Not all of our vice presidents had a front-row seat

WASHINGTON - There was something surprising in last week's furious discussions, from 24-hour cable newscasts to the living rooms of America, about whether Barack Obama should choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate. It wasn't the fact that people were debating whether she deserved it, or whether she would boost the ticket politically - it was their underlying assumption that ... (Full article: 710 words)

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