n a fiery rebuttal to suggestions emerging over the past week, Barack Obama on Monday shot down suggestions he become Hillary Clinton's wing man and questioned the logic of those who say he is prepared for the vice presidency but not to be president.

Speaking at a town hall style meeting in Columbus, Miss., the Illinois senator said the proposal floated by Clinton's campaign over the last week that he be her running mate doesn't make sense, especially since he has won twice as many states as Clinton, hundreds of thousands more of the popular vote and 110 more delegates so far.

"I am not running for vice president, I am running for president of the United States of America. I am running to be commander in chief," Obama boomed to applause. "I don't know how somebody in second place is offering vice president to the person in first place." (less info)