Roles Reversed: Would Hillary Have Offered Obama the VP Slot?

She would have picked Obama so fast his head would spin. Hillary is a political opportunist. She plays to win and there is no way she would pass up a guaranteed victory. Ok, maybe not 100% guaranteed, but honestly, there is no VP choice that McCain could have made that would offset that combo. His only possible hope at that point would have been Colin Powell who had already said he wasn't interested. Any other black American or woman as a running mate would have seemed like pandering at that point. He would have probably chosen Joe Lieberman and eventually lost.

Hillary would've picked Obama in a New York minute. If we know anything about the Clintons it's that they like to win. I was proud Obama didn't pick her, it showed to me that he is more concerned about this country than he is about winning elections. But now that Palin has given McCain such a bump and the rumors are swirling that Biden may step aside and Hillary may step in, I have to say it may not be a bad idea. After all, this country needs change, and I believe in Obama, I just don't believe in the American voters to make an informed decision and vote on the issues. They seem to look at what I call the "sparkle factor", and whoever can run the dirtiest campaign wins.

I'm pretty sure Hillary would have offered the post to Obama. Whether he would have accepted or not is another question. But for Obama to offer it to Hillary would have been dangerous for him. He would need a food taster for his entire term.

I'm not quite as sure as some here are that Hillary would have chosen Obama and I'm not so sure it would have been the best idea for her to do so either. Hindsight is always 20/20 so if Obama loses in November many will believe that had he chosen Hillary as his VP the results would have been different but we'll never really know.

I've believed for a long time, in fact I've heard it said on various shows that long before the GOP's nominee was even chosen the party had already prepared all kinds of negative ads against Hillary because they'd assumed she'd be the Democratic nominee. We all know they've come up with enough about Obama to sling the mud at him. Therefore, while on paper this may look like an unbeatable team, I'm not so sure. I'm not so sure Hillary's not being chosen by Obama wasn't actually a mutual decision because there had been quite a bit of speculation about vetting Bill Clinton and the questions that may have come up concerning his foundation. I don't think he's doing anything wrong or illegal myself but I'm sure the right would have found something to pick at which would have distracted the voters from the issues at hand. She may well have been "tentatively" asked and she may have refused.
Annie

She may have but if not I do think she would have chosen another black politician to be her VP.