Here's something that seems truly out of left field: What if a negotiated settlement between the two Democratic presidential candidates led to somone else on the top of the ticket?
Rep. Tim Mahoney, a Democrat from Florida, told his local paper this week that if the nomination comes down to a negotiated settlement and one of the Candidates puts forth a ticket led by some third person, with one of the current candidates as VP, the party would accept it.
This bizarre possibility could result in
Al Gore or
John Edwards in the White House and
Hillary Clinton or
Barack Obama next in line. It seems far more unlikely a resolution than a Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton dream ticket.
Why would either of the candidates be willing to negotiate himself or herself off the ticket completely in favor of a vice presidency for the other?
Furthermore, if the nominee turns out to be someone other than one of the people currently running for president, would rank-and-file Democrats be bewildered to the point of not showing up to the polls?
And finally, in a year expected to produce either a female or black nominee, would it not be received poorly by the public at large to suddenly have yet another white man at the top of their ticket? We certainly think so.
