Rather than let these rumors and speculation fester, I suspect that Obama will choose a VP (not Hillary) rather quickly.

This is why Hillary hasn't conceded yet. She wants the VP slot and is withholding her concession as a negotiating tool.  

That to lead the effort towards the ultimate symbol of reconciliation and unity, she chooses the absolute BUFFOON who tried his best to knee cap Obama's campaign in South Carolina.

Imagine the outrage if Obama asked Samantha Powers to speak with Hillary to get her on board.

I hear diaries with the name "Bob Johnson" in them are highly correlated with MyDD freak-outs.

The Dems best shot at winning is with a Unity ticket - particularly if Obama is at the top. She made clear that she'll pick him if she's the nominee. If he doesn't, then there is a huge portion of her 18 million voters that will walk away from the Democrats.

 From The Guardian;

   "I think it would be the worst mistake that could be made," said Carter. "That would just accumulate the negative aspects of both candidates."

   Carter, who formally endorsed the Illinois senator last night, cited opinion polls showing 50% of US voters with a negative view of Clinton.

   In terms that might discomfort the Obama camp, he said: "If you take that 50% who just don't want to vote for Clinton and add it to whatever element there might be who don't think Obama is white enough or old enough or experienced enough or because he's got a middle name that sounds Arab, you could have the worst of both worlds."

I tend to agree with Carter.

Can't wait for that VP debate where every response to Hillary quotes her "CiC Threshold" quote.

Meanwhile, scores of the "18 million" have already accepted it and moved on. Bill Press finally came out this morning as having voted for Hillary (no duh), and most of the callers were Hillary supporters ready to move on.

Her supers are switching. the voters who gave her new Jersey and California are switching.

She's not needed, unless you want a juicy dramatic storyline for the media for the next 4.5 years.

Clinton as VP is a crazy idea.  The most basic rule of a presidential ticket is this: the prez is the alpha, the veep is the beta.  

Bill was the alpha, Al was the beta.  Ronnie was the alpha, George was the beta.  For George to look like an alpha he had to tap someone with particularly demonstrable beta qualities.  George, Jr. was the alpha, and Dick was...hmm.  But nope, same rule.  Cheney knows his role, and is very good at playing the beta (the whole thing is kind of funny, but he talks up George, Jr's leadership qualities every chance he gets).

Barack is an alpha and Hillary is an alpha.  And it's even worse, because when people talk about Clinton getting the VP slot their argument is that this would be Obama's way of showing her respect.

The VP slot is NOT about respect!  It's the only job in American politics where someone can't be an overachiever.  "See that county clerk?  She might make a great congressman or senator some day".  A VP can't do this.  It's not the "warm bucket of spit" John Nance Garner called it so many years ago, but c'mon, this is a real problem.

And it's doubly so for Obama, because if he made Clinton his VP the question would then arise about whether he was showing her proper respect once he was in office.  Total nightmare.  It's the VP's job to make the president good.  

Don't do it!  Obama, show your respect in some other way!  Put her on the Supreme Court!  Anything but this!  She only thinks she wants it because right now it's what's on the table!

C'mon, Clinton supporters, she'd be miserable.  Obama should pick someone who would genuinely find it to be an enormous honor to have this job.  The VP needs to be someone who would look good carrying the president's briefcase.  That's not her.    

Jimmy Carter said it best recently. Why would anyone take Hillary's huge negatives outside the party and add them to his own?

Why would anyone take that now obsolete truckload of slime the Republicans have been accumulating against the Clintons for the last 8 years and put that back in play.

Why would Obama dilute his message?

I think Obama should just rip off the band-aid soon and make an announcement that he and Hillary have discussed it and she will not be VP. Might as well get it over with because it's going to happen eventually.

I posted this on another diary, but I think it got lost in the shuffle.  This is as good as a place to post it.

As you know, I am a strong and passionate HRC supporter, who will vote for Obama, but not with the type of vigor I would have with HRC.

If HRC is on the ticket, just think of the millions like me who would then be re-energized and now pour our heart & souls into this campaign.

selfish - nah.  I didn't vote for BC in the 1992 primaries.  He got the nomination and I would vote for him.  But when he put Gore on the ticket (I have had a long admiration for Gore since 1988), I was energized for the Clinton/Gore ticket.  

So much so, that when BC came to Southern Cal in Oct of 1992 and held a rally, I was a convert to Bill Clinton.  And have been ever since.

so, yeah, I will vote for Obama.   but just think of how the party will be energized if you have the 2 sides together and believing in one another.

I know there are some who voted against Hillary and not for Obama.  That is not the best way to pick a person.  I think those folks are the minority - the Hillary haters - in the Democratic party.  They just are shrill and loud.

Rendell is even saying this is a no-go(via The Page).  He also said it's not a good idea to pressure Obama into choosing her as VP.  In the next few days, they'll be all sorts of petitions and supporters coming out.  

Bob Johnson is also probably not the right person to have come out on your behalf and push this(He implied that she understood he was coming out to say this).

Here's what Bob Johnson said on CNN. Bob went round and round with John King, but came around to saying that Hillary would accept VP in the interest of the party.