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WASHINGTON (AFP) — “Vote Both,” a group dedicated to persuading Barack Obama to pick former foe Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate, is folding, as hopes of a “dream ticket” fade.
Organizers Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Arora said they were halting their campaign, based on indications that the presumptive Democratic nominee was looking elsewhere for a right-hand man, or woman.
“Because it seems that Senator Obama has made his decision to offer the slot on the ticket to another candidate, we believe that continuing to ask him to pick Hillary is no longer helpful to our party’s chances of winning in November,” they wrote in a website message to supporters.
The two former Clinton staffers concluded that reports that Obama had offered Clinton a prime-time speaking role on the second night of the party’s convention in Denver next month meant she would not be his pick for number two.
Vice presidential nominees traditionally speak on the penultimate night of the four-day convention.
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