Washington: As the hotly contested race for presidential nomination stretches, prominent Democrats have said that Senator Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton running together in November polls is not only a "dream ticket" but a rare opportunity for the country.

Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell, who is a strong supporter of Clinton, also brushed aside the argument that Senator Obama winning in Republican states that Democrats are not going to carry on November 4 should be factored in by delegates and super delegates at the time of picking the nominee of the Party to take on the Republicans.

"I think it would be a dream to Democrats all over this country. Personally, for me, it would be a great ticket. I mean, I am going to fight hard for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, whoever the candidate is. But put them together, and I think it would give America a rare opportunity to experience something just incredibly wonderful," Rendell said on Meet The Press.

But another prominent Democrat and former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who is backing Obama in the democratic primaries, argued that Illinois Senator has no interest in being the Number Two in the ticket and rejected as "specious" the argument that since Senator Clinton had more experience she should be the leading the way.

"...it's really a rare occurrence, may be the first time in history, that the person who's running number two would offer the person who's running number one, the number two position. What Barack has said is that's way premature. He doesn't have any interest in being vice president. He's going to be our presidential nominee," Daschle said.

Source : PTI