Why Nobama

[Dr_BuzzCzar]

Thats funny the majority of college history textbooks state that it was our entry into WW2 with the full comitment of our industrial capacity that actually brought us out of the depression. (Something that won't very likely happen in this day and age) They also stated the ineffectiveness of the many programs instituted by FDR.

If Obama really wanted to unify his party he would have at least offered the VP to Clinton.

If he was truely serious about reaching accross the aisle he would have offered McCain and Palin cabinet positions.

Instead he chose a watchdog that said he had no leadship potential and was naive during the primaries.

Of course a move like that however popular it would have been with the people as a whole would alienate his ideological base and required far bigger balls than his wife or democratic handelers would ever let him have.

1. Please cite your source for stating what is in the majority of all college history textbooks, thanks. There is no doubt that our entry into WW II was a tremendous boost to the U.S. economy through deficit spending (about 140% of GDP in 1943, as I recall but not certain on the precise amount) by necessity instead of by choice. That doesn't mean FDR's policies had not stopped the slide and headed the economy in the right direction prior to 12/7/41. I agree that the horrible state of our current manufacturing sector would not allow it to be utilized to pull us up by our boot straps. I've worked in manufacturing all of my adult life (post-Army service, that is) and the short-sighted actions by management and labor that I have witnessed enrage me still.

2. The Democratic party has not been unified in my lifetime and probably never will. There are significant differences between the fiscally conservative "Blue Dog" Dems and the much more liberal "Yellow Dog" Dems. They get together in varying degrees to fight Republicans but that's about it. Personally, I think that adding Sen. Clinton to the ticket as VP candidate would have played directly into the right-wing's hands. They have been salivating since 2000 for a chance at going after her. I think Pres-Elect Obama made a smart, political decision in how he's using Sen. Clinton.

3. I would love to have seen Sen McCain as Sec Def for instance, but doubt it would have been accepted or offered. He's a good man that I respect a great deal. I wish him well and much success. Offer a cabinet post to Gov Palin... that might be the single funniest thing I've read on these forums yet. Wow, that is truly mind-boggling.