Predicted 2012 Democratic ticket: Obama-Clinton
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Robert Reich Guest blogger
My political prediction for 2012 (based on absolutely no inside information): Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden swap places. Biden becomes Secretary of State 鈥� a position he鈥檚 apparently coveted for years. And Hillary Clinton, Vice President.聽
So the Democratic ticket for 2012 is Obama-Clinton.
Why do I say this? Because Obama needs to stir the passions and enthusiasms of a Democratic base that鈥檚 been disillusioned with his cave-ins to regressive Republicans. Hillary Clinton on the ticket can do that.
Moreover, the economy won鈥檛 be in superb shape in the months leading up to Election Day.聽Indeed, if the European debt crisis grows worse and if China鈥檚 economy continues to slow, there鈥檚 a better than even chance we鈥檒l be back in a recession. Clinton would help deflect attention from the bad economy and put it on foreign policy, where she and Obama have shined.聽
The deal would also make Clinton the obvious Democratic presidential candidate in 2016 鈥� offering the Democrats a shot at twelve (or more) years in the White House, something the Republicans had with Ronald Reagan and the first George Bush but which the Democrats haven鈥檛 had since FDR. Twelve years gives the party in power a chance to reshape the Supreme Court as well as put an indelible stamp on America.聽
According to the latest Gallup poll, the duo are this year鈥檚 most admired man and woman This marks the fourth consecutive win for聽 Obama while Clinton has been the most admired woman in each of the last 10 years. She鈥檃 topped the list 16 times since 1993, exceeding the record held by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who topped the list 13 times.
Obama-Clinton in 2012. It鈥檚 a natural.
