The Democratic Presidential Race: Who Should Be In The V.P. Slot?

This week on "KEEP HOPE ALIVE with REV. JESSE JACKSON"…

The Democratic Presidential Primary season came to dramatic conclusion yesterday as Senator Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign and formally endorsed Senator Barack Obama…

In gracefully and graciously conceding the nomination to Senator Barack Obama, she ended rampant media speculation that she could do neither…

Indeed, she proved herself to be the stateswoman she has always been…

"Today, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him, and throw my full support behind him. And I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me…

"I am standing with Senator Obama to say: Yes we can…

"So I want to say to my supporters, when you hear people saying - or think to yourself - "if only" or "what if," I say, "please don't go there." Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward…

"Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been. We have to work together for what still can be. And that is why I will work my heart out to make sure that Senator Obama is our next President and I hope and pray that all of you will join me in that effort."

A clearer, stronger, more generous endorsement could not have been given…

So now, where do we go from here?

Much fence-mending needs to occur. Feelings are raw, dreams have been dashed…

And, yet hope has been kept alive as many awake to find that there are dreams still meant to be born, work that remains undone…

To that end, many still want a tangible "coming together" of these two giants…

On Friday, a CNN/OPINION RESEARCH poll found that 54% of registered Democrats think that Obama should name Clinton as his running mate while 43% disagreed…

Interestingly, men and women are divided on this question: 60% of women want Clinton on the ticket, and only 46% of male Democrats felt the same…

And, stunningly, 51% of men said "no" to the idea….

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Can this divide be bridged?

Clearly, it must be. Clinton garnered nearly 18 million votes and in the popular vote, Clinton and Obama are virtually tied: he came away with 48.1% of the vote, she claimed 48% of the vote…

So, today I ask you:

SHOULD CLINTON BE ON THE TICKET?

WHAT SHOULD OBAMA DO TO BRING HER SUPPORTERS TO HIM?

AND, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE MEDIA SPECULATION: WERE THEY ON THE MONEY? OR, DID THEY MERELY PARADE THEIR OPINIONS AS "NEWS"?

Guests:


Mr. Eric Boehlert

Media Matters for America

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    Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

    Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

    Professor at Temple University

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    Dr. Ron Daniels

    York College at The CUNY

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    Kevin Gray

    Counterpunch, The Decline of Black Politics

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