Originally Posted By: the G-man
I'm not sure how Hillary offering the VP slot to Obama is "reaching out" in this case, given that she was in second place when she made the "offer." Typically, the person in second place is in no position to offer a subordinate role to the person in first place.

More likely, as many commentators noted, Hillary's "offer" was simply an attempt to obscure Obama's frontrunner status.


I actually agree, that's what she was trying to do.

But she was also showing a willingness, at some point, to join political forces with Obama. I think an appropriate response from Obama would have been that once the primaries were done (with humor), he would gladly accept Hillary as his Vice President.
But the response he gave at the time seemed to say clearly that there were no deals, no unity, it would be either him or her.

Although past bitter rivals have often surprisingly come together at battle's end. Reagan and Bush Sr.
And as I listed above, McCain and Romney.