As a registered Republican who tends to vote Democrat, I have followed this presidential election with more interest than I usually do. Although I believe that John McCain is a fine and honorable man, I feel he represents politics as usual and that this country simply can't take any more of this. This leaves me with the Clinton/Obama decision. Now that Obama seems to have clinched the Democratic nomination the natural question is who will be his VP?

When I first thought of Clinton as Obama's VP, I immediately dismissed the idea with the thought that he simply didn't need that type of confusion hanging over his leadership but as I thought of it some more my reasons against it seem to fade and I say why not?

Clinton could keep her dedicated supporters from jumping to the Republicans. She is certainly experienced in Washington politics - for better or worse - and could provide needed advice to Obama as he settles into the presidency. Obama's major problem would be to keep Clinton from overshadowing his presidency. He would have to take firm control of the office and clearly present his platform as his own to the country while still seeking and using advice and guidance from Clinton.

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