If Not Hillary, Then...

By Zamboni

Now that the Pennsylvania Democratic primary is over, we cats are settling down in a patch of sun on our owner's favorite wing chair, licking our fur in quiet content. Our relaxed demeanor doesn't mean, however, that we don't have a highly charged opinion on yesterday's events.

We think that perhaps the person who most benefited from the results of the primary election is Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell — a strong supporter of Senator Clinton's candidacy.

Here's why.

The size of Senator Clinton's winning margin (10 points) and the traditionally Democratic demographics she won — and, just as importantly, the so-called "Reagan Democrats" whom Senator Obama convincingly lost — argue that, if Senator Obama is the nominee, he now would be wise to choose a Vice President from the ranks of hardcore Clinton partisans. Particularly a white male Clinton partisan with impeccable blue-collar credentials in a big swing state.

Governor Rendell best fits that profile. Of course, we Democratic Cats would prefer that Senator Obama ask Senator Clinton herself to be his veep (and vice versa). After all, the future of civilization — not to mention the entire planet — is at stake this election. But if they can't work it out, the Pennsylvania results make a strong argument for Governor Rendell to join with Senator Obama in the fall.

(This assumes, naturally, that Senator Clinton — or former Vice President Al Gore, for that matter — is not the nominee.)

You heard it here first.

In the meantime, we send a loving PURR to Governor Ed Rendell — for being such a Democratic trouper, and for making it clear that whatever the composition of the ticket in 2008, the important thing is that WE WIN.