Reply #12: I think it's our only reasonable way out.

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I would just hate to see all these new voters, young voters, newly-energized other voters, pissed down the drain because we made the wrong choice. They're all fired up for Obama. And we're going to need every last one of them to win back the White House. It would be quite literally dreamy to see this happen. I wrote about it here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4908836&mesg_id=4908836

I frankly don't care who's on top - Hillary OR Barack. We win, EITHER WAY.

If Hillary is, wonderful! First woman president. And Obama as first black vice president. Obama then becomes anointed as heir apparent and leader of the new generation of Dems. And he's young enough to be able to run for the top job in eight years. It would innoculate him permanently against the only real problem he has in this campaign: by then, NOBODY could slam him for lack of experience, either.

If Barack is, wonderful! First black president. And Hillary as first woman vice president. SITTING vice president - which would indeed be an historic first. She'd be only the second woman to RUN as vice president (after another Democrat, Geraldine Ferraro), but the difference is, she would WIN.

EITHER WAY, this one is a winner. Something for everybody. EVERYBODY goes home with something. NOBODY leaves empty-handed, AND we stack the deck for the future in a really solid way if Obama is the Vice President.

One other thing, too: if THAT were the direction this goes, it would ease Obama into the PERCEPTION of capability for the highest office. There are still plenty of racists out there, and people who might feel irrationally jittery about seeing an African-American elevated to that kind of power position. Putting him in as Veep would shut them up a little by taking the teeth out of their argument (for crissakes, he's only the VICE president! WTF you bellyaching about??? Get OVER it and STFU already!!!). ANYTHING that shuts them up a little is a good thing.

I'm liking this more and more, the more frequently I think about it.