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Perhaps everyone in the political world believed that Lyndon Johnson would beat Jack Kennedy in 1960. Johnson, the majority leader of the Senate, had passed the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction while recovering from a heart attack. Kennedy was seen as an upstart, all flash and no substance.
Flash forward a half-century. Hillary Clinton has been seen as the inevitable. Barack Obama had been thought a lightweight. And just as in '60 when JFK beat LBJ, it would seem that Obama will manage to pull off a similar feat versus (the) Clinton(s).
In that same spirit, perhaps the best of all worlds would be a repeat in strategy by pairing the rivals on the national ticket next fall. Why couldn't Obama/Clinton '08 be a worthwhile endeavor. It would be a fundraising powerhouse and activist segments of the party would be virtually orgasmic in their endeavors on the ticket's behalf.
And they'd show, once and for all, that America has moved firmly into the 21st century.
