An Obama-Clinton ticket for 2012? Need I really say more? Well, former Virgina Governor, L. Douglas Wilder does. He wrote an opinion piece for Politico about why he think the Barack Obama should dump Joe Biden for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in “Team of Rivals,” he could do the 16th president one better: He should name Hillary Clinton as his running mate in 2012. That would be both needed change and audacious.
Clinton has been nothing but a team player who has earned good marks since being asked to serve as secretary of state. She has skillfully navigated the globe and been tough and commanding when the moment called for it (with Iran) and graceful and diplomatic when situations required (navigating complex relations with Russia, Pakistan and China).
Has her time as secretary of state been perfect? No. Has she ended these 18 months with the stature of someone ready and able to be president were the moment to call for it? The answer, unequivocally, is “yes.”
Read more at Politico.com
Chris Matthews interviewed the former Virginia Governor about this very opinion piece he wrote:
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Talk about coming full circle…
