As the race for the White House on the Democratic front, between Senators Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton continues, some are wondering whether putting the two presidential candidates on the same ticket will unite the Democratic Party.

On his blog, Jack Cafferty asked the question and interestingly the response varied.

Some said it would work and put an end to the Republican side, others believe that the two candidates are too proud to make such a move, if one wins the other should hold a high position in the Government while others strictly said “No” to the idea.

I am not sure if such a move would bring benefits on any front, unless the supporters of both sides want that to happen. Otherwise, it will undermine the integrity of the voters and what they believe in. Many voted for Obama because of his vision and message to bring change to the country while those who voted for Clinton believes her experience will move the country forward.

The campaigns for the two have noticeably taken a lot of money with Clinton lending her campaign $5 million noting that Obama had raised more money than her last month.

Let the supporters decide I would say.

But Obama is no longer the underdog he was seen as two weeks ago, he said so himself in one of his public addresses. And without contradiction, the tight race between Clinton and Obama speaks for itself in that regard.

Out of Super Tuesday’s 14.5 million voters in the Democratic race, Senator Clinton is only leading by a mere 53,000!

In addition to that and based on reports, there were 73 percent  Democratic voters than Republican voters. Collectively, only 8 million plus voted for Republicans John McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.

Clinton and Obama are expected to continue their battle in Ohio, Texas and other states, however, it is possible that neither of them might be selected formally until the Democrats Convention in August. And so far, both sides are still well short of the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the party’s nomination.

Meanwhile, on the Republican side, John McCain is well ahead in the race while his two opponents Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee said they will continue to fight on.

McCain has still to win the support of key conservatives, some of them saying they would not vote for him in the presidential election if he wins the nomination. Super Tuesday results has shown the conservatives vote were split between Romney who was the closest rival to McCain, and surprisingly, Huckabee also took a largeer  number of the votes than expected and won in five states, even though he was trailing in third place.

Some conservatives even threatened to give their votes to either Clinton or Obama, which will be very favourable for the Democrats.

This demands some strong campaigning from McCain’s camp if he wants to unite the Republican front and win the votes of the conservatives.

As the race continues to the White House, we hope the people of the United States of American would end up selecting a Candidate who will address the War in Iraq, reverse a looming and possible recession and bring betterment for all of them.

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