A unity ticket is the only way. A Clinton-Obama ticket is the very BEST way. [View All]

[Writer]

A unity ticket is our best way of maintaining the cross-over Republicans and Independents while avoiding offending African-American and some female voters who will feel slighted if party leaders shuttle one of the candidates out of the race. Not only would we have Clinton's experience, but Obama's optimism, and being that they both are pragmatic leaders, our nation would assuredly benefit.

Specifically, the Clinton-Obama arrangement would lengthen our leadership possibilities from eight years to sixteen. At the very least, the mere symbolism of Clinton and Obama together would herald a new liberal era to deliver us from the conservative era in place since Nixon. We exist now in a political transitional moment: We can decide to choose one of these candidates for a short term transition, or we can choose both and lengthen it for as long as possible.

Re: Clinton and Obama not "getting along." (How do we know whether they hate each other, by the way?) The venom in these camps starts from the grassroots up. If we're going to take credit for being the strength underpinning these campaigns, then we also must take responsibility for its tenor which, as we can read in this forum, is not that positive. Consider this: their policies and politics are nearly identical. Much of our communication in here colors how we view the relationship between these two candidates. As Carl Bernstein stated on CNN the night of the Pennsylvania primary (as one example): "The only people who are asking Hillary Clinton to leave the race are the Obama supporters."

But policy-wise, how could they not be compatible? Candidates with far more light between them have joined on tickets, most noticeably the bitter relationship that existed between Reagan and Bush, Sr. in 1980. They hated each other during the primaries, but joined into a politically successful arrangement. The only thing that stands in the way of a successful unity ticket is if one or the other decides to be peevish.

I firmly believe a unity ticket is our best way of establishing a firm Democratic hold on the White House. This is our moment to take advantage of the political realignment currently in progress.

Let's unify behind one powerful ticket. We would kick Republican ass for many years to come.

~Writer~