Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, said she doesn't see a joint ticket in the future.

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Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo argued this week that Democrats can avoid disaster with a joint ticket, Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton.

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Terry McAuliffe, a former Democratic National Committee chairman and a co-chairman of Clinton's campaign, commented Thursday on the possibility of a joint ticket.

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Meanwhile, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, made it clear Thursday that she thinks Clinton and Obama shouldn't run on a joint ticket this fall.

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Obama deflected a question about a potential joint ticket with the New York senator, saying it's too early to start thinking about running mates.

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Whoever wins the primary, Miss Reno and Mr McBride have hinted they might team up afterwards on a joint ticket for governor and lieutenant-governor.

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But not everyone is behind the idea of a joint ticket.

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Obama isn't even toying with talk of a joint ticket.

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Of course, the same could be said of big-ticket weapons systems, but those tend to be assembled in a single plant somewhere, whereas joint finance, logistics, networking and other functions are each conducted at numerous sites from Norfolk to San Diego.

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