This opinion piece is a wildly irrelevant musing on how Obama can best be most vindictive to Clinton by giving or not giving her the Vice presidential slot on the ticket. The article frames Obama's highest goal as vindictiveness and does a complete disservice to both Democratic Candidates and to civilized discourse. I don't doubt the similarity of this purely political choice to the beauties of sausage making, but tend to doubt the vindictiveness frame that tells us far more about the mind of the author than it will illuminate the eventual actions of either candidate. It does give a little info on the inordinate power of the Cheney Vice Presidency and the more traditional lack of power and influence that most VPs have endured.