Short post about the Presidential race

So Obama has the Democratic nomation all but locked up, and now the media are trying to hype an Obama / Clinton "dream ticket." While Clinton as his VP candidate would help Obama more quickly unite Democrats behind him, Clinton supporters are going to come around and support him eventually simply because he's infinitely better than McCain. The racists who woun't vote for Obama because he's black, such as many of the people in yesterday's West Virginia primary, probably wouldn't vote for him in the general election no matter who the VP candidate was. The best thing I can see possibly coming out of Clinton's refusal to admit defeat and drop out of the race is if she gets Obama to adopt some or all of her health care proposals, which is the one issue on which I greatly prefer Clinton to Obama. As for who Obama's VP choice should be, there are a ton of reasonable choices, one in particular that sounds promising is Ohio governor Ted Strickland.