Updating — Analysis: Two Democrats Still Required (June 4, 2008)
Barack Obama's secret face-to-face meeting with Hillary Clinton in early June was a cloak-and-dagger spy hunt that produced nothing but denials. Since then, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president has kept to his promise to not "speak" about a potential running mate. As we all know, publishing on the Internet stops just short of a statement.
Obama's initial attempt to quash any early speculation was reported on Flingjore's World two months ago. "The next time you hear from me about the vice presidential selection process will be when I have selected a vice president," Obama told reporters aboard his campaign plane last June. "If you hear second-hand accounts, rumors, gossip about the selection process, you can take it from me that it is wrong, because we're not going to be talking about it in the press."
Recently, Senator Obama has offered supporters the chance to be "the first to know" his choice for vice-presidential running mate by subscribing to an e-mail service. Maybe, now, we can almost confirm an Obama-Clinton ticket, a fact that has caused much speculation for some time.
In a statement from the Obama and Clinton Press Offices on August 14, the two camps confirmed a commitment to winning back the White House by placing both names in nomination "as a show of unity and in recognition." Furthermore, the following passage from that statement alludes to more:
"Senator Obama and Senator Clinton are looking forward to a convention unified behind Barack Obama as the Party's nominee and to victory this fall for America."
Moving ahead is the presence of a new button that appears in the sidebar of www.barackobama.com that reads "Welcome Hillary Supporters" and invites visitors to "Get Involved."
Clicking on the button takes the reader to the "Join Our Movement" page of the Obama campaign Web site and showcases the following video:
In covering politics, making an incorrect but educated guess can be suicide. Given the facts of the matter, the sudden embrace of Clinton by Obama (despite their differences) can only lead one to assume that the mystery running mate will be the senator from New York.
If this isn't the case, then why wait until the middle of August to promote the "National Movement for Change?" Again, just follow the bouncing ball, learn the words and sing along: "Obama is made of rubber and McCain is made of glue".
Well, the answer will soon be disclosed via text/e-mail message and then counted as fact. Until then, feel free to sign up on the Mobile Obama WAP site to get the scoop, firsthand.
Related links from Flingjore's World:
- No Bounce for Obama and McCain
- Clinton-Obama Meeting Draws More Speculation
- Analysis: Two Democrats Still Required
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