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>>1. Hillary VP Talk Heats Up
With all the chatter that a Kerry-Edwards ticket is in the works, don't bet on it - yet.
Washington is abuzz that Sen. Hillary Clinton still may consider the VP option.
NewsMax has repeatedly warned that Hillary would take the second slot if she thought the Democrats had a good shot at taking the White House.
Agreeing with that assessment is former Clinton adviser Dick Morris.
Morris said this week that the VP slot is Hillary's if she wants it.
Some pundits have dismissed the idea of having two Northeast liberals - Kerry and Hillary - on the same ticket.
While the Kerry-Edwards ticket might give some geographic and ideological balance, Morris argues that a Kerry-Hillary ticket would bring more votes to the ticket.
He says Hillary would motivate the Democratic base - special interest groups such as feminists, unions, pro-choicers et al. - as no other candidate could. And that, Morris says, would be more important for the ticket.
Other Washington pundits tell NewsMax they doubt Edwards could even rope in North Carolina for the Democrats with ultra-liberal Kerry leading the ticket.
But Hillary's addition to the ticket may just make several key swing states - such as Florida, Iowa, Arkansas, New Mexico and Ohio - winnable for the Democrats.
The bottom line is Morris' advice to Hillary: Take the VP slot. Even if you lose, you win as the presumptive nominee for 2008. If Edwards is the VP candidate and loses, he will be a leading candidate for 2008.
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