Have to say "no" to Hilary as the running mate. I get the feeling that she will hang around anyway and will never go away but given leverage to promote herself, she will - at Obama's expense jumpinjackflash - when the articles say "is the country ready for.." the question is - if it was a white male running against McCain the odds of a Democratic victory shorten. There are pockets - in many countries - which don't take kindly to giving power to anybody other than white males. Sadly, you won't have to dig very deep to find some democrats change sides, because they now have a black candidate.