Who would Obama want to succeed him? Who gets his political machine?

[Psychic Octopus]

Clinton will get it if she runs, not that she needs it. Biden will probably get Obama's organization should he run, too, which is looking more possible lately (though by no means likely). As to who Obama wants to succeed him, not a clue. Not a clue. I mean we know about Nixon and Connally, and other presidents usually have heir-apparents (Carter-Mondale, Reagan-Bush, Clinton-Gore) who are already essentially locked in as the next nominee, but we don't have that again. I would say that Obama is probably a bit indifferent; if there's a lot of behind-the-scenes talk about Clinton, the assumption has probably already been drilled into his head that she will be the next nominee (and likely next president).

Otherwise, if they don't run, I'm real unsure about who is going to get Obama's toys. I don't think it will be Schweitzer or Warner, though. The former would be an upstart dark horse, and the latter will probably fade into the background, as there will be more "exciting" candidates running.

I'd bet on it being a split. No one candidate will get everything. Cuomo would take a lot of Obama's big donors, but the machine will probably disperse.