Now that Barry Obama has secured the nomination -- despite the protests from some quarters -- we turn our attention to his choice of vice presidential nominee. On this issue, things couldn't be any clearer.

First, let's dispatch with the wannabes who have NO chance! We'll take them one at a time:

1)RODHAM-CLINTON.......hahahahahahahahah ahahahahah, sorry I'll try to control myself.  Rodham-Clinton represents the old Washington politics that Barry O spent the ENTIRE campaign denouncing.  If she was on top of the ticket, he'd be offered the second spot and he'd definitely take it.  Democrats would have their "dream ticket."  However, she's not, he is.  There is no advantage to Barry O to offer the job to her (and her husband) unless he wants to have a nightmare ticket.  He doesn't, he wants to win.

2)JOHN EDWARDS.......despite his protests that he's been there, done that, if Obama offered the job, the Breck Girl would accept.  But he does nothing to shore up Obama's foreign policy and military credentials.  Therefore, it's not gonna happen.

3)CHRIS DODD......the only possible reason to offer the spot to this woman/man is, um, is, a, yea, well, actually there are no reasons. (Would it surprise anyone if it turned out Chris Dodd is a transvestite?)  He adds nothing to the ticket and would put voters to sleep.  No sale.

4)GOVERNOR RICHARDSON......the stumbling-bumbling, rolly- polly Richardson has already endorsed Obama, and would probably excite some hispanics.  Problem is he doesn't engender real confidence in any measurable degree across the political spectrum.  His appeal is extremely limited to ethnic pride; therefore, he's a definite no.

5)JOE BIDEN.....a.k.a. Senator foot-in-the-mouth.  I think Barry already answered this question when Biden described him as an "articulate and clean" black man....that's "just Joe" said Obama with a detectable air of disgust.  The general election is gonna be a rough and tumble affair; Obama can't afford to turn that crazy man loose.  No deal.

6)Dennis Kissinich and all the remaining wannabe candidates... the fact that they're grouped with Dennis Kissinich tells you all you need to know.

So who IS his choice gonna be?  I can tell you EXACTLY what, although not yet who it will be.

It will be a man with impeccable military credentials.  America is at war.  Senator Obama has NO military or foreign policy credentials whatsoever.  His standard refrain, "I have the judgment" will grow old quickly in the general election.

He will have to choose someone his base will find mostly unpalatable and then reassure them that the guy will only be second in command, so just suck it up and bear it.

And there is a 100% guarantee that I'm right, so just remember where you read this first.