Former Clinton pollster Dick Morris has an article on FrontPageMag.com today arguing if Hillary isn’t Kerry’s veep candidate in 2004 she’ll be effectively blocked from the Presidency until 2016. An interesting read, although I am somewhat dubious about his assertion that Kerry would also benefit from Hillary’s presence on the ticket. Morris writes:
A vice presidential candidacy by her would turn his campaign into a crusade and would energize her supporters to a fever pitch. It would summon all the good memories of the Clinton prosperity without the bad reminders of Monica, et. al.
I wonder. One of the problems Bush has been suffering from recently is alienation in his base. The massive new Medicare entitlement, his immigration reform proposal, and his profligate spending have led more hard-core conservatives to question their allegience to Bush. These people aren’t likely to vote for Kerry (he’s even worse on the issues they care about), but there’s a real possibility they’d stay home on election day. But Clinton hatred is still alive; many of the people who might not be motivated to turn out in support of Bush would crawl over broken glass for a chance to vote against a Clinton.
I’d be hard-pressed to come up with any other single action Kerry could take that would be better suited to unite the wavering conservatives behind the President.
March 19th, 2004 at 11:03 am - Edit
At the very least, a Dem in the WH would be able to give American workers a better shake than Bush has.
July 2nd, 2004 at 2:11 pm - Edit
This would truly be a dream ticket! I would vote for Hillary for VP in a New York heartbeat! (Of course I would vote for Daffy Duck if he were running against Bush!) Hillary would INSURE that Kerry would win in 2004! I hope this is not just a rumor!
Suzy