For those who haven’t yet noticed, last week the Clintons began using a similar strategy to one they employed in 1992, back when they offered voters “two for the price of one.”  Last time, the offer was Bill and Hillary Clinton.  This time, it’s the “dream ticket” of President Hillary Clinton and Vice President Barack Obama.  While I go pick up my eyes, which just rolled out of my head, read this article at HuffPo titled “Hillary: Obama Not Ready For Red Phone, But Would Be Awesome Veep“ which sums up the irony and hilarity of all this perfectly:

Hillary Clinton’s latest game - when she’s not busy saying that Barack Obama isn’t a Muslim “as far as I know” - is tantalizing supporters with the idea that Obama could wind up as her vice-presidential choice on a so-called Dream Ticket. 

It’s a genius strategy: Democrats, forced to choose between Hillary and Barack, don’t need to choose after all, since they both could run together - as long as Barack is at the bottom of the ticket, of course.

Let’s leave aside for the moment the question of why the candidate who has more delegates would somehow be relegated to the vice-presidential slot. That’s the kind of Clintonian logic that I’m too unsophisticated to grasp.

Let’s focus, instead, on this puzzle:

In her relentless attack ads before the Texas and Ohio primaries, and in public comments since, Hillary has said that Obama is not ready to pick up the “red phone” and serve as Commander-in-Chief. If that’s true, why would she imperil the nation by choosing him as her vice-president?

Last time I checked, the vice-president was one heartbeat away from Commander-in-Chief. Which means, if anything should happen to Hillary, Barack Obama would be picking up that darned red phone.

Oops.

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