Telegraph: Reports on a new book on the 2012 Presidential Election race, " White House denies Barack Obama considered dropping Joe Biden for Hillary Clinton in 2012...Claims in new book that aides considered replacing Biden With Clinton are untrue, White House says ".
Lets Get Real:
It can be argued that President Obama made the same mistake as Bush 43, he chose a VP that was not a political threat to him, and would not be looking at his run for the Presidency. This can be a mistake, the success of the Reagan is seen by the election of his VP, Bush 41 as President in 1988. It was seen as Reagan's third term, thus the power of being compared to the Gipper today. In 2000 VP Al Gore had a popular President in Bill Clinton, but due to the scandal and his impeachment the the Gore Campaign thought there needed to be distance between Clinton and Gore, as to if this was the correct strategy that will be debated for years folks. At the end of the day Bush 43 won in Florida. In 2008 VP Cheney did not run, and due to the near banking collapse the Obama/Biden ticket won, in 2012 Obama should have taken the risk and asked Hillary Clinton to be his VP, thus she would have been forced to carry on supporting ObamaCare, in 2016, yes its years away, and ObamaCare could be popular then, but what if it is not, and the choice the Clinton's have is either win the election by promising to dump ObamaCare or lose and support ObamaCare, yes this blog knows the answer to that one, so does the Oval. In 1968 LBJ's VP was kept on tight lead by the Oval, in this case it was Vietnam, thus the Oval has some influence, of course Nixon won, but LBJ still have influence through the process, in 2016 Obama poll ratings could be in the toilet, and if that is the case the Clinton's will dump on him from on high, if Hillary Clinton has been his VP that would not have been a option.
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