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Clinton cut-throat and Obama idealism. Let's get started, shall we?
Only in your dreams. Clinton would cut Obama's throat either way, riding piggyback on the excitement he's generated -- she needs his charisma, but he doesn't need her so much. If Obama falls in the nomination fight to the Clinton cadres, the only thing he's got to lose then is his prestige and position as an exciting candidate -- that would be his downfall, taking a back seat to Queen Hillary in a losing candidacy.
And if Obama manages to prevail and Clinton falls, he'd probably have to watch his back with Clinton as VP, for fear of those selfsame cutthroat tactics -- not that she'd accept a VP spot from Obama, anyway; that door only swings one way, in truth. Loyalty expected, but not given. That's the definition of cutthroat -- whatever it takes to win.
What makes Obama exciting is that it's a different approach for Democrats, one that's based in the grassroots, just what the party's needed for some time. I know people aren't used to being actually excited about candidates, being in a position other than besieged, outflanked, and prone against the GOP, but Obama's the real deal.
The GOP are praying to Mammon for a Clinton candidacy; she's the only one who can save them in 2008. That, or Bush declaring martial law or some untimely "domestic emergency."
