COLUMBUS, Mississippi (Reuters) - Barack Obama dismissed as "gamesmanship" on Monday his rival Hillary Clinton's suggestion that he become her running mate on a Democratic White House ticket headed by her.
"I'm not running for vice president. I'm running forpresident of the United States of America" andcommander-in-chief, Obama told a rally in Mississippi.
Clinton and her husband former President Bill Clinton inrecent days have talked up the idea of a joint ticket. ButObama's supporters have suggested that was little more thanpolitical manoeuvring by Clinton, who is lagging in the race tobecome the Democratic nominee to face Republican Sen. JohnMcCain in the November election.
(Reporting by Caren Bohan, editing by Lori Santos)
