Reply #43: Umm, no

[Asgaya Dihi]

I'd be glad to consider her for a position in the cabinet or in other places but to consider her for VP is to throw away everything from change to new tone to any possibility for a productive Presidency.

If she had won and done it fair then yes, I would have voted for her for President, but the two of them don't work well together and don't belong together on that level. Call it a personality conflict or whatever else you'd like, but it's still a bad idea. Going for a bad idea that is sure to do damage to all of us isn't exactly the right way to say "thanks".

I wrote a post shortly after the last primary and before she conceded in answer to a pro/con thread on the subject, detailed some of the high points on why I think it would be such a bad idea. It isn't personal, it's just bad for our chances to win, our chances to get past the partisan divide in this nation, and I'd bet to our chances to be productive if somehow they did get past the baggage and get elected. I see no "pro" to it and I have honestly looked for it.