VP

Obama Has No Excuse to Bypass the Historic VP Choice: Hillary Clinton

None.

Similarly, if Clinton had won by a narrow margin, she would have had no excuse to bypass a historic candidate like Obama.

Obama should ask Hillary Rodham Clinton as his top pick for VP. The reasons are so legion, so obvious, there’s no need to enumerate them further. They can be summarized as uniting, winning, and governing, with the justice of recognizing the first major woman Presidential candidate in U.S. history, highly qualified and supported by half of Democrats.

From Politico this evening:  Read more 

Getting Kained by the DNC

Still gasping from the Veneman blow to the gut, we must now courageously face the latest Obama VP trial balloon, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. Kaine first played up but is now playing down the buzz.

Perhaps we might humbly catch a glimpse of the plans of our FKD (Formerly Known as Democratic) Party overlords by examining Kaine more closely. Kaine was, you recall, selected by the DNC to respond to Bush’s 2006 State of the Union address with a call for bipartisanship.  Read more 

Conjuring a Veep

Spouse and I were sitting around last night wonking (note: not wanking) about our “dream VPs.” And truthfully, we were also arguing about whether Hillary has indeed been written out of the picture. I say yes. Spouse says “where’s the evidence?” Pish posh.

Then the “a-ha!’ moment. To plagiarize Seuss: I got an idea. An awful idea. Auntie Meme got a wonderful, awful idea.

Amb. Joseph Wilson or Valerie Plame.

Who’s your deliciously fun long-shot?