The democratic nomination is reaching the late stages of the game. Just recently Hillary Clinton proposed that Barack Obama become her running mate. Whether this was a sign of weakness or of over confidence it didn't plan out as expected.

From Bloomberg.com:

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama touted his front- runner status in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination today and rejected rival Hillary Clinton's recent suggestion he might be her running mate.

```With all due respect, I won twice as many states as Senator Clinton. I won more of the popular vote than Senator Clinton. I have more delegates than Senator Clinton,'' Obama said while campaigning in Mississippi, which is holding a primary tomorrow. ``I don't know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to somebody who is in first place.''

Obama, a senator from Illinois, said voters shouldn't think that somehow they can ``get both'' New York Senator Clinton and himself on the Democratic ticket.

``We are in a tough battle, and I don't presume I have won this election,'' Obama, 46, said in Columbus, Mississippi. ``But I want everyone to be absolutely clear. I'm not running for vice president. I'm running for president.''

Obama is favored to win the Democratic primary in Mississippi and the majority of the 33 pledged convention delegates at stake, according to recent polls in the state. Clinton, after winning in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, is focused on the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.

This open play for power on Clinton's part should have little effect on tommorows primary in mississippi.