Right Matters: how likely is a Clinton-Obama ticket?

Conservatives weigh in on this question:

If Hillary Clinton wins the nomination, will she have to make Barack Obama her running mate?

Presumably enough harsh words have been spoken that she won't offer the vice-presidential nomination to him unless she has to. But it may be that so many harsh words have been spoken that she will have to do it in the interests of party unity--particularly given how racially divided the party is likely to be by the end of these primaries.

Whether it would be in Obama's interest to accept is another question. If the ticket wins, he may figure he will effectively be the number three official in the White House, behind both the president and her husband. If the ticket loses, he has the examples of the last two losing Democratic vice-presidential nominees as a cautionary tale. Joe Lieberman went nowhere in 2004, and John Edwards has gone nowhere this year.

So how likely is a Clinton-Obama ticket? And how strong would it be?

Read the discussion here.