug 21, 2008 7:09:46 PM

jack...I don't care about the first black president....selling that line to alot of us Hillary supporters is crap....I care about a country loving centrist.....Hillary or McCain...NEVER OBAMA! Colin or Condi I could embrace, BUT NEVER OBAMA!

Posted by: Debra | Aug 21, 2008 7:12:18 PM

With all the unfair press and media support for Obama, his campaign spending at least 3-1 on advertising, a “World Tour” with photo opts, huge crowds, superstar treatment, Obama should be trouncing John McCain by now. So why isn’t he?

Respectfully, the polls are dropping for Obama because the people are questioning his leadership’s skills. Obama says John McCain is too old to be President. Mr. Obama, American’s have “loved and trusted” many older Presidents like Ronald Reagan who was age 71-79 while President. Obama stated that “John Mc Cain wants to serve his country, the same as I want to do”---correction again Mr. Obama, John McCain HAS served his country far and beyond the call of duty, and wants to continue this endeavor---never question his patriotism. The reason people are questioning your patriotism is not that you have a funny name (as you have repeatedly stated) they question your past and the people that have been your mentors for the last 20 years. They question legal documents (Illinois Supreme Court form for example) that you stated you have never gone by a different name. In Indonesia attending school your name was Barry Soetoro, holding citizenship in Indonesia and was listed as a Muslim (as your religion) on the paperwork. Has document been falsified by the Catholic Church? Most Americans do not care where you have lived, what school you have attended but they do want the truth---they do not want to be deceived. You said “do not question my patriotism”. Well Mr. Obama it is the “duty and responsibility” of each citizen in this country to question your leadership and patriotism and actually much more.

Posted by: Mike | Aug 21, 2008 7:23:34 PM

Post a comment