All America, the rumors drive the news. Any politician appear with Obama or McCain instantly garners vice presidential speculation.
Obama could appear with some disgraced pol like Robert Torricelli or Larry Craig (although that might help him carry Idaho - and potentially Minnesota) and the press would still bombard him with VP questions. He dodged everything vice presidential that Tom Brokaw threw at him on Sunday. McCain does the same.
Nominees are never more guarded. Everyone has their own blueprints for constructing the perfect running mate, but two people earn that decision every four years. Does McCain have to chose someone much younger? Not really. Nominating a woman makes more sense - Alaska's Sarah Palin or Connecticut's Jodi Rell, for example - than a Romney, the ideal Republican pick for Democrats nationwide.
Should Obama pick someone to soothe the Clintonistas thinking about throwing the election to give their pick a shot at the 2012 nomination? No, he might gain Pennsylvania by choosing Ed Rendell -the Republicans aren't running Lynn Swann this time. Clinton friend Wesley Clark has never been more than the great white-haired hype. He needs gravitas on the ticket to even out his ever-expanding cult of personality before the campaign's hubris starts turning off voters.
My two cents (3.5 Euro cents): Obama won't get Chuck Hagel, but he only hurts himself by picking someone other than former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn. By betting on Nunn, I'm just setting myself up for disappointment with the actual choice.
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