Reply #69: Not really worth it.

[Ken Burch]

Obama was never OBLIGATED to offer HRC the running mate position in '08. And there's no reason to think it would help now.

In fact, it would raise some weird issues about gender politics in this administration and how that plays out with electoral results:

To back an Obama-Clinton ticket in 2012, you'd have to believe that the administration is in trouble because HRC has a job that is too important. Switching her from SoS to the vice presidency, in terms of influence, would actually be a demotion.

There's another implication about the demand for HRC's inclusion on the ticket, but I won't go there because it's too disturbing. Anyone who's wondering can pm me about it.