You scare them, she scares them, together you are their worst nightmare.

Note: I'm not married to the idea of a Clinton Vice-Presidency and the author of the piece quoted below was not a Clinton supporter in the primaries.

11 Reasons Hillary Should Be The VP Pick.

Her political future will be dependent on your success; therefore she has every interest in promoting your agenda. The alternative (without her on the ticket) is much more problematical. She will be a huge force in the Senate with her own base and agenda. Would you rather have her out of the tent on the Hill promoting her own ideas or in your tent promoting yours? Not even a close call.

A few other benefits of Clinton on the ticket; no one will be a more affective attack dog against McCain and the Right than Hillary. She can take the heat and defend you (something you are increasingly forced to do yourself). Every attack on McCain by Clinton will get wide coverage. No one has had more experience than Hillary on taking the Right to the wood shed and beating them to a pulp. She becomes the lightening rod, you go back to change and hope. Can any other VP choice do that? Not even close.

You will sit atop the most unified Democratic Convention since the advent of television. The picture of you and Hillary Clinton together is a nightmare for Republicans. The GOP operatives are yearning for you to pick anyone besides Clinton. You scare them, she scares them, together you are their worst nightmare.

Finally, and maybe most important of all, McCain and the Right have only one hope of defeating you Senator, and that is to make you too naïve and risky to be Commander in Chief. Your vice presidential choice must reek of experience. The argument against Clinton is she represents the past and hurts your change message. Sure the voters want change from what hasn't worked, but they embrace past success. Most voters recall the Clinton years (from a policy perspective at least) as successful. A message of change combined with a record of past success is a more comforting message than change alone. Can another VP candidate provide that level of comfort? Not even close.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/its_not_even_close_obama_shoul.html

I like Senator Clinton and I think (I hope) the right's attacks on her will not work this time. My only concern is that she lacks military experience and I *know* that McCain will be dropping his military credentials all over the place. That said, I think that this may be circumvented by having lots and lots of veteran surrogates. Just please...ANYONE but Nunn.

Independents would flock away from the democratic ticket with Clinton on it.

I really never thought I'd advocate for this, but...Wes Clark.

oh yea, 18 million voters. We are the Democratic Party, not the Independent Party.

We can't eschew independents and moderate republicans. That is exactly what would happen if Clinton was on the ticket.

DLC = more right-wing voodoo economics.

DLC economic policies were the antithesis of voodoo economics.

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The sharp decline in the unemployment rate, and the debt being nearly, if not entirely eliminated, and a projection of future surplus was a BAD thing in the 90s. Right?

You do understand that Senator Obama and Senator Clinton are very, very close in economic policy, don't you?

Isn't it time to follow the lead of our candidate and put away the HATRED for anything spelled CLINTON?

The writer seems to think Clinton would set aside her agenda as Obama's VP. I see her having every interest in undermining him. And the media would love that, and encourage it at every turn. They never see a Clinton story that they don't like. And she would oblige them. She would suck the air out of the room in every way. Not to mention Bill in the background—or maybe not so in the background. And I've never been persuaded that being the wife of a president is the same as having experience. It's experience once-removed. No, Hillary is one lightning rod I want to see put at a safe distance away from Obama's presidency.

Sounds like s/he might make an excellent presidential candidate.