George Stephanopoulos says that Hillary may be negotiating to get the VP nomination. Sure, her people might be talking about it, but there's no way Obama will pick her. She's got too much baggage (Bill) and she won't bring him any states that he couldn't win on his own. The VP discussion is not serious. On the other hand, I do expect Hillary to get something big from the party and Obama. I doubt she has to worry about paying off her campaign debt (mostly to herself). The Obama people will somehow take care of that. Hillary will get a featured speech at the convention. I think at this point, she'll want more power in the Senate. Reid has done a poor job, so maybe it's Hillary's turn to be Majority Leader. That would give her plenty of time in front of the press.
Why has she stayed in the race so long? She was hoping for the inexperienced Obama to self-destruct. The Rev. Wright fiasco hurt him, but he survived. The Resko scandal hasn't crystalized yet, and it's too complicated for the nightly news so that won't make a difference for the nomination. Now, I suspect that she's playing a long term game of trying to damage him for the general election so that he loses to McCain. That gives her one more shot in four years, maybe this time without Bill.
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