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Some Democrats want Obama-Clinton ticket

Published: May 9, 2008 at 7:46 PM
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) talks with members of the media as he makes his way through the Capitol Building in Washington on May 8, 2008. Momentum is building for Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries.  (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) talks with members of the media as he makes his way through the Capitol Building in Washington on May 8, 2008. Momentum is building for Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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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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