New York, May 10 (ANI): Veteran Democratic Party Senator Ted Kennedy has already lost favour with Hillary Clinton after he decided not to back her for this year's bid for the White House.
Now, he has gone one step forward, and said that she wouldn't make a good vice-president because the job requires "real leadership."
"I don't think it's possible. And I think if we had real leadership - as we do with Barack Obama - in the number-two spot as well, it'd be enormously helpful," The New York Daily News quoted him, as saying.
A Kennedy spokesman later clarified that Kennedy thinks Clinton is "more than qualified" to be Vice President.
The slapdown came as Clinton struggles to keep her campaign alive after Obama's better-than-expected showings in North Carolina and Indiana primaries last Tuesday.
The former First Lady trails Obama in the popular vote, in pledged delegates and in dollars raised. And on Friday, she all but lost her last remaining edge - her lead among super delegates.
Another nine super delegates came out in support for Obama, while Clinton picked up just one.
That left the former First Lady with 271.5 super delegates, to 271 for Obama, according to an Associated Press tally.
Four months ago, she held a 169-63 lead.
"The election is over, everybody knows that," said Vernon Watkins, a California super delegate who jumped to Obama. "Obama has won."
Clinton is howing no signs of exiting just yet, stumping through Oregon and Kentucky, while husband Bill made five stops in West Virginia, which votes Tuesday.
Obama said nothing at all about Clinton, choosing instead to aim his barbs at presumptive GOP nominee John McCain during a swing through Oregon.
Obama takes super delegate lead over Clinton for the first time
New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton had one thing going for her up to this point in the presidential campaign for the White House, the support among the super delegates who can control the fate of the Democratic nomination.
But on Friday, her Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama moved into the lead on this score for the first time.
The super delegate movement toward Obama, gave him a net gain of six on Friday alone, with more expected, increasing pressure on Clinton.
The New York Times quoted Democratic officials as saying what had been a trickle of super delegates declaring for Obama is now turning into a steady stream in the wake of Tuesday's primaries in North Carolina and Indiana.
Clinton lost by 14 percentage points in North Carolina and narrowly won Indiana. Obama is just 166 delegates away from the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the nomination.
Obama made his own peace offering to the Clinton camp, albeit a tactical one, suggesting he would be open to helping her retire her campaign debt. (ANI)
