Obama Says Clinton Would Be on Anyone’s VP ‘Short List’
Barack Obama said Friday that Hillary Clinton would be on anybody’s “short list of vice presidential candidates,” but declined to say whether he’d personally consider her as his running mate.
Though his campaign claims to be ready to declare victory within two weeks and speculation is swirling that Clinton could be positioning herself for a shot at Obama’s No. 2 spot, Obama gave the standard line, saying he hasn’t won “yet” and that he wouldn’t speculate “until I am the nominee.”
“It would be presumptuous of me to suggest that she is going to be my running mate while we are still actively running,” he said at a campaign stop in Beaverton, Ore. “We do not have this nomination locked up, so we are still competing.”
Obama teased the individual who asked about his running mate possibilities, joking that the press must have put him up to the question.
But he elaborated a bit, saying: “I will say that she has shown herself to be an extraordinary candidate. … She is hard-working, she is tough. She is very smart, and so I think she would be on anyone’s list — short list of vice presidential candidates. But beyond that, you know, I don’t want to offer an opinion.”
Meanwhile, Clinton took shots at Obama’s health care plan at a stop in Portland, Ore., Friday — a sign that she isn’t just running out the string in hopes of snagging a VP nod.
“How could anybody run to be the Democratic nominee for president and not have a universal health care plan?” she said. “This is a huge difference. And one I obviously feel very passionately about.”
FOX News’ Shushannah Walshe and Aaron Bruns contributed to this report.
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