Obama does not "owe" Hillary anything especially the VP spot

He should pick whoever the hell he damn wants and ignore the whining from the Hillary camp. They lost, they need to get over it. Obama makes the rules for his own campaign.

shouldn't be forced on him.

He owes her nothing. She has earned nothing. She is entitled to nothing.

that's just not how it works, sorry.

He won the nomination, not the GE. He needs todo whatever to unify the Dems to win the election; otherwise his recent victory is meaningless.

He won the nomination, not the GE. He needs todo whatever to unify the Dems to win the election; otherwise his recent victory is meaningless.

At this point, she is going to be a divisive presence no matter where she goes. What would Obama do with her in the campaign? Send her to speak to the urban and suburban liberals she's dissed? Send her out to play good ol' boy in the boondocks and continue her "I'm one of you and Obama isn't" routine? Or do the same with her over-60 female supporters?

There's no real role for Hillary in an Obama campaign. Her supporters need to become Obama supporters -- for her to maintain a private army separate from Obama and answerable only to her would be a recipe for disaster. The best possible thing she could do at this point is to quietly take herself out of the picture and allow the wounds she's opened to heal.

Sorry, but I and most others that support Obama now feel there are many far better choices than Hillary out there to choose. And quite frankly if I were Obama, I (he) wouldn't want to increase the risk of me being shot at if I picked her instead of someone else that is more in line with my way of thinking. That is one of the many reasons why the choice is HIS to make and not hers!

Maybe I'm reading this incorrectly.

Don't mean to be a typo nazi, but in this case, it completely reverses the meaning of your thread.

However, the VP is usually chosen by the Presidential nominee and the delegates follow.

But technically, they can choose one or both over the nominees' wishes.

LBJ was thrust upon JFK in "backroom deals prior to the convention.
Fact is, If Hillary wants the VP slot, it is hers.She would only need a very few of Obama delegates to get it.

And heads would explode at DU.

you misunderstand the word 'FACT'

FACT: if Obama does not want her to be his running mate, she will not be!

But your delusional understanding of the process is extreme.

"But your delusional understanding of the process is extreme."

you keep thinking it's just everyone else tho.... hahaha

Like it or not - arm-twisting is one way to do it.

I don't like it either, but I want to win, and I think we'll have the easiest time of it with her as VP.

preferably with military experience.

approximately 17 million Democrats voted for her. Does he want them fully totally on his team? We'll see.

For a sneaky, nasty, sexist, dirty, potty-mouthed, ad hominem campaign.

Now that's a good one.

campaign and some in the whoremedia tried to destroy them by playing the race card and then blame the CLintons.

"What the Republicans did to Harold Ford in Tennessee was pure racism.
What the Democrats did to the Clintons was worse than racism."name withheld
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