Very bad assumption. Hillary is very smart, and very devious. She's also unelectable in her own right, because she has the personality and charm of a warthog, and an awful screechy voice. So she has to move by stealth.
If Kerry announces a Hillary choice on July 6th, prior to the convention, it will end up hurting him. The novelty of Hillary Clinton might last from July 26th to election day, but another damned month of her will cast a pall on things even before the convention.
The campaign against her is the same one they used so effectively on Dan Quayle -- can you really imagine her as president? Somebody who can't even keep her promises to her adopted state of NY?
Au contraire, mon ami.
(A little French lingo there to prove that I bear no malice towards frogs.)
Hitlery is indeed devious. That is her and Billy-Goat's stock in their chosen trade.
But she is far from "smart" if that term is used to denote intelligence.
My theory has been that she is a certifiable nut-case and a candidate for a straitjacket.
Sit through an entire Hitlery speech or interview. There's one C-Span keeps airing that was originally aired on Tuesday of this week. I defy anyone to tell of one cogent statement uttered by this worthless piece of idiot voter and Marxist-created robot.
Of course the same goes for her nominal husband.