Billary's (yes, it's the two of them) latest behind the scenes gambit has Slick Willie opining that Hillary is owed an offer to be on Obama's ticket. For many this not so shocking development confirms what they've long suspected: Hillary wants out of the Senate and into the Whitehouse any way she can get it.
But not so fast...more after the break
If you believe Hillary wants to be Obama's VP then you must also believe Mitt Romney has never flip-flopped. Here's the real deal Holyfield on the Dark Knights of the Democratic Party, a.k.a. The Clintons.
Hillary wants no part of actually serving as VP. What she wants is the VP running mate slot. Hillary truly believes Barack Obama is going to lose to John McCain no matter who he picks for VP. But being Obama's running mate will have certain very desirable advantages, including 1. Maintaining her national profile. If Obama runs with someone else, Hlllary will recede into the background. She will no longer be the main topic of discussion. 2. As the losing VP, she'll still be a viable candidate for the Dem nomination in 2012. She will have joined the ticket, olive branch extended, which is better than not joining the ticket and extending an olive branch, because as Obama's running mate she redeems herself with African Americans and those pesky latte sipping, Volvo and Prius driving educated whites, and the under 30 crowd that have tuned her out. 3. By serving as VP running mate, albeit sure to lose in her opinion, she keeps Webb, Sebelius, Rendell, McCaskill, Edwards, and anyone else who might be a threat in 2012 from getting on the ticket and using it to raise their own national profile.
This is diabolical, despicable, and dirty. It is a scheme that is so classic Clinton. It's obvious what she's doing, if you just think about it. She hates Obama. He's the upstart nobody who outfoxed her in the primary. The skinny guy with the funny name who spanked her in 11 consecutive contests in February. She wouldn't hire him to shine her shoes and now she's going to take a back seat to him and have him dispatch her to funerals in Bolivia? Get real.
I'm worried. What say ye? Is Obama smart enough to smell what Billary are cooking?