Lightening up pressure for Hillary to be VP

So it turns out that the members of Congress who were going to pressure Obama to choose Hillary for VP have changed their minds, at least about the pressure part. From TPM:

"Several Members of Congress considered a letter written to both Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton, underscoring the need for their partnership and the unity it would bring to the party. It was felt that the letter was being misconstrued as a demand on Senator Obama and we've decided to communicate our views informally."

I'm posting that to be scrupulously fair, particularly to Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida. They considered sending the letter, realized that it wasn't the best idea, and backed off. Good call.

It will all work itself out in the next few days.

Great suggestion for Obama's VP!

Chris Kelly at HuffPost has analyzed Obama's VP choices, and has come up with a great suggestion. The person needs to fit this criteria:

Obama just needs a running mate who's old, Hispanic, southern, female and enjoys state-sponsored violence, especially war.

His suggestion? I was thinking about not posting this to preserve the element of surprise and force people to go to the original post, but it's just too funy.

Two words:

Eva. Peron.

That's just hysterical. Read the whole post.