Obama:

I cannot, in good conscience, choose as my Vice Presidential Running Mate, someone who has expressed doubts about my capabilities as Commander-in-Chief. Senator Clinton has done that, and though it is within her right, I’m sure she understands that’s why it disqualifies her from being my choice.

I would like to introduce to you my Vice Presidential Nominee: ————.

Hang.her.with.her.own.words.

And yet, the people from 25 other states say otherwise..

I don’t.

I think Ms. Clinton would make the same suggestion if her opponent was a white man or another woman. I think the “back of the bus” stuff is overly dramatic posturing.

Let’s take it apart, shall we?

First, the ticket. The first time it was mentioned, Hillary Clinton said something to the effect of “maybe we should run together but first we’d have to decide who’s on top of the ticket. The people of Ohio say it should be me.”

And what would you expect her to say? “I’m perfectly willing to take the VP slot?” As long as she stays in the race, she has to talk as if she’s running for President, not Vice President. Anyway, the people of Ohio don’t get to decide.

After that first mention, I haven’t seen anyone in the Clinton campaign say which of the two should be at the top of the ticket.

Second, if the Clinton campaign is suggesting that Mr. Obama fold his hand and accept the VP slot now, they’re dreaming. As you correctly point out, he’s leading the race.

Finally, “parallels between that and the pattern in our history of blacks and other minorities doing the same jobs but not the same rewards?” You’re suggesting that Ms. Clinton is making this suggestion because Mr. Obama is black? In case you hadn’t noticed, she also wants to be President. By my reckoning that carries quite a lot more weight in her thinking.

You don’t see anything wrong with that? You don’t see any parallels between that and the pattern in our history of blacks and other minorities doing the same jobs but not the same rewards?

Come on. Let’s be real.

And yet, I see no one making pronouncements like “Hillary will not be sent back to the kitchen!”

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Remember who stockpiles the guns and ammo, and how little they would want to see Hillary take over the Oval Office. For the sake of their half-exploded heads, at least, they’d keep their bullets in their chambers.

Yes, it would.

Bill Clinton is talking out his…uh…hat when he says a ticket with both Obama and Hillary would be unstoppable. That would, in fact, be the worst possible choice for the Dems.

The Democratic ticket will already have to overcome the disadvantage of being headed by a woman or an African-American. Putting both on the same ticket just doubles the incentive for intolerance to determine the outcome.

If a deal has to be struck for one of the two candidates to emerge the clear winner, the offer should be made for any job EXCEPT vice president.

duros, my god, why even bring up such an innuendo? Holy frack, man!

I agree. I think he should make Edwards the head of a new cabinet position to combat poverty. Republicans would hate that, but the normal people would love it.

Not sure who would help the Democrats the most, but I don’t think it would be Hillary Clinton.