[digg-reddit-me] [The bulk of this is a re-post, because it seems that the issue is newly and especially relevant.

After last night’s non-concession – in which Clinton revved up her crowd of supporters as they began to chant, “Denver! Denver! Denver!” – and in which she conceded nothing to reality, it seems clear that Clinton wants something. That something – according to reports from various news sources – is the vice presidency. Others indicate that she just wants to be offered the vice presidency. Either way, rather than graciously bowing out (as I rather prematurely asked her to do in January when she had won two of the four contests), she is bitterly clinging to her candidacy: pretending to win in her defeat, avoiding Barack Obama’s phone calls, and putting off the meeting that it is reported he requested.

There are better candidates out there for Obama to pick. Hillary Clinton has undoubtedly run an historic and groundbreaking campaign – and has come into her own as a political figure in her own right. She is a force to contend with. But it is time for her to withdraw unconditionally and endorse Obama. And she must let him choose his own Vice President – based on who would make the best ticket. Clinton is not it.

So here, modified and expanded, are eight reasons why Hillary Clinton should not be chosen as Obama’s vice presidential running mate:

As a bonus:



Let’s get on to the main event already.

Drop out, Senator, and settle for becoming the next Secretary of Defense or a Supreme Court Justice.

The zeitgeist, the Force even, is with Obama in this American moment.

So, let’s get on to November before Obama loses his opportunity to get in the requisite attacks on McCain and his dangerously misguided policies before the entire country goes on vacation for the summer.

This is a fight we can win, and one we must win:

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for the country we love.

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