>>>>>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...
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>>And highly qualified. A cold war era kremlinologist is exactly what's needed now...
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>Would that be in the same league as the previous points ?

Don't know and don't really care.

>And would your first sentence result in more or less votes?

Depends on the spin & hype, I guess. If her degree is advertised without really stating what was the subject of her study (which it generally was when she was the... whatever they call the prime minister), it may bring in more votes.