CLINTON DISOWNS THE VP PRESSURE CAMPAIGN.

I'm not surprised to see this. The fact that it was Robert Johnson and Lanny Davis making the public pitch made it pretty clear that Clinton was not interested in mounting a public campaign for the veep slot at this time (what she's communicating privately to Obama I don't know.) If you were really trying to get the position, you'd choose a surrogate widely respected by Obama supporters -- not one guy who brought up Obama's brief youthful drug use on the stump and another who's a walking-punchline hack.

--Scott Lemieux