O give it a rest please.

No.

IT would be a damn triumvirate, with the Big Dawg sticking his appendages into whatever the fuck - business and recreation both.

No. The Clintons are too damn crooked. I don't want them around any more.

First Ford, then McAuliffe, now Rendell. Can there be any remaining doubt that Clinton wants the VP job? I never thought I would see the day that Hillary Clinton would agree to play second fiddle to Barack Obama, but the signs are too obvious to discount any more. Well, stranger things have happened I suppose...

Come on.

No one has done more for Ed Rendell than Barack Obama.

Worst idea possible, here are just a few of the obvious reasons:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/7/101842/9957/697/510864

I can think of two conditions that should be met before he could even consider it:

1) She needs to stop running against him
2) Lose Bill. Get Hugh Hefner to rent out a wing of the Playboy Mansion to him and he'd never be seen or heard from again.

I'll repeat myself because this is the single most simple overwhelming reason this isn't happening:

No candidate picks a running mate from the same fucking state or part of the country if at all possible.

It's not going to happen. IT never does - they are both from Illinois, despite what she says about all the places she's really from.

This alone makes this so highly improbable that it's a very stupid speculation, IMO.

It's obvious why all these polls show a majority of Dems supporting an Obama/Clinton ticket. You just add the majority of Clinton supporters who have realized that that's the best they can hope for to the small minority of Obama supporters who still think it's a good idea, and voilà, instant majority.

That doesn't make it a good idea though.

I'd rather he offered the VEEP spot to Joe Lieberman and got that turncoat bastard out of the Senate...

Put me down in the "Hell no!" column. No Rendell. No Bayh. No Clinton. No Clinton Banner. She made it as far as the conference finals. Five more times and that makes her the Detroit Pistons. She should hold her head up and walk back into the U.S. Senate with grace and dignity and try to repair some of the race-baiting and dog whistling damage she's done. Or doesn't she have any hard-working, non-white American constituents in New York to represent?

NFW. Veeps are supposed to bring some electoral votes to the ticket, and Illinois and New York are already Dem; it will energize the haters on the Rep side; it will be transparently political, which is what Obama is not supposed to be (so much); it will keep the focus on Clinton's comments about Obama's readiness ("how can you run on his ticket when you've said he's not ready?" from the press, ads from the Reps); it will force blacks to vote for a candidate whom, by all accounts, they now despise; it will muddy one of Obama's biggest differentiators with McCain, consistent opposition to the Iraq War vs. 100 more years; it will bring all the Clinton baggage, including all the as-yet uncovered or unpublicized transgressions by Bill (in the case of Clinton, the fact that Obama laid off personal attacks undercuts her claim to having been vetted); it will undercut his ethics and new politics platform; and, last but not least, it would really piss me off.

OF COURSE HRC supporters want her on the ticket.
Isn't that kind of a no-brainer? 2nd place is better than no place...
I still say it is a bad idea though. Not that I don't think she would make a decent veep, but there are 2 main reasons. 1) Bill 2) It would undercut everything his campaign stands for.

If I thought he needed her to win, that would be another story but I think he can get to the same place without her.

And I think the disgust among Obama supporters who just want Hillary to go home will not only rise in proportion as well but possibly double and triple. Anyone disagree with those statistics?

Just say no to Hillary as veep!

Obama/Clinton is not a Dream Ticket.

It is a Nightmare Ticket.

Only voters in the home state of the VP nominee are moved by the VP pick, and in some cases not even then. John Edwards did not deliver his state.

Obama does not need her to deliver New York.

He needs to put a big swing state, such as Ohio, in play.

Stay away from an Obama/Clinton Nightmare Ticket.

The voters will not elect the first black and the first woman on one ticket.

Time to deal in reality based politics.

You know what, I think its time for Obama to say something extremely nice about Sen. Clinton and talk very warmly about how she would be a fine Vice Presidential choice - then drop the fucking hammer and say that he's already picked a VP choice, that he will name that person later, and how "unfortunately" it isn't Hillary Clinton. Put the proverbial brakes on all this "Hillary for VP" talk now.

NFW!!!

The Hillary supporters know no low. Hillary lost. She and her supporters do not get to dictate terms and what not. The real reason that Eddie, Terry, James, Lanny and the rest are saying these statements is because of the following

They Want Party Positions

These guys backed the wrong horse and burnt many bridges. An Obama presidency means that they are all on the outside (as Carter people were in a Clinton administration). These guys will have no career and no money without their party positions. As a note, Eddie is prevented for running for governor again due to term limits.

Backdoor into 2012

The more sinister play is the 2012 play. If Hillary is the VP, she can cause Obama's candidacy to fail and later argue that she was in full support because she was VP. This push is a simple move to become president and knock off the competition.

Let her go!

The senate needs her. She can age gracefully, the next generations' Ted Kennedy, a fiery personality who does all she can do -- and that can be a lot -- from her seat.

What she shouldn't be is Obama's Dick Cheney, trying to grab as much power as she can, not willing to be just a sideshow, but becoming a sideshow all the same. She won't shoot anyone in the face, but her and her husband will be a constant distraction.

There's got to be better choices out there. I will still work at getting Obama into office if she gets on the ticket, but now I just want to say NO! No, no, no, no, no.

Wow, just watch...... this latest planted idea from the Clinton spin shop is going to come at us every day now, and this latest planted idea has to try to live down and counter their earlier meme pushing about Obama's associates and qualifications.

I am so very glad that Obama is autonomous in his thinking and decision-making, and money support system. I cannot imagine that Obama would ever saddle his Presidency with the baggage and drama of the Clintons.

if he wanted to carry the Clinton banner he could always hire Monica Lewinsky.

ed rendell...GO AWAY!

How unseemly

WILL BEG FOR VP

Clintons with class - oxymoron

But if she really wants the job and can find a muzzle strong enough for her Big Dog, whatever Obama decides is fine by me

Who am I to second guess this guy?

Settle down, folks.

Obama has shown he can run a great campaign. His leadership and judgment are two of the reasons why people support him.

He will choose his VP in time, and rest assured the decision will be a rational, well-thought-out process.

Obama will make the right choice. I know he will.