You want to reward Hillary's atrocious behavior?

Obama would have to be suicidal to have that woman as his veep.

Hillary is exactly the "Old Washington" politician Obama is rallying against. It will never happen. I think she has a better shot at getting McCain's VP slot, and I'm being completely serious.

Obama/Clinton is the most likely ticket and it has been since Super Tuesday. In reality, the two candidates have been very civil to each other and this has not been a historically nasty nor long race despite what the media tries to imply, every time they're just filling the airwaves with whatever nonsense pops into their pretty little heads.

The key is for Obama to pick someone who gives all the pros you mentioned (brings in the Hillary coalition, taps into Clinton's best policies, etc.) without actually picking Hillary. The best bet is probably a strong Hillary supporter--like Gov. Strickland or Gen. Clark. Ideal, I think, would be a strong female Hillary supporter, but I'm not sure who that would be as most of the women being mentioned for the VP slot are Obama supporters. The worst idea is still Hillary herself.

Having Clinton as VP on the ticket would only cause Obama to lose votes and the voters' respect.

This whole "unity ticket" thing was long ago rendered to cliche status. Why would anyone want to run with Clinton when more than half the voters consider her negatively?

As for "she has shown she has strong support in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana." IT WAS A PRIMARY ELECTION, and extrapolating from a primary to a general election is a fools errand. There is no comparison, despite what the Clinton campaign folks are pushing.

Once a nominee is selected democrats will unite behind the candidate, except for a very, very few on the fringe. Democrats will do so as they, by and large, want to see Roe v Wade stand and do not want more SCOTUS justices further ratifying the march to ward fascism.

God, no. That's a sure-fire recipe for disaster in the fall. There are other ways that Obama can bring the party together in the generals besides having her on the ticket. She is a lightning rod for the GOP and it will bring them out in droves to vote against her. If he selects a woman (Sebelius and Napolitano are 2 who spring to mind), it would bring in the over-50 white female demographic. Again, I don't know why everybody keeps harping on the "Hillary got a lot of support in PA, Ohio and Indiana" meme - in democratic primaries, one of the 2 democrats is going to win and one will lose. How can the fact that she won PA and Ohio be somehow generalized and a conclusion reached that Obama has no chance of carrying those states? Will all of the Democrats who voted for Hillary not vote for Obama in the fall? I absolutely refuse to believe this.

Plus, he will put a lot of western states in play that she won't. I just think the whole "well, she won the states that count" thing is a crock. Once he wins the Dem nomination his 50-state strategy, which is in full swing already, will move into action against McCain. We don't need Hillary for this; if anything, she'll be a monkeywrench in the works.

Obama/Clinton unity ticket would be a classic example of "Uncle Dick's compromise".

Senator Clinton has a lot of baggage, not least of which is Bill. Any consideration of Hillary as VP means getting Bill too. A VVP?