with Obama at the top of the ticket, Hillary's chances of ever being the nominee decrease. Too many factors can intervene. The country will be in far worse shape, unimaginably bad if McCain becomes president which could play out in a multitude of ways. A Democratic superstar could come from anywhere just the way Obama did, and if the campaign got this ugly and disastrous, I suspect Democratics will want to wash their hands of EVERYONE who participated in it. And insiders will certainly realize that Hillary's gushing public adoration of McCain contributed to the loss and she will be punished for it. This is a risky, 95% chance of losing strategy for Hillary. I keep seeing  people say this over and over (this is far from the first diary proposing it) but I think it's as far-fetched as the once touted Hillary-Condi face off.