MyDD

Lanny Davis’s statement that his candidate, Hillary Clinton, is holding onto her delegates despite the fact that Barack Obama has secured the nomination shows that Clinton is “cynically” holding out for something from Obama, writes Josh Orton, who speaks to Davis after Clinton’s Tuesday night speech. While Clinton spoke about lofty, noble goals, she can only get something concrete out of the leverage she now holds, Orton writes. While Newsweek’s Howard Fineman reports that neither Obama nor Clinton want her to become vice president, it still makes sense for her to join the ticket, since becoming a veep would make her the presumptive nominee in 2016 and give her a high-profile post she could use to champion healthcare, Beeton writes.