I might have to buy the book
Whoa, my second post on Bob Shrum's new book, who would have thought? This little tidbit pointed out by Political Wire is certainly worth it though (and I still plan on addressing the point made in the comments to the previous post). The NY Daily News is reporting that:
Sen. Hillary Clinton's agents lobbied for her to be John Kerry's running mate in 2004, but she was crossed off the list as too radioactive, according to political sources and an upcoming book.
"A quiet round of polling helped guide the search. Hillary Clinton had high negatives – she would hurt the ticket," Democratic guru Bob Shrum writes in his memoir, "No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner."
Clinton associates pressed Kerry to get her on the list of vice presidential candidates, well-informed sources confirmed to the Daily News.
"Her name was proactively put on the list," said one source.
I have no idea why Senator Clinton would have wanted to be the VP nominee, that doesn't seem like something she'd want at all. I'm assuming she thought President Bush was quite beatable in 2004 (as did I, for the record) but she'd have to wait 8 years to run for President if Senator Kerry had run and she wouldn't have had nearly the power that she would have had if she stayed in the Senate.
If I had to guess this was more a move on Senator Clinton and her peoples' part to get her name out there in the conversation rather then an actual effort for her to be the selection. Would have been interesting though, a Kerry/Clinton ticket.
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