Monday, July 28, 2008
Barack Obama wants an independent vice-president
The Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidential Barack Obama has refused to deliver clues about the identity of his future candidate for the vice-presidency, but instead portrayed the qualities he expected his eventual collaborator, foremost among which figure independence.
"I want someone independent, ready to tell me where he or she thinks I'm wrong," said the senator from Illinois in an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC radio.
Whatever his identity, or the future (e) Vice President (e) will not be confined to a representational role, "he assured. "We will have many problems and many things to do, and have a vice-president intended only to attend funerals, it does not interest me."
Among the last Democrat candidate for the vice-presidency, many were from the southern USA, the bastion of the Republican camp. Barack Obama has not indicated whether he would respect this strategy, which has sometimes proved embarrassing for his opponents but said he wanted a complementary partner to "provide knowledge (...), expertise that can be useful. "
The only nomination that the senator recognizes considered for the post is that of his former rival in the race for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"I have constantly said that qu'Hillary I thought Clinton would be on the list of anyone. It is one of the most effective leaders, intelligent, courageous that we have in the Democratic Party, "he concluded.
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