Obama Secret VP seach not of Secret

 in Bill Clinton's view, she has earned nothing short of an offer to be Obama's running mate, according to some who are close to the former President. Bill "is pushing real hard for this to happen," says a friend. [snip]

Some of Clinton's own strategists are doubtful that Obama will offer to make her his running mate - in no small part because that would mean bringing Bill aboard. Her presence on the ticket would also undercut Obama's core message of change and his promise of a new brand of politics. However, advisers say that in the interest of unifying the party, there may well be a good argument for tapping one of the Clintons' high-profile supporters, such as Indiana Senator Evan Bayh or Ohio governor Ted Strickland.

But neither of them would give Obama an automatic entrée to crucial voter groups that Clinton won - women, Latinos, older voters, blue-collar whites - and that in many key states have appeared to be beyond his reach.

If Obama wants to tap a high profile Clinton supporter that would help him with blue-collar white voters, you'd think Ed Rendell would be on the list. There's another big time FOBAH (Friend of Bill and Hillary) who could boost Obama in a different but perhaps vital way: General Wesley Clark.

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