HILLARY SUGGESTS RUNNING WITH BARACK

Even though she's still trailing Illinois Senator Barack Obama in committed delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination, New York Senator Hillary Clinton is already hinting at Clinton-Obama ticket -- with her on top.

"That may be where this is headed," Clinton said. "But of course we have to decide who is on the top of the ticket. I think the people of Ohio very clearly said it should be me." She said Democratic voters have begun to focus on who would be the best commander-in-chief.


"I really think that now that Senator John McCain is going to be the nominee, Democratic voters have begun to take their decision very seriously, and that works to my benefit," Clinton said on NBC's "Today" program.


And what does Barack Obama think of Hillary's idea? Apparently not much. At least not now.


"We are just focused on winning this nomination," he told reporters aboard a plane shortly before it took off from San Antonio to Chicago, according to Newsday.


Interesting, Obama seems to be in a unique position where he has to constantly remind folks that he the leader in the race, not Clinton.


"We will continue to win delegates. We will continue to campaign in every state and, by taking that approach, I am pretty confident we will have won more states, won more delegates and won more of the popular vote" and, going into the convention, "we are going to be in a stronger position," he said.


"We've had a very tough contest," Obama said. "Senator Clinton is a tough, hard-working candidate." He had just won 11 states in a row, he said, "which is why we have the strong lead in delegates."


Tuesday, Clinton won a close contest in Texas, 51 to 48 percent, and flat out beat Obama in Ohio 54-44 percent. She also took Rhode Island, and Obama won in Vermont.


Many attribute the former First Lady's victory to her attacking Obama on some ill-timed events that have affected him negatively.


The senator from Illinois and his campaign have made news because of Tony Rezko, one of Obama's campaign contributors, who is facing criminal charges in Chicago, and after a Canadian trade official claimed an Obama campaign adviser had suggested the candidate's statements about NAFTA were different from what his actual policy would be.