I didn't get to see Chris Matthews this morning. Because of the French Open Men's finals they moved up the Today Show and Meet the Press, but cut Matthews. But, because MTP didn't compete at the same time with ABC Sunday Morning, I got to see all of the Stephanopolous show. I also watched Face the Nation on CBS. As it turned out, nothing should have been cancelled for the French open men's finals, as Nadal stomped Federer in a boring match.

MTP had a large roundtable of all of their major national pundits. They were discussing primarily the democratic nomination race. Of course, the historic nature of the Obama nomination in the context of Clinton's speech of yesterday was the number one topic of conversation.

Most everyone agreed that Clinton had made a good speech yesterday, and had set the stage for the possibility of her joining the ticket. Some of the pundits said she had blown it by not conceding on Tuesday after Obama claimed the nomination. But most said that it hadn't. I don't think it has totally eliminated her at all.

There was a lot of discussion about whether or not Obama would choose Clinton to run with him. Of course I've written about that before. The pundits seemed split about 50-50 as to whether or not that would be a good idea. I did learn that former president Carter had written recently that Obama would be making a huge mistake to pick her. But others, such as Rep. Rangel, said they thought it was an unbeatable combination.

I have to stand by my posting of several weeks ago, when I wrote that I thought that it was heading for a Clinton VP nod. I mean, she has to be asked. Maybe it will be arranged that she won't accept, but it has to be asked. Too much is on the line. But I am sensitive to the problems that it would cause. It's going to say a lot about Obama's judgment on how he handles it.

One of the most interesting aspects of the pundits conversation today was about Bill Clinton. What I found interesting was the notion that Obama has in the near future a private meeting with Bill Clinton about his role in the campaign, administration, and party. Some of the pundits say that Bill Clinton is pissed off because he blames the Obama campaign for painting him as being racist when really he is "the first black president."

He needs to get over it. First, he more than anyone should know how politics is. Second, he did say some pretty unseemly things that smacked of some kind of weird attitude toward race. He definitely has blown his reputation as being very racially sensitive. That's his fault, and he needs to do what needs to be done to fix it. Oh, the damage isn't irreparable, but it's real. If he blows it off and never fixes it, then he will have his reputation forever scarred. But he shouldn't blame that on Obama or his campaign.

Several of the pundits said that Obama will wait until August, to see if the polls remain polarized by gender and race, or if they begin to shift. If the polls remain polarized, it becomes more likely that Obama will pick Clinton to fill his ticket. If he feels he can win without her, he will try to find a way to finesse around her. It's going to be interesting, that's for sure.