Sen. Hillary Clinton’s friend, since they were law students together at Yale, and the former Special Counsel to the President for Bill Clinton, Lanny Davis was the first of the democrats, who wrote to Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday to consider the former first lady as his running mate.

It’s important to note that it was Lanny Davis who penned a blog headlined, "The Top Ten List of Undisputed Facts Showing Barack Obama's Weaknesses in the General Election Against John McCain, after Clinton’s victory in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary.

In a missive sent to Obama on Tuesday, Davis wrote, "We write you because we believe it is very important for the Democrats to win back the presidency in 2008.  To do so, we must field the strongest possible ticket for the Democratic Party.  We believe the 2008 election could be close.  And your selection of a vice presidential candidate may make the difference between victory and defeat.
"We write to urge you to select Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to be your choice for vice president because we believe that she would be, by far, the most qualified and strongest candidate to be your running mate.

"Both you and Sen. Clinton during this campaign have demonstrated strengths in different segments of the electorate and in different parts of the country. Together, you stand the best chance of making U.S. history not once but twice -- the first African American president and the first female vice president since the founding of our great nation.

"We know this is ultimately your decision on who is to be your running mate.  But with the greatest respect, we ask you to select Sen. Clinton in recognition of the more than 17 million Democrats who supported her at the polls and who, in combination with your more than 17 million supporters, would form the base of a successful presidential campaign in the November election."