The Old Eighteen

Pelosi thinks a Obama-Clinton ticket would be a bad idea

She's not the only one, but it's good to hear her say it:

LARRY KING:  If you had your power woud you want them to run together?

PELOSI: No

LARRY KING: No?

PELOSI: I don't think it's a good idea.

LARRY KING:  Not a good idea?

PELOSI: No I don't think so.

LARRY KING: Because?

PELOSI: I think that first of all the candidate, whoever he or she may be, should choose his or her own vice presidential candidate. I think that's appropriate.  That's where you would see the comfort level not only how to run but how to govern the country. And there's plenty of talent to go aroud to draw upon for a good strong ticket. I'm not one of those who thinks that that's a good ticket.

They write letters

Harry Reid is a true profile in courage.  He understands that the Democratic nominee needs to be decided sooner, rather than later, so the party can begin the process of unifying and preparing itself for the general election.  He also acknowledges that high-ranking Democrats like himself will have a key role in nudging superdelegates to make their choices known as soon as possible.  So being a man of action, he is suggesting a bold, aggressive approach to the problem of getting superdelegates to commit - sending them a tersely worded form letter.  I shit you not:

Reid said he would consider writing a joint letter with Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) demanding that superdelegates make their endorsements public.

“The three of us, we may write a joint letter [to superdelegates],” said Reid. “We might do individual letters. We are in contact with each other.”

It's good to see that Reid has taken his daring strategy of sending letters with passively worded requests, which has been such a key component of his largely fruitless efforts to curtail the Bush administration's most egregious abuses of power, and adapted it to the problem of uncommitted superdelegates.  He should use a serif font and occasionally type in all caps to show that he REALLY MEANS BUSINESS!!!!

This is just a guess, but I'm betting that someday, when future historians begin the task of enumerating the reasons for the decline and fall of American civilization, there will be at least a few paragraphs devoted to Harry Reid.

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(via Poll Dancing)