A News Alert

Terry McAuliffe apparently tipped his hand when he told a Virginia Democratic gathering that their Governor, Tim Kaine, would be the best choice for Obama to choose as his running mate.

According to a July 24th article in the Falls Church News-Press (Virginia), [1]

The former national chairman of the Democratic Party who ran Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign this year told 200 Democratic activists in Fairfax County Tuesday that Virginia Governor Tim Kaine would be his party's best choice as Barack Obama's vice presidential running mate.

In a Bill and Hillary Clinton camp loaded with steadfast loyalists, few stand out as strongly and as forcefully as Terry McAuliffe -- who is a Clinton diehard (both Bill and  Hillary) as they come.  He's the money raiser par excellance for them, campaign manager, former Chair of the DNC at Bill Clinton's behest, etc.

So when he tells a group of Virginia Dems that Kaine would be the best VP for Obama, he is revealing that Senator Hillary Clinton is not going to get the nod.  It's a very telling acknowledgement in the season of VP speculation, and particularly whether Clinton has a chance on a "Unity" ticket.

Let's be crystal clear, as they say, McAuliffe and the rest of the Clinton staff fought tenaciously to the last moment to try and secure the nomination.  McAuliffe would not be touting another VP candidate if he though Hillary had a chance. Period.

You just don't do that with the Clintons. You fight till the last dog dies for a Clinton.

In his speech to the Fairfax County Democratic Committee this week, McAuliffe, unnoticed by the corporate media gave the world the answer about whether Hillary Clinton will be Obama's running mate.

And the answer, based on McAuliffe's whole hearted endorsement of Kaine, is clear.

The Obama ticket will not have Hillary Clinton on it.

McAuliffe would be singing a different tune if that were a possibilty.  He would be boosting her for the position, but he's not.  And that speaks volumes.

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