Clinton's Campaign Considering Obama VP

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) campaign held a conference call on Monday to continue attacking Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) using its commander-in-chief argument, but the message kind of got lost along the way. The campaign ended up proving that it was seriously considering a Clinton-Obama ticket, something described last week by former Bill Clinton as an "almost unstoppable force."

"Well what we have said is that Sen. Obama has not passed the Commander-in-Chief test," Howard Wolfson, Clinton's communications director, is quoted by MSNBC as saying during the conference call. "There's a long way to go between now and Denver, as you know, and there's a lot left to be played out in the context of this primary."

"Sen. Clinton will not chose any candidate who has not at the time of the choosing, passed the national security threshold," he said when pressed to elaborate. "But we have a long way to go between now and Denver, and it's not something that she's prepared to rule out at this point. But certainly anyone who's chosen as vice presidential candidate needs to be prepared to be Commander in Chief."

Clinton has repeatedly criticized her rival, a first-term senator, for not having enough experience, least of all having passed any "commander-in-chief test," to qualify him for the White House. The former First Lady ran an ad last week saying, "It's 3am and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?"

Obama has said sound judgment, not experience, is the most important criteria for president. His surrogates have also argued that it was Clinton who has in fact "flunked" the test several times, most notably when she voted to allow the Bush administration to invade Iraq.

The statements by Clinton's campaign about Obama's being a potential choice for running mate come a day after Clinton failed to strengthen her comeback and lost Wyoming's primary.