[dennisw]

Way too much enmity between the two of them for any pairing to occur. If it did happen, it would be the biggest political axe-burying in the past century.

Incorrect because Barrack can be forced to take the vice presidency to unify the party
Democrats will tell him he must do it or we lose black voters plus you are a young man who has plenty of time to be president. In fact you are next in line because you will be VP

But Hillary being older than Barrack and kicking around politics a lot longer would not run as Barrack's VP. Too humiliating plus no upward lift to the ticket.

But a Barrack VP would lift up a Hillary ticket. Imagine him out campaigning!

[fieldmarshaldj]

He doesn’t have to be forced to do anything. Hillary won’t have him (she won’t put somebody she doesn’t trust on the ticket — I can only see that being Richardson). He won’t have Hillary (especially since he’d have to watch his back at every turn). This will be her last hurrah. If she doesn’t get the nomination now, she never will, and she’ll likely retire from the Senate in short order, which was nothing more than a stepping stone in the first place. Obama can wait it out if he so wishes.