Reply #19: Depends what happens in PA

[democrattotheend]

If he loses big there it might be worth considering. Otherwise I am opposed.

I don't want him to get the nomination if he can't win, and I am afraid she will take this to the convention, keep up her attacks, and leave him so weakened that he can't win in November, which would probably give her another chance in 2012, as long as she can keep it close enough to get away with it. That's what her victories the other night accomplished, giving her a credible case to stay in and weaken him.

If she manages to win PA big and keep attacking him all the way to the convention, maybe he ought to call her bluff and take the VP slot, if she agrees in exchange that she won't run again in 4 years if she loses. That way, it becomes a win-win for him: either he becomes VP or he is all but inevitable as the nominee in 4 years, and in the meantime he can use the foreign relations committee in the senate to bolster his credentials.