VP Watch

Clinton campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe gave a new schedule-driven hint Monday that Hillary Clinton will not become the second woman to give a Democratic vice presidential nomination acceptance speech when the party convenes in Denver next month.

"I think she'll probably be speaking on Tuesday night," McAuliffe said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

In my lifetime, Democratic vice presidential nominees always have spoken on Wednesday night or Thursday night.

That doesn't mean that Team Obama won't shake things up -- or that Terry "I'm sure she's on the short list" McAuliffe is dissing Clinton -- but it may be a small piece to the vice presidential puzzle.

In the past, McAuliffe has cited Delaware Sen. Joe Biden and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as likely VP picks.

Many observers interpreted Obama's hiring of estranged Clinton campaign chief Patti Solis Doyle to manage his unnamed running mate's affairs as the first strong signal that Clinton would remain on the sidelines.