"In times of deep foreboding, people value experience as much as a reformist spirit. Obama's vulnerabilities are few but the charge of inexperience, even coming from the crowd that gave us George Bush, is one. So no governors or Washington ingénues; the smart move is to shore up the weak flank.

"Chris Dodd could do it, or perhaps Joe Biden, but no one telegraphs experience like Clinton. No First Lady, no Chief of Staff and, before Gore and Cheney, no vice president learned so much in the White House. For sixteen years she has lived at the epicenter of American politics. Some deny it, but everybody knows it."

YES, YES, YES, YES! That's just what we of the Hillary team have been saying "since Day One!" But do you suppose that the macho makeup of the Obama campaign and the ego of the man himself will allow paying attention to this elephant in the room? I frankly fear not but I have repeatedly sent the message to them and will send this post as well. I invite you to do so too.