They maintain Obama provides no general election help for Clinton. As an
African-American from Illinois, he represents an ethnic group and a state
already solidly in the Democratic column.
This school of thought advocates a Southerner as Clinton's running mate. The last time Democrats won a national election without a Southerner on the ticket was 1944. Prominent Democrats from the South are in short supply today. The leading prospect: former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner.
I think the added benefit to taking someone as a vice president that wasn't in the race is that they have not been battered. This has been a harsh race, and if for example Hilary were to take on Obama as a VP then it would raise a lot of doubts about how they would get along. Also, it has been said that once someone wants to be president, they always want to be president. In their office as vice president are they concerned with your administration or working towards having their own.
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