On June 5, 2008, E.J. Dionne predicted in the Washington Post that Hillary Clinton’s speech on June 3 took her out of contention for the vice-president spot on the ticket:

Hillary Clinton talked her way out of the vice presidency on Tuesday night.

Barack Obama may never have intended to make her the offer. But Clinton’s largely self-focused non-concession speech suggested that what some call a dream ticket could turn into a nightmare.