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Obama as running mate?

• Justin Webb
• 5 Mar 08, 09:26 PM GMT

This from "A group of prominent Democrats was being formed secretly to go to Clinton to ask her to bow out for the sake of party solidarity. Now, neither candidate, counting their current super-delegates and potential unpledged delegates, can win a majority of delegates even after the Pennsylvania primary April 22. It is hard to imagine either bowing out. That raises the possibility of carnage in Denver with the super-delegates and the disputed Michigan and Florida delegations in play."

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Seems to me the opening is there after Pennsylvania for Barack Obama to be offered the vice-presidency and the moral high ground.

Are we sure he won't take it?

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Unknown territory

• Justin Webb
• 5 Mar 08, 07:12 AM GMT

This election enters the territory now where people look back on it for their whole lives. Bathed in the warm Texas breeze, I stood in the line for a caucus here in San Antonio and chatted to people who simply cannot remember anything like it. In fact, several had no idea about the caucus system - it had never occurred to them to take part before. Now they are in a queue of hundreds of people - some carrying small children, some elderly people sitting on chairs they had brought with them.

It was not always good humoured, I have to say - there was real tension over who had the right to get it started and open the door and do the counting etc - but it was still a rather wonderful sight.

The Obama rally was less wonderful - largely because nobody knew what was going on. It was held outdoors in the rather lovely Spanish-style centre of San Antonio - you could have been in old Malaga or Cordoba - but we waited and waited for the candidate to appear and it got colder and colder and there was . He won Vermont! Not a high spot... (sorry Vermont).

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