House speaker
Nancy Pelosi says Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham
Clinton shouldn't share the Democratic presidential ticket
unless they really want to.
''No, I don't
think it's a good idea,'' Pelosi said in an interview with
CNN talk show host Larry King aired Thursday night.
''I think first
of all the candidate, whoever he or she may be, should
choose his or her own vice presidential candidate,'' said
Pelosi, who will chair the Democratic National
Convention in Denver in August. ''I think that's
appropriate. That's where you would see the comfort level on
not only how to run, but how to govern the country. And
there's plenty of talent to go around to draw upon for
a good, strong ticket. I'm not one of those who thinks
that's a good ticket.''
But Pelosi added
that if Clinton and Obama ''think that it's a good
ticket, maybe it is. But I don't think that we should thrust
the vice presidential choice onto the presidential
nominee. That's her or his decision to make.''
Pelosi also said
she agrees with Democratic National Committee chairman
Howard Dean that the nomination should be settled before the
national convention.
''I don't want a
brokered convention. I think there's too short a time --
maybe just about eight weeks between the end of the
convention and the election. And I don't think that's
enough time to bring everyone together,'' Pelosi said.
''I do think that
the campaigns have to work their way through this, that
we should have all the elections, let the people speak, and
then we'll find out who our nominee is.''
The last
Democratic primaries are June 3 in Montana and South Dakota.
(AP)
