Politics / Barack Obama What Obama, Clinton Don't Get Halperin runs down what the 2 top Dems are underestimating By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff Posted Jun 4, 2008 1:29 PM CDT Copied In this May 5, 2008 file photo Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses supporters in rain at a rally in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) Mark Halperin runs down what Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton aren’t counting on the day after the nomination was secured: For Obama: How intensely Clintonites feel about Hillary. Delaying his VP pick will only exacerbate the Obama-Clinton scrutiny. The sensitivity of the former first couple. The intense scrutiny he'll now face. How much distaste Camp McCain has for him. How the GOP has been waiting for this moment. How November will be about challenges facing the next prez. For Clinton: How big the comedown will be after dropping out. Obama really doesn’t want to be attached to her. How soon top staff will revolt if she doesn't drop out. How much she’ll be criticized if she doesn’t do battle for Obama. How much the press corps hates her. The extent to which her female supporters have martyred her. How hard it is to be Ted Kennedy—not Bob Dole. (More Barack Obama stories.) Report an error