AddieStan

Up In the Tree Fort at Camp VeepWannaBe With the Democrats’ presidential nominee decided, the election pre-game prognosticators now turn their attention to the veepstakes--the roll of the wheel that will ultimately determine just who will “round out the ticket,” as they say, in the number-two spot. And so, inevitably, the name of New York Senator Hillary Clinton bobs up now and again, if only because the oddsmakers, looking at a long nine months ahead until the presidential election, long for something interesting to happen---or at least threaten to happen--in the interim. Hence, we kid ourselves that there’s a chance in hell that a woman could be named to the Democratic ticket. In truth, we know how unlikely, even absurd, it is to consider Hillary a vice presidential contender. None of the three states she claims as home are considered battlegrounds in the presidential contest. And what presidential candidate in his right mind would name someone to the ticket wh...