By MAGGIE HABERMAN

May 23, 2008 –

Barack Obama yesterday launched his search for a running mate - as Democratic calls for a “marriage” to rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reached new heights.

With the party sharply divided after a bruising primary season - and with Clinton having won many key states - a growing number of Democratic officials are now openly talking about an Obama-Clinton ticket that could unite the factions and take back the White House in November.

Bill Clinton is among those who want his wife on Obama’s ticket, Time magazine reported yesterday.

The former president “is pushing real hard for this to happen,” says a friend, according to the magazine.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), a Clinton booster, told The Post, “I am one that believes that if it works out that Senator Obama is the nominee, the strongest ticket would be Senator Clinton as vice president. No question in my mind.

“Because the constituencies in the votes are different,” she added.

“The weight of the states he carried versus the states she carried. It’s different. And, therefore, if you combine them both, you’ve got the best electoral path.”

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