She might actually make a better veep than president. The president is usually a director. A veep is the doer. If Clinton doesn’t mind playing second fiddle then she might actually make a good veep. She would likely follow in the footsteps of Dick Cheney and attempt to influence policy from the safety and comfort of the right-hand chair. Cheney set an unfortunate precedent in making himself the most powerful vice president in history. He effectively ran the office from his chair.
That doesn’t mean that Hillary has a chance at all of that accomplishment. First off, Barack Obama is a much more abler leader than George W. Bush ever was. So that won’t happen. But it could happen that her intelligence, drive, and savvy political skills could be assets to an Obama-run White House if she can convince Obama that she’ll be a team player and not try to run things. She will have to prove herself through assignments and my bet is Obama won’t be afraid to give her some and the better she is at accomplishing them, the more he’ll give her. She has a chance of becoming one of the most productive vice presidents in history if Obama can convince American voters to vote for him. Hillary on the ticket would only help him. There is no other person in the country who Obama can pick as a running mate that would give him automatic voter equity.
