"Unity Ticket" Talk Coming From Clinton People

Since it became obvious to most people that Barack Obama will be the nominee for president of the Democratic Party, we have been hearing a lot of talk again about the "dream ticket" or "unity ticket". The idea is to have both Obama and Clinton on the ticket this Fall for the Democrats.

The news media has made it sound like this was a broad-based movement, but it turns out that is not really true. It turns out that most of this talk has sprung from a single group, VoteBoth. The leaders of VoteBoth all have clear ties to the Clinton campaign.

The group's founder is Adam Parkhomenko. Until recently, he was an employee of former Clinton campaign manager, Patty Solis Doyle. He also founded the Draft Hillary for President Committee in 2003.

The group's spokesman is Sam Arora. Arora has worked for both Clinton and her presidential campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe. The other three high-ranking members of the organization also have definite ties to Clinton.

The group was formed on April 8th, and its original mission was to convince people that Obama should be Clinton's vice-president. But since Clinton's recent defeat, they are now promoting the idea of getting her on the ticket as vice-president.

This definitely gives the impression that Clinton wants on the ticket any way she can get there. Although the group claims to be operating on its own, with their strong Clinton connections they would not be doing this if Clinton didn't want them to do it.

If Obama wants to pick Clinton for the ticket, that's okay. But he should not be pressured to do so. There are a lot of good people who he could choose as a running mate. I would advise him not to make any decision too soon. He should take his time, and choose a person who he can effectively work with and who will help him the most.

Maybe Clinton is that person, but that should be Obama's decision -- not the decision of VoteBoth or any other organization or person.