Some of the challenges are in part attributable to the long, close and contentious primary race against Hillary Clinton. But one thing is clear: Especially after her speech last night, if Barack loses, Hillary will be blamed for it (fairly, or not). And it's far from clear to me that Barack's core constituencies would
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So she may have decided that her best hope is to land a place on his ticket, so that she can make a show of campaigning her little heart out for the nominee (whose prospects she has damaged), thereby finding her way back into all Democrats' good graces -- even as it assures her once again of being the presumptive favorite for the next election that doesn't have Barack at the top of the ticket.
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