Clinton Fits the Bill

While you’re at it…

The NBC/Wall Street Journal
poll out yesterday drove the point home again. It’s the economy… yeah,
you know.

The economy is issue No. 1 Also in the poll, the issue of the economy remains the public’s top concern, and it’s an issue that voters want both McCain and Obama to address with their vice-presidential picks. Respondents overwhelmingly think that McCain needs to find a running mate who’s an expert on the economy. For Obama, meanwhile, they want him to pick an expert in military or foreign affairs — but a close second is an expert on the economy. The poll also shows that voters don’t have much confidence in either Obama or McCain to get the country’s economy back on track. Twenty-eight percent say they have confidence in Obama, while 17 percent say that of McCain. …

It’s why I still contend that for Obama to win in November he needs Hillary
Clinton as his veep.

I’m not addressing whether it will happen, could happen, the reported WJC “complication,”
or the myriad of other excuses why Obama can’t or won’t do it. I’m just
telling you the bottom line as I see it.

Honestly, I’ve really tried to envision someone else. Dick Morris thinks it
should be Bill Richardson, which proves his ruminations have more to do with dividing
Democrats and making sure we lose than uniting us to beat John McCain. No surprise
there. Because if Obama picks Richardson all hell will break loose and there
will be political carnage that makes the current situation seem peaceful. There
are other choices in the running, the only other choice making sense to be Joe
Biden.

But it’s Obama’s pick and it’s got to be someone he’s comfortable with, as
well as someone he can relate to and trust without worries. However, winning in November should
be more important to him than picking a cuddly soul mate. He needs someone who can
bring in the voters he can’t get, but who can also be a pitbull against McCain. If the economy is the number one issue, which it is, Clinton fits the bill.