WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- A Democratic presidential ticket with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama may emerge as a way to end the protracted race for the party's nomination, insiders say.
Even though neither candidate has agreed to a so-called dream team ticket, they might not have a choice if the unaligned superdelegates make a dual ticket a condition of their endorsement of Obama, Newsday reported Friday.
"If Sen. Obama is the nominee, it will be a very serious option that he has to give serious consideration to," says Simon Rosenberg, a longtime Democratic Party operative in Washington. "She's won a lot of delegates, she's raised a lot of money, she would bring a lot to the ticket."
Among those pushing for a dream team ticket is former Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn., head of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, and former Clinton staffer Sam Arora.
But critics say a duel ticket would be bad for Democrats.
"It's think it's a nightmare," said Andrew Polsky, a political science professor at Hunter College. "There's a long list of her comments (by Clinton) that could be trotted out that would make it a very uncomfortable fit for her to be on the ticket."
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