Chris Kelly weighs in on Obama’s VP choices and he summarizes the qualifications:

I’ve been asking around, and here’s the general thinking on what Obama needs in a Vice President:

A Military Background
So Obama doesn’t get totally marginalized when we start bombing Iran in October.

Conservative
To balance his wife, Angela Davis.

Southern
So he can compete for the hardworking racists of Hillary’s Appalachia.

Hispanic
Because there’s nothing wrong with pandering identity politics when nice people do it.

A Woman
See above — “Hispanic”

Older than Time Itself
Because Barack Obama is only five years old.