"There's a desire on the part of the party to come together under any circumstances, and Hillary and her supporters will do everything in their power to help Obama win, should he become the nominee, whether or not she's on the ticket," Nemazee said to me this morning."But there's a risk that if she isn't invited on the ticket, Hillary's political and financial supporters may not feel compelled to be as integrated and involved in the Obama campaign in order to provide the maximum support that he'll need to prevail in November."I bet Obama and his top campaign staff will be "really" impressed with that and more likely to select Hillary as Obama's VP.
Just kidding.
If Hillary's campaign is thinking more about Hillary being VP than being president, she should just run up her white flag, acknowledge that she's lost, and drop out of the race.
If Mr. Nemazee wants to be smart about pushing Hillary for VP, he should keep his mouth shut except to say what a wonderful candidate Obama is and how glad he'll be to support him once Hillary drops out.
In that way, Mr. Nemazee's stupidity won't be reflecting on Hillary's ability as a leader like it is right now.
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I've never really understood why Hillary Clinton would want to be VP. In terms of pushing her legislative agenda she's in a much better position sitting in the Senate. Obama can propose whatever he bills likes, but it's the Congress that actually writes them. As VP she'd have to be his voice on health care etc.
Of course, I'd really like to see more Senators asserting the power of the Legislative branch, instead of dreaming about being head of the Executive. I think we'd have avoided the worst of the last 7 years if Senators (Republican and Democrat) had asserted their own privileges instead of constantly caving to Bush.
The office of VP has been upgraded over the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George Bush. VP's have a lot more political and policy responsibility than they used to. That makes the position more attractive to an ambitious person like Hillary Clinton.
As for the Senate, Hillary isn't in a leadership position and doesn't have a lot of seniority. Certainly, Hillary could have an impact in the Senate, but she'd have more impact as a VP.
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