Reply #133: Heard an analysis of this issue on NPR yesterday...

[Terran]

Two big points were made against HRC on the VP spot:

1) It would be an obvious case of Obama being pressured into doing something he doesn't want to do, and that would make him look weak. Weakness is the last thing people want to see in a presidential candidate.

2) The relationship they have is totally unlike what normally exists between a nominee and his/her chosen VP, expecially in the trust area. Obama needs someone with whom he has a relationship of trust, and Clinton is hardly there after publicly saying that John McCain is more ready to be Commander in Chief than Obama is (and that's just one example).

For me, the idea that only Clinton at this point can help him win votes in states where he is weak is silly--that's not the way presidential elections work. It's even questionable whether VP candidates have that much influence at all.