Bill Wants Hill for V.P.

You can't always get what you want. But if you raise enough of a stink and threaten to take your fight all the way the credentials committee at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August, you might find, you get what you need. Or something like that.

From our friends at Time magazine comes word that Bill Clinton is aggressively working to see that his wife is included on the Democratic ticket. Second fiddle is better than no fiddle at all:

Her husband, for one, seems to have a pretty clear idea what he thinks she should get as a consolation prize. In Bill Clinton's view, she has earned nothing short of an offer to be Obama's running mate, according to some who are close to the former President. Bill "is pushing real hard for this to happen," says a friend.

The story was corroborated a day later by The New York Times. But really, the 64-thousand-dollar-question is, What Does Hillary Want? Calling Mel Gibson and his gender-specific psychic powers. Tell us, Mel, what's brewing in that noggin of hers? Most observers will admit that, in terms of delegates, this race is over. While Hillary Clinton may yet be able to gerrymander a popular vote edge (if Michigan and Florida go entirely in her favor, and we don't try to assign vote tallies to a few of those pesky caucus states), only a superdelegate miracle that overturns pledged delegates (i.e. the will of the people) can save her bid to become president-elect in 2008.

So, is her goal to nab the V.P. slot? And do threats to hijack the mile-high city really help in this cause? I'll leave the tea leaves to Mel. Here's a track from the Rolling Stones to, er, play us out.