so why an article on Hilary Clinton here?
Because she would enormous power over our entire world if elected.
Who would select to run it with her?
And what can we find out about them before it's too late ...

A Clinton-Bayh ticket for 2008?

Russ Pulliam

Is Bayh the guy? It's looking good

The path is clearing for Evan Bayh to be nominated for vice president.

He and former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner were on the short list of moderates that Hillary Clinton might select as a running mate. Now Warner is running for the U.S. Senate seat left open by the retirement of Republican Sen. John Warner.

Clinton continues to lead Barack Obama and John Edwards in polls and is strong in fundraising. Obama and Edwards also could split the activist left-wing voters that dominate the primaries.

Bayh, meanwhile, could reap the benefit of a career of cautiousness. He would bring several assets to the Clinton campaign.

He is polite and charming. He's been an articulate spokesman for fatherhood, even writing a book on the subject. As Indiana's governor, he promoted the fatherhood movement and offered other culturally conservative initiatives. He didn't serve liquor at the governor's mansion and reinstated Gideons Bibles in state park inns after an overzealous official thought they violated the First Amendment.

Politically he rebuilt his party from near death in Indiana, helping it win four consecutive races for governor. He captured his own Senate seat after winning two terms as governor. Other Democrats who served under him went on to win their own races, including the late Gov. Frank O'Bannon and Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson. Bayh did all of that in a state that has not gone for a Democratic presidential nominee since the Lyndon Johnson landslide of 1964.

As governor, Bayh was the opposite of Mitch Daniels, who never seems to shy from taking on controversial issues such as daylight-saving time or leasing the Toll Road. Bayh took a stab at education reform but never put a definitive stamp on a particular policy or issue. He did, however, win elections and returned Indiana to a competitive two-party state.

For Hillary Clinton, Bayh would bolster her attempts to move to the political center. He is stronger on national defense issues than most Democrats and is most zealous about being a moderate.

Former Indiana House Speaker John Gregg of Vincennes thinks a Bayh vice presidential nomination would help Clinton as well as Democrats in Indiana.

"He'd be the ideal candidate," Gregg, a possible Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor next year, said.

"Historically, Bayh is from southern Indiana," Gregg said. "He'll play well in the Midwest and the near South -- Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. He is the modern-day Moses for the Indiana Democratic Party."

Notre Dame professor Robert Schmul said Bayh would balance Clinton's current New York home base geographically and ideologically.

"He would also be a figure who understands how the vice president should campaign and serve," Schmul said. "I don't think he is the kind of person who would try to upstage the presidential candidate."

One obstacle for Bayh could be a strong surge from either Obama or Edwards in early primaries. Clinton, if she wins the nomination, might feel compelled to add the second-place finisher to the ticket.

If she keeps the lead she has now, however, watch for a Clinton-Bayh ticket in 2008.