Obama already has a lock on those voters.
What Hillary on the ticket does, I'm afraid, is bring back those white, independent voters who pushed Obama to victory in 2008 and who wanted so badly for him to succeed. Many of these voters have become disillusioned with Hope and Change. Hillary reinvigorates the ticket and might make them think, "let's give him a second chance". If these voters return to Obama, the race is over.
Agreed.
Hillary herself needs to be 'reinvigorated' before she runs for her next elective office. Have you seen her lately? She looks like a bag lady who shops for her clothes at the Salvation Army.
I think it's over for Hillary this election cycle. 2016, maybe. There's time for a face-lift and a major makeover. Plus she can separate herself from the Obama debacle, rather than be tied to it even tighter.