MediaMyopic

Maybe it’s the sunny spring weather or the art of accepting defeat with grace. But, more likely, it’s the possibility of the vice presidency that puts the bickering among losing presidential candidates on the back burner. It’s the time of year where those who have bowed out get political by coyly deflecting any notion of their desire for the White House. John Edwards, for one, has denied that he would accept a second nod for vice president – yet, strangely, refuses to endorse the two remaining Democratic candidates. Those who are indifferent to serving as vice president do not withhold endorsements; those who hope to serve in that capacity wait out the results of a clear nominee before praising a particular candidate. It remains unclear whom McCain will choose from the GOP’s Island of Misfit Toys. It is also doubtful that – now Clinton’s embarrassing fall from grace includes Geraldo (Rivera)-esque fabrications of landing amidst sniper shooting in Bosnia – the Obama-Hillary ticket will ever evolve. But Obama was quoted last week as saying he’d offer Al Gore, who claims to have “fallen out of love” with politics, a cabinet position. And that’s the best idea I’ve heard since these overly saturated presidential campaigns began.