>>>Can you say floating a trial baloon?
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>>Al may be right about setting the stage for 2016. ... And VPs are historically unlikely to be elected President four years later.
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>Very similar to my first reaction, more on the second part than on Al's idea, as this seems to more about Mitt than about her.
>It would raise Rep chances by a lot, even if a larger part as usual would see the counter to the current P/VP pair
>Third reaction was: black and female in one package after black P and female VP ? Unclear in my vision...
And highly qualified. A cold war era kremlinologist is exactly what's needed now...