[peekaboo]

To me, this article is setting up for Hiillary to take Biden out and she becomes the VP for Obama. This is the only he can win a second term. Then Hilliary is set up for a win in 2016.

[peekaboo]

Sorry for the three posts.

[rottndog]

To me, this article is setting up for Hiillary to take Biden out and she becomes the VP for Obama. This is the only he can win a second term. Then Hilliary is set up for a win in 2016.

I think it's a HUGE assumption that HC actually has a reasonable chance to be elected president. Throughout her career as wife-of-Bill, she's shown herself to be extraordinarily inept politically. Couple that with her very high negatives (historically), and all the skeletons in her closet that would receive much more scrutiny in a presidential bid, and I don't think she can win a national general election.

Basically, she's just too unlikable, and turns too many people off. Even though she (undeservedly) has good approval ratings as SOS, that won't necessarily translate over in a presidential race, when the stakes are so high for the country.

[WILLIALAL]

“to me, this article is setting up for Hillary to take Biden out”

What would the advantage be for Hillary under this scenario?
There is a lot of risk with this move. If she becomes the VP candidate, and Obama still loses, she will be tainted as a loser.
If Obama wins, that will be 8 years of Democratic rule, and there would be a good chance the voters would be tired of the Obama regime and be hungry for change with the new faces in the Rep party offering a more attractive choice.

If she remains on the sidelines in 2012, and Obama loses the nomination is hers for the asking, and she will not have any Obama baggage on her resume.

Add it all up and I don’t see her taking the offer, as 2016 is her last opportunity to be President she wants to run in 2016 on her own terms and not as a representative of the Obama administration.