Richardson sounds good to me. Alan’s right that “I’m the candidate of experience” won’t sell on its own, but I don’t think in this instance that’s important. Richardson will provide a solid, proven complement to Obama’s star power and panache (but lack of experience).

Might she, though, be open to a job like State or Defense under him?

Conversely, though, he might make a pretty good veep for her. Decent career move for him whether or not she won.

Webb would be an excellent choice. The GOP couldn’t make the election about Iraq if Webb was on the ticket (be wary, the Republican’s still see milage in events in the ME, especially if McCain’s running). Webb loves talking about that mess!

He’s a former military man. He was also Secretary of the Navy. Apart from that he’s economically populist and is a firm critic of Iraq. Most importantly he’s Southern.

Besides, my reckoning is that – if Obama is the nominee – that ticket is already inevitable.

Richardson is ok I guess, but he doesn’t have the gravitas for me.

Obama / Clinton has no hope in hell of happening.

You never know, Obama may opt for John Kerry, who is still in the background and tirelessly working to keep himself noticed. There are plenty of Democrats who still like him (I don’t) and he would also bring in the old-school Democrat base effectively killing off all opposition.

But I still like Obama/Edwards – simply because I think the whole ‘experience’ issue is being overplayed. It hasn’t won any of the candidates any extra votes – so voters are not convinced.

And what has Clinton suggested from her decades of experience that suggests she has more of a handle on things than Obama? during the debates yesterday all the Dem candidates essentially ended up agreeing with Obama’s original assrtion that he would take out Bin Laden if he had the intelligence, even if in Pakistan. Clinton agreed, even though she attacked him from being naive for suggesting it the first time around!

The woman with experience has no original ideas – what is the use of all that experience?

Hillary wouldn’t accept because VP doesn’t offer her anything; given her national profile at the moment, being VP might be a step backwards; and she already knows what national administration looks like first hand. If she loses the nomination this time, and Obama gets tanked, then she has a good shot at the nomination in 2012.

If Hillary is the nominee, then Obama as VP might be a dream ticket: Hillary adds some magic to her campaign, and Barack has a lot of options for the future – he won’t be too old in 2016.

Which is why that won’t happen. Also, I think the Obama/Clinton battle will be too bloody with too many points scored against each other for a make-up to occur.

Obama has oft talked about uniting Democrats and Republicans and healing the wounds in the American political psyche. Would he pick a moderate GOPer?