The first thing I need to say is that I had previously voiced my opposition to Hillary being Obama's VP.  I take that back.  Her speech today was gracious and I think Obama could benefit from having such a strong competitor by his side.

That being said, I think that Hillary could accomplish more without being VP.  I would like to see her follow Al Gore's example.  In the past seven years he has accomplished more and earned more respect around the world than Bush even without the title "President of The United States of America."  From his Oscar winning film, to the Nobel Peace Prize he has worked tirelessly to promote awareness about global warming and our need to do something about it.  The problem might not be solved yet, but I feel a lot more confident that something is going to be done about it than I did seven years ago when Bush was pulling out of Kyoto.  Gore has also been an independent voice which had the freedom to speak out against the war and other Bush policies when others were frightened to do so.

I would love to see Hillary follow a similar path.  I had a lot of respect for her when she and Bill first came into the White House.  I loved the way she basically told everyone with traditional views on gender roles to shove it because she wasn't just going to sit around and bake cookies.  I thought the way she was treated was unfair, and hated watching the way she changed in order to deal with it.  One of the reasons that I chose to support Obama in my primary was because I felt like she traded some of her core values for possible political capital in some of her votes in the senate (I know many disagree, but that's my opinion).