Hillary could never be on the ticket because of the South. You're talking about bringing out 85% redneck turnout. We know that the Democrats need to win a few states in the South to win the election and Hillary would detract from that, as would O'Bama. (BTW, I'm far right and i LOVE O'Bama, think he would be great to lead this country). Hillary might also lose the Democrats some of the Rust Belt states (i.e. Pennsylvania). The best man for the Democrats to pick is Edwards, he would carry 2 or 3 southern states and probably win the election. I would rather have a good leader in office then one whose platform I agree with, since there's not much of a difference between the parties.