Now here's the funny part: Suzanne Malveaux reports that the Obama campaign says she is on the "short list" but is concerned that the Clintons haven't been fully vetted.

I think she doubts his elect-ability and knows she will be blamed for the loss.  So maybe this is her way of staying around until Denver, hoping by that time the SD's will have seen the light?

You're likeable enough.

She's on the short list. But we are concerned that the Clinton's haven't been fully vetted.

The media taking itself so seriously?

I am growing old and starting to believe that Nader was right.

It's like he's been hacking away at the party edifice assiduously during his campaign, while at the same time insisting that Clinton's "divisiveness" (??) is destroying the party.

I'd rather she head the ticket, but she'd be an awesome VP and would be a real asset to him.

However, the chances of that happening is nil.

The Dem powers have done everything they can to detroy any past or current political power of the Clintons.

I cannot see Kennedy, Kerry, Durbin and Dashle letting Obama even think about it. The verification of such .... will be that she will NOT be his running mate.

The media wizards had been hearing from Clinton insiders that she is open to VP.  The Obama camp, or about half of his camp, is not sold on the idea because they don't know what will come out about Bill's financial or social associations.  They believed Hillary would be on the short list but Obama would certainly go through the full process of choosing a VP with Hillary receiving no preferential treatment.  

It's not that I feel this way because I like Hillary.  I mean, I'd like her just the same if she were back in the Senate.  I'm under no illusions that VP is some all-powerful job and she'll change the world.  I think she'll be great, I think she'll be a very valuable asset if he's smart enough to take advantage of her, but that's not really what it's about.

I just feel, plain and simple, that this is the only selection that has a serious chance to win in November.  The idea of Obama winning a huge bipartisan consensus is long dead - with the unfortunate stuff that's come out over the last few months, he's going to be just as demonized among the conservative base as she has been.

Only this ticket has a hope of keeping the Dem coalition together to win a general election.  There's a lot of folks in that coalition that simply don't want to vote for him.  This selection would bring home some, although not all, of the disaffected Clinton voters, and more to the point, it would grab hold of some of the Bill Clinton Democrats that Hillary has built such an affinity with during the course of this primary.

If the SDs decide a joint ticket is best, then Hillary will be VP because Obama does not have enough pledged delegates for the nomination.  If Hillary decides it's what she really wants* and pushes the SDs for it, then my guess is she'll get it.  They really, really do not want a convention mess and the only one who can ensure that the convention is not ugly is Hillary Clinton.

I started out with a very favorable opinion of Obama but that changed as soon as he declared what qualified him as an expert on foreign policy. I have lived and studied in the middle east, southeat asia and the US and I figure by his definition I should be even better than him at foreign policy (yikes!).
As time has passed far from being inspired by the unity pony, I feel like he brings out the racist in me...a feat I thought impossible since I am not white!
As disillusioning as all this has been for me, I cannot imagine your anger and frustration. If not this year there is always 2012.

Hillary is clearly a better person than I am, willing even after being beaten up for months to be on the ticket if that's what it takes to win; I can't believe she trusts him, so maybe she is holding out hope that if he tanks, she can step right in and rescue us from disaster.  

I am no fan of McCain, and have no doubt that he will be wrong for the country and wrong for the things I care about; I just cannot, at this stage, see myself actively arguing against McCain because it will mean I am arguing for a candidate I do not think it possible for me to loathe more than I do today.

I have watched and listened as people I used to respect have come out in support of Obama by trashing Hillary Clinton and her husband - people I once hoped would take the House and the Senate in their firm grip and begin to set a lot of things right.  I have even less confidence today that people whose judgment told them that Barack Obama would be a good president will be of much use even if Obama is elected.  I have watched as these same people who are supposed to be standard-bearers for all the things our Constitution stands for allowed years of hard work on issues of gender and race to go swirling down the drain.  How is it possible that people who held hearings on voter rights actively aided and abetted the stealing of votes/delegates from the people of Florida and Michigan because it benefited their chosen candidate?

I think I understand better than I ever have before why it is that so many people never vote - because I can picture myself standing in front of a voting machine and wondering why it is I should continue to vote for people who have proven in this election cycle that all the things that matter to me are not important to them.

After four years of McCain, the Democrats will come to their senses and elect a person who will put the country in the right direction.

I have been turned off by the bosses trying to anoint the less electable and qualified candidate. What an eye opener.

Really, I can hear the Hildebrand camp screaming 'Hurry up with those AP reports!  We've got a mega-church, er, mega-coronation, er, a darned big thing in St. Paul tonight!"

Just wait til Hildebrand Tewes is heading up the DNC.  Then you'll know why SD has been red so long...

Then, they have to actually be cast for him...in August.

Heh, heh, heh.  It's a looooong time to August.  A long hot summer.  Very hot, I'd say.

Hillary is doing two things with this rumor...she's putting Obama on the spot while taking Bill's story/Vanity Fair off the news and putting herself back on...AND...she's diverting the Republicans to attack Obama for the next 3 months.

They will vet him bigtime...all summer.

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I'd suspect that some discussion about this possibility has already occurred between the two camps. I'm sure that these talks will intensify in the coming weeks. Clinton will simply not accept the VP slot in my view without some substantial place within the Obama administration, I'd suggest that it would only be palatable to her supporters if this were the case.

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