The second paragraph could describe Hillary but it could also describe someone way out of the loop, even a republican.

Clinton is in the media again and he had to know she would be or he has a tin ear.  

Economy and working class IS Clinton.  If he's trying to talk up someone else with creds Clinton has managed to claim, he has a tin ear.

"I want somebody who's independent, somebody who can push against my preconceived notions and challenge me so we have got a robust debate in the White House."

sounds like the political equivalent of "Do these pants make my butt look big?"

I know he's trying to say that his WH won't be an echo chamber, but given the indecisiveness, the penchant for "me, too," the tendency to hang back before charging to the front to take credit he doesn't deserve, it sounds more to me like he needs someone to help reassure him that he's making the right decisions.

My money is still on Bayh.  

And I don't think its Clinton -- the whole "challenge me" stuff says "not Clinton" because he seems to think he's entitled to the support of Clinton voters.

Clinton Picked for VP

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Seriously: I don't see him selecting someone who would actually challenge him - as Hillary Clinton certainly would.  Rather, I see him selecting someone either ideologically different, or with different views on 'social issues'.

"That I think through big decisions. I get a lot of input from a lot of people, and that ultimately, I try to surround myself with people who are about getting the job done, and who are not about ego, self-aggrandisement, getting their names in the press, but our focus on what's best for the American people," he said.

made me laugh out loud.

It translates to:

I think things to death, check to see what everyone else is thinking and saying, make sure there are enough people around me who can take the fall when it turns out all wrong, and who will never, ever stand in my light, block the camera or fail to mention my name when the press is around.  Who understand that any aggrandisement will be done on my behalf, and will always, always make sure that all decisions are best for me.  Me, me me.

Or, as noted, a surprise person familiar to billions.

However, the Obama campaign is tone-deaf enough that they probably believe that any announcement they make will fall upon resounding applause and chants of Obama-Obama.  The masses will be happy with whatever he does.

Hillary was in Florida today and if it isn't her, they should have had her make some kind of statement or hint that she isn't it.

Great- a man picks another man.....same old, same old, ....women are left behind again.