Hillary supporters say no more letter pressuring Obama on v.p.

By GottaLaff
Good riddance to a bad, bad idea... Lanny:

Several of Hillary Clinton's congressional supporters have nixed their plan to write a letter to Barack Obama advocating he ask the New York Democrat to serve as his running mate.

According to Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the supporters felt the letter would be misunderstood as them demanding the Illinois senator choose Clinton.

Misunderstood? What's there to misunderstand? Dear Senator Obama:

We write to urge you to select Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to be your choice for vice president because we believe that she would be, by far, the most qualified and strongest candidate to be your running mate. [...]

We know this is ultimately your decision on who is to be your running mate. But with the greatest respect, we ask you to select Senator Clinton in recognition of the more than 17 million Democrats who supported her at the polls and who, in combination with your more than 17 million supporters, would form the base of a successful presidential campaign in the November election.

Nope, no demands there. It's all a big misunderstanding.

"We've decided to communicate our views informally," Schultz said Thursday.

But nobody will mind if we make numerous informal calls and get informal in your face in person and stuff, right? That's not nearly as demanding as saying the exact same thing in a letter.

Love, Lanny