How about a Clinton/Dean ticket? [View All]

Just because Hillary doesn't attack at every chance doesn't mean she's not able to win. Some of the most dangerous animals in the wild attack when absolutely necessary, not out of whim.

An attack by Hillary at this moment might get her in the papers for 2 days, but it would also put yet another blemish on the democrats as haters, even if it isn't true. Remember, the Neocons are known to twist what you say into something completely different and put it in 30 second spots 10 times a day and on every talk show.

Notice that Bill Clinton doesn't outright attack either, yet he's regarded as a very strong Democrat. I can't remember the last time that Bill actually outright slammed someone. There's an old saying: Democracy is the art of letting someone else get your way.

Tact is everything. Kerry, for instance, has tact, but he was just boring as hell and couldn't relate to 'common' people out in the country who aren't necessarily neocons but who want someone they feel they can relate to.

Howard Dean is a good candidate because he can relate very well to 'common' people. He also doesn't outright attack all that often. It just seems that way because the neocons put it in the media for weeks on end. They're still playing the 'no republican has ever made an honest living' bit that he said a while ago on an almost daily basis. The reason this works for Dean is that he knows how to NOT fall into the common neocon traps. They want him to shoot his mouth off and dig himself deeper when they smear him. He just comes out and says "Yeah. I did say the republican party is mostly white christians. It IS, isn't it?" and leaves it at that. No trying to explain himself and digging himself in deeper.

Somewhere in the middle of Hillary and Dean is where Bill Clinton was/is, and it's also why he did so well.

In my opinion, a Clinton/Dean ticket would be ideal. Don't run Dean for the president. Let Dean run cleanup for Clinton, which is (in my opinion) the more important of the two jobs. The VP candidate has the ability to speak his mind without consequence MUCH easier than the president, while still getting the same media coverage.

Also, by running Clinton/Dean, you have both sides of the ticket covered. Hillary would pick up the moderates VERY easily, and Dean will pick up the progressives VERY easily. Covering both sides of the Democratic spectrum is what is needed to win.

I'm pretty sure this isn't a very popular opinion here, but it is something that would work.