Hmmmm, where have I heard this theory before? Oh yes, that's right: I've been suggesting this for about what -- three years now?
You and hobbes both.
I don't know that I like this strategery. The last sitting vice president to win the presidency before George H. W. Bush was Marin Van Buren and that was a long time ago.
I suspect she'll be the next VP, but not until January of 2009.