It's Time for Obama-Clinton

By Zamboni

We cats haven't exactly been glued to the recent Democratic primaries, because we can't bear the blathering of the talking heads. And besides, nothing has been able to break the standoff between Senators Clinton and Obama.

Until now.

Senator Clinton's big loss in North Carolina yesterday — and the squeaker victory she eked out in Indiana — have convinced us that it's time. Senator Clinton, we like you very much, but you should drop out of the race.

We're not even going to criticize the way you handled your campaign. Plenty of people named Matthews and Olbermann and Cooper and Blitzer will do that for us, and anyway, you know how cats don't like to overextend themselves. We think you know what your mistakes were, and at the same time we recognize that you also acquitted yourself nobly in many ways. (New Hampshire comes to mind.)

So, please — sit down with your husband and your finance chairman and whatever other friends you really trust and figure out the best way to make a graceful exit.

But none of this means that Senator Obama is off the hook. We have a request for him, too.

Please choose Senator Clinton as your running mate. Do it now. She's demonstrated that she had incredible strength within the Democratic party, and come November, you'll need a fighter by your side and the voters she'll bring with her (like us). You also need a smart, experienced vice president to rely on when you win.

Obama-Clinton would not only be an unstoppable ticket. It would make us PURR, do some head rubs, knead, and show our stomachs.