I do not know who you are talking about.

I don't think it is so much that she doesn't want it or wouldn't accept as it is that she isn't pushing for it.

Can he?

And people like you blew it out of proportion:

The senator's remarks came in response to a question from Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez who said she believed the best way for Obama to win over key voting blocs, including Hispanics, would be for him to choose Clinton as his running mate.

"I am open to it," Clinton replied, if it would help the party's prospects in November.

Since neither of us are their heads we are guessing, but as a guess I think this is a good one.

i really dont think she wants it.  its a crap job and at first i thought it was a good idea - but now no.  can you imagine the gop ads?  HRC was calling for the assassination of BO - then showing the press releases his campaign sent, 'see even he thought so'.

no.

HRC should not take VP if offered.

What are you talking about? Her strongest supporters in Congress had to tell her to a) concede already and b) not push to be on the ticket as vp.

The media REPORTED this - that's a presentation of those facts, not "hate."

Sounds like she's spurning a potential offer before it's even asked. That may work better as it clears Obama of a responsibility to publicly ask Clinton now for the spot on the ticket.

But it wouldn't be good for Obama to be seen as getting his second choice.

She knows it is a very crappy job.

A large portion of her supporters want her on the ticket.  My own feeling is that a much smaller portion, although not so small in actual numbers, would prefer that she not be on the ticket.  These supporters have strong anti-Obama feelings and voting against the ticket if she were on it would present a tough dilemma for them.

I'm not sure she is the favorite for 2012 if Obama loses.  Obviously, there is a very strong anti-Hillary sector in this party and its numbers have increased during the primary.  A large part of them will blame her for an Obama loss regardless of whether or not she has any responsibility for that.  I see her being dogged by these people even in 2012 if she runs.  They'll never admit that Obama may have lost for reasons having nothing to do with Clinton.  They will demand traitors to blame for the loss and Clinton and her supporters will be the most likely targets.

If Clinton said she wasn't interested in the VP job I think that would end it (Obama has basically offered her a job in the cabinet, she could say she wanted to concentrate on passing health care in the Senate, etc.).  My hunch is she'll conclude she doesn't want the job but she's not there yet.  My second hunch is that Obama doesn't want to give it to her (and not for disrespectful reasons--they're both alphas, she can't really play the role of mentor or youthful up-and-comer, it's just a bad fit).

Who knows, of course, but if Obama loses in November I don't think Clinton has a lock on the nomination in 2012 (and don't think she'd be considered the leader of the party anymore than she was two years ago).  The same fissures and faultlines would exist.  Clinton's problem from the very beginning is that approx. 40% of the party are ardent admirers, but once she passes that point support gets soft.  If that weren't true she would have won this year.

You're completely right, though, that Clinton's big goal at this point is probably to enlist Obama's help in smoothing over relations between her and the African-American community.  This is an issue both about legacy and her future viability as a presidential aspirant.  

What's likely to happen in 2012 or 16, I suspect, is that someone like Mark Warner is going to run, Clinton will throw her hat into the ring as well, and whomever gets the African-American vote will be the nominee (and that's one of the big cards Obama has to play right now, she really needs him as much as the other way, because without that she could reach 49% and lose to a different coalition, Clinton's achilles heel, if we're talking about future races, is that she's probably not the darling of "hard working white people" her campaign claimed, they liked her better than Obama, which isn't quite the same thing).