I keep heairng two names being thrown out as vp candidates, neither of whom make any sense. Why would Clinton or Gore want to be Vice-president? Gore has found a calling and a vocation. If he becomes Vice-president, his effectiveness in that roll is severly limited. He would be treated as just another politician and his issues would be treated as just another partisian football. gore has done amazing work convincing people on boht sides of the aisle to start taking climate chnage seriously. Why would he throw away a chnace t build the strong consensous that he needs to take quick action on climate chnage by becoming just another Vice-president?

As for Clinton, there aren’t very many lions of the Senate left any more, especially on the left. Clinton, from a safe seat in a liberal part of the country and part of a party that should retain control of the senate for at least the next handful of electoral cycles, is perfectly positioned to dominate the Senate for two or three decades or more. She could easily become the most influential Senator of our generation and build a legislative legacy that will outlast any President’s.

I understand the allure of both names and it is certain that both names would make a huge splash, perhaps a splash big enough to dampen the coverage of the GOP convention. But I don;t understand why either person would want to be another man’s second fiddle.

So is it going to be? I dunno. Probably someone safe. Obama is, at his heart, a consensus building centrist after all.