When Will MSM Notice Hillary Has Made It Tough to Tap Obama for VP?

July 25th, 2007 9:19 PM

Amidst all the MSM analysis of the dust-up between Hillary and Obama over his statement at the CNN/YouTube debate that he would commit to meet with the world's worst dictators in his first year in office, I haven't noticed anyone observing the obvious: that with her statement on the subject, Hillary has made it very problematic for herself to name Obama as her VP running-mate. To see why this is true, consider the kind of ad that the Republican candidate would inevitably run if Hillary were to tap Obama for the Veep spot . . .

As images of terrorism play across the screen, a dead-serious voiceover intones: "Terrorism. It could threaten the very survival of our country. Dealing with the dictators who threaten our nation might be the most important matter confronting our next president. Hillary Clinton says Barack Obama is "naive and irresponsible" when it comes to that. What does it say about Hillary Clinton that she wants him to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?"

For that matter, Hillary's criticism so fundamentally discounts Obama's credentials to serve as president or VP that you almost have to think that her camp has concluded that under no circumstances would he be the running mate.

Let's monitor the MSM. Kudos to the first poster who finds an instance of the MSM connecting the dots . . .

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