In making family analogies for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's relationship, a good one would be that Hillary is Barack's
political mother-in-law.The In-Law relationship is one stereotypically fraught with difficulty. What has occurred here is a big family fight between Barack and his political mother-in-law. It went on for a long time and various family members took sides. Now it's over and both sides are trying to come together for the good of the family (the Democratic Party). But there are still difficult feelings and everyone still has their own agenda.
Hillary mentioned in her concession speech that the Democratic Party is a family. She later noted that it is sometimes a dysfunctional family.
I agree with Beet that Clinton would be a strong VP choice. You want a VP who could handle being President if necessary and 17.5+ million voters say she is qualified to do it. Obama would gain a VP who learned a great deal of inside information while she was in the White House as well as the Senate. Hillary will know the buttons to push, the strings to pull and where the skeletons are buried when it comes time to push the White House agenda through Congress. Furthermore, a recent
Pew Poll shows worrying signs for Obama:
