Gingrich: Clinton/Obama Ticket Likely

Newt Gingrich is predicting that the two Dem frontrunners will combine for the '08 ticket:

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats will nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton for president in 2008 and Barack Obama will be her running mate, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicts.

The GOP will have three "formidable" choices in Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson, said Gingrich, who is considering whether to get into the race.

Gingrich is ruling out John McCain's chances among the Republican contenders.

The Arizona senator "has taken positions so deeply at odds with his party's base that I don't see how he can get the nomination," Gingrich said Sunday in a broadcast interview.

Gingrich is right about McCain, and he's probably right about the Dem ticket. Hillary/Obama will be a tough ticket, but if Hillary is at the top, the negatives will still be significant, and the thought that Obama would be next in the line of succession won't inspire a lot of confidence in many quarters. It may be a dream ticket for many on the left, but won't be that inspiring for a big part of the country.