Speculation will now accelerate about who might make the best Barack Obama running mate. Insiders don’t put much credence into a shotgun marriage, “dream team” ticket of Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Here’s how one Obama insider, national Hispanic fundraiser Frank Sanchez of Tampa, is handicapping it. He touts Ed Rendell, the Clinton-supporting governor of Pennsylvania, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn as strong contenders. His dark horse: former Florida Governor and Senator Bob Graham.