> Nothing gets media attention like political infighting.
>
> Let's say Hillary is on the floor of the Senate one day contemplating her
> uphill battle to the White House. She sees her colleague Senator Obama and
> the plan begins to form in her mind. She approaches him with an offer to
> make him President of the United States. She did it for Bill, she can do it
> for him.
>
> This is the plan they devise:
> 1. He agrees to be her running mate for the 2008 election.
> 2. He announces his candidacy for President.
> 3. They begin a slightly negative political war that draws all attention to
> the two of them and away from all other Democratic challengers.
> 4. Obama uses the Clinton negatives to build a large campaign fund.
> 5. Hillary uses the Bush negatives, and perhaps some racist negatives, to
> build her campaign fund.
> 6. The campaigns will battle in secret collusion, producing plenty of free
> publicity without any real damage to either side.
> 7. With the other candidates marginalized the two of them will glide through
> most of the primaries with plenty of money ready to do real damage in the
> general election.
>
> Although Hillary probably believes she will emerge the marginal winner in
> the primaries (which are usually decided in states less favorable to Senator
> Obama) I don't think she cares if she ends up the VP on the ticket. Either
> way she will have the power she needs to do the things she wants to do
> domestically.
>
> Senator Obama is young and will likely be happy to second chair for 8 years
> while he builds the experience necessary to be the most powerful man in the
> world. If he emerges the front runner, he will owe that position to Senator
> Clinton.
>
> If anywhere near the truth, it is politically brilliant. Almost as brilliant
> as sending Pat Buchanan to destroy the Reform Party...