! Hitlary Support Group Quits as Obama-Clinton Ticket Shitcanned

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Obama-Clinton Ticket Hopes Dim, Group Shuts Down
Thursday, July 31, 2008

WASHINGTON ? An effort to urge Barack Obama to pick former rival
Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate is shutting down under the
assumption she is not a contender for the No. 2 spot.

The two former Clinton staffers who started the group Vote Both say
Obama?s decision to offer Clinton a prime-time speaking role at the
Democratic Party nominating convention and other signals suggest Obama
will not choose her.

?Because it seems that Senator Obama has made his decision to offer
the slot on the ticket to another candidate, we believe that
continuing to ask him to pick Hillary is no longer helpful to our
party?s chances of winning in November,? Adam Parkhomenko and Sam
Arora wrote in an e-mail they planned to send Thursday to the
40,000-plus supporters who signed onto their online petition.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the campaign won?t comment on the
vice presidential search and hasn?t finalized the convention speaking
program. Obama and Clinton advisers have said Clinton is likely to
speak on the convention?s second night, Aug. 26, which is the 88th
anniversary of the ratification of the amendment giving the women the
right to vote.

Parkhomenko and Arora have a combined 10 years experience working for
Clinton. Most recently Arora was a press aide to her presidential
campaign and Parkhomenko was executive assistant to former Clinton
campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, who is now chief of staff for
Obama?s yet-to-be named vice presidential nominee.

In an interview, Arora was coy about what makes them so confident
Clinton won?t be chosen.

?All indications we have from people close to Senator Clinton and
Senator Obama are that Hillary is not on the short list,? Arora said.
?We?re looking at how we can ? if we can ? use Vote Both to help him
because we want a Democrat in the White House.?

Obama said this week that he wants a running mate who will help him
change how business has been conducted in Washington ? seen by many as
an indication that he won?t pick Clinton.

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