looking at things from the Obama administration's perspective, Edwards is ruled out because he was already part of a failed run, because he doesn't bring in states, and because he doesn't want the spot. Clinton is out because she won't allow herself or her husband to be vetted; don't ask, don't tell doesn't work when applying for the VP slot.

My guess is he goes with a governor or senator who endorsed early, who shows loyalty, whose ideals are in tune with his, and who would fight like hell on the campaign trail.

Edwards for AG - I think that's much more likely.

She should decompress for a time and then plunge back into her Senate work.

He'll pick her, she just has to demonstrate what her behavior would be as VP for the next 8 years.

I think people will be genuinely surprised at how unobtrusive and generally passive Hillary could be while at the same time being effective in a VP position.

This might be good because she could work to bring down her negatives over the next 8 years and (hopefully) run unopposed for the nomination in 2016.

He'll make a good Labor Secretary

JRE has an eye for AG, and I think he's a shoe-in for it.  I'll bet a solid dollar he gets it.

I'm speculating semi-wildly, but I don't think BO wants HRC as VP, and IMHO, she doesn't want it either.  I think she'd much rather flex her politcal muscle as senate majority leader.

If any part of last night's clandestine meeting was about the VP spot, my guess is that talks were limited to planning the political theater necessary to assuage the bloc of folks who still pine for a "dream ticket".

Eh, we don't know squat.

I heard Tweety proclaimed he knows the VP pick will be Sebelius.  Anyone else heard this?

After Obama and Clinton's late night meeting in DC, a small bit -- just a smidgen -- of cynicism develops in my political soul.  A new book discloses who Kerry really really wanted as VP in 2004:

For his vice presidential running mate, Kerry wanted to select a Republican, and not just any Republican, but John McCain, the man whom Rove had slandered in the 2000 primary season in order to win the nomination for Bush.

To get McCain to join the ticket, Kerry began an all-out behind-the-scenes campaign to convince him it was in the best interests of the country for him to run as his vice president. Kerry approached McCain on more than one occasion and asked him, without making the offer directly, what McCain would do if Kerry were to ask him officially to consider being his running mate. McCain's answer was always the same. He was not interested in going on the ticket with Kerry. At one point Kerry even offered to create a hybrid position of vice president and secretary of state as a way to make the position more powerful, and potentially more appealing. But the answer was still no. According to a source, Kerry went so far as to telephone Cindy McCain to see if she would lobby her husband.

This is from an advance copy of Paul Alexander's new book about Karl Rove, Machiavelli's Shadow, http://www.amazon.com/Machiavellis-Shado w-Rise-Fall-Karl/dp/1594868255/ref=pd_bb s_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=12126 91215&sr=8-1
 as revealed on Wonkette at

http://wonkette.com/400247/wonkette-excl usive-dirty-insider-secrets-about-john-k errys-failed-attempt-to-get-john-mccain- to-be-his-running-mate-in-04

Now just imagine that having McCain on the ticket was enough to give Kerry the victory in 2004.  And imagine (and this is easy) that Kerry was a lousy president, and that as 2008 approached the exit from Iraq had gone badly and the economy was going into the tank (which likely would have happened no matter who was the president).  Kerry declines another run, and John McCain is the heir apparent.  Perhaps he would have chosen the rising young star Barack Obama as his VP choice.

Also, let's suppose that Gore had pulled a few more FL voters, and he was president through this year.  The Democrats' likely nominee might now be Joe Lieberman, his VP running mate.  Perhaps we would see a Lieberman/Obama ticket.

The lesson: never give money to a political candidate.

I bet $100 bucks on it.

I think Obama's VP will be John Edwards, Wesley Clark, or Tim Kaine of Virginia.

http://the-independent13.blogspot.com/

Well Clinton is saying all the right things now, good for her. More like this please.

Also Wes Clark for VP, he's got ties to the Clintons  but also seems to be a good man with some very good ideas.

I do no see John Edwards playing second fiddle to the man who co-opted his populist stance and helped the media marginalized his campaign and basically, IMHO, took from him the place he should be in- presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party of the United States.  

John Edwards is too good to be one of Obama's "boys".