Obama slaps down talk of being v.p.

obamapointingright.jpgBarack Obama made a couple of good points in slapping down suggestions by Hillary and Bill Clinton that he would make a good vice presidential choice. “I don’t know how somebody who’s in second place is offering the vice presidency to somebody who’s in first place,” he said. That is audacious — and condescending. But he also noted how Hillary’s main line of argument of late has been that Obama isn’t ready to be commander in chief. Yet Bill has said in the past that the No. 1 priority in picking a vice president is that the person be ready on day one to be commander in chief, in case something happens to the president. So, Obama asked: “If I’m not ready, how is it you think I would be such a great vice president?”