Obama's VP (Pt. 2)

2) Hillary Clinton (-15)
Pros:
o United Party: The single greatest problem that Obama faces in the general election against McCain is uniting the Clinton democrats and the Obama democrats. This ticket would almost guarantee that the party would be unified. Neither the Obama people or the Clinton people will be 100% satisfied, but the gesture would be enough to re-unite the party. (+10)
o White Working-Class: Towards the end of Clinton’s campaign, she turned into the spokesperson for the white working-class. Obama needs a running mate that will halt all the questions of elitism and patriotism. (+5)
o Women: The other backbone of the Clinton campaign: women. (+5)
o Attack Dog: As everybody saw from the nomination process, Hillary and Bill Clinton can be extremely effective attack dogs (which is technically supposed to be the job for the vice presidential candidate), but it always comes with a price. (+5)
Cons:
o Iraq War: Clinton has repeatedly stated that she wants our troops removed from Iraq, but only after she cast her vote for giving the President the power to invade. McCain would be able to counter numerous war arguments with the fact that Clinton initially voted for it. (-5)
o Attack Dog: Everybody that paid attention to the Democratic nominating process knows that Hillary Clinton has no problem playing the attack dog. The problem is that she’s used some of her best lines already against Obama. The GOP will be able to loop some of the statements that she’s made over the past year against her former opponent and allow the Republicans to make it seem as if they are not doing the attacking. (-10)
o Bill: As everybody saw from the South Carolina primaries, when Bill is in the spotlight, it’s not usually a positive. They can loop the same sort of things that Bill Clinton said, such as the “fairy tale” of Obama’s Iraq stance and how Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in ’84 and ’88. Also, if you plan on running for president, you have to be the prominent person on stage. If Bill wants to, he will steal the spotlight. (-10)
o Polarizing/Washington: There is almost nobody else that Obama can put on the ticket that will squash his promises of post-partisan politics than Hillary Clinton. She is seen as one of the most polarizing figures in Washington and, if she is on the ticket, Obama can wave goodbye to his “Obamacans.” She’s used the entire primary campaign (after she started losing) to establish herself as a change candidate, but everybody knows that she has mastered the ways of Washington and is not a “change-agent” in the same way that Obama is. (-10)
o Senator Clinton: It’s never a good idea to match up inexperienced Senator with inexperienced Senator. (-5)