Comments on: Power Couple? http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/03/25/power-couple/ What's Going On Here? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:22:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Peter Halle http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/03/25/power-couple/#comment-240306 Peter Halle Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:15:17 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/03/25/power-couple/#comment-240306 The world is full of surprises, and this election has had its share. But with all due respect to Prof Amar, such a shared ticket is unthinkable. The White House is made up of thousands of staff, who belong to a single chief executive. There is much more to consider than two individual candidates who share a similar outlook. His idea reminds me of that brilliant New Yorker cover of them both reaching for the red phone at 3 AM. The world is full of surprises, and this election has had its share. But with all due respect to Prof Amar, such a shared ticket is unthinkable. The White House is made up of thousands of staff, who belong to a single chief executive. There is much more to consider than two individual candidates who share a similar outlook.

His idea reminds me of that brilliant New Yorker cover of them both reaching for the red phone at 3 AM.

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