On paper, she makes the most sense for Obama. She has some experience (not as green as, say, a Kaine); she can speak to economic concerns; heaven knows, she’s comfortable with the role of an attack dog; she’s a woman; and she obviously appeals to Hillary voters (at least the hardened feminists among them). Yes, she harkens to the past, but an Obama-Hillary ticket would be so historic it would probably only add to the “change” theme. It would be a huge headache dealing with her and Bill in the White House (and Bill is obviously always a scandal waiting to happen), but Obama could worry about that when (if) he gets there. It seemed easy to dismiss her when it seemed he could coast to election. I wonder if Obama knew back then the relatively precarious political state he’d be in now, if he would have put her near the top of his short list.