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There was a lot of back-and-forth this week after TIME's Karen Tumulty and Mike Weisskopf reported that Bill Clinton was quietly maneuvering behind the scenes to secure a place for his wife on the Democratic ticket. Sure, he was interested, but what about her? My experience from covering Bill and Hillary tells me that when one Clinton gets something in his or her head, the other usually isn't very far behind. But whether or not you think that rule applies in this case, the whole thing did not leave me wondering whether the Clintons were...
...more competition for space in overhead bins. "I think you'll see passengers turning on other passengers," says Vicki Morwitz, a marketing professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, who thinks introducing the bag charge will be less palatable than rolling the cost into a pricier ticket...
...Even if Clinton is not on the ticket, the list of things she might want could range from a tangible move like help in paying off some of her campaign debt to a symbolic gesture of homage at the Democratic National Convention. Obama's team knows that Clinton and her crew above all are likely to want respect to be paid for their efforts; beyond that, it is unclear what the tab will be. "There have been no discussions between the campaigns," says chief strategist David Axelrod. "There's been no back-channel negotiations. We're respectful...
...rights for the No. 2 spot or for other demands. "This is about making her pile of chips bigger so she can use them to bargain with when the voting is done," says a longtime backer, who also believes she is making a play for a place on the ticket...
...Some of Clinton's own strategists are doubtful that Obama will offer to make her his running mate - in no small part because that would mean bringing Bill aboard. Her presence on the ticket would also undercut Obama's core message of change and his promise of a new brand of politics. However, advisers say that in the interest of unifying the party, there may well be a good argument for tapping one of the Clintons' high-profile supporters, such as Indiana Senator Evan Bayh or Ohio governor Ted Strickland...