The smarter choice would be Hil-Richardson. He brings the SW, Hispanic votes all into the Dem column. The Pubs would have to go with Rudy-Huck or Thompson to keep the South from straying. The Dems are in the driver’s seat unless Pubs and the BASE unite to beat Her Highness. If not, doomsday and no baloney about Pubs just being Dems; they are not as far as jurist appointments, the WOT, permanent tax cuts, et al. It is going to be rough and could be fraught with horror for our republic if the Dems sweep.
HRC does not need Richardson or Obama: she already has 99 percent of their supporters on board. Bayh would help her sweep the Midwest, and she would win all but four or five southern and four or five western states.