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It's Vice Preisdent VP Veep Time! for Obama!!!
make your pick. I highlighted mine.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas
Senator Jim Webb of Virginia
Senator Joe Biden of Delaware
Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska (he's a Republican)
Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York. (he's a Republican)
Fmr. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina.
Senator Hillary Clinton of New York
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Comments (15)
Brian Schweitzer is the only VP candidate I'm really excited about.
June 7, 2008 9:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey! Great minds think alike.
Except I would be excited by Mark Warner as well, but I don't imagine it will be him because the party needs him too much as Senator for Virginia.
I love the idea of Schweitzer. His experience in foreign countries, Arab speaking.
The one thing that might not work for him would be that he seems *maybe* to be lukewarm about Obama.
(I read an article talking about one of Schweitzer's fellow superdelegates who was extolling Scheitzer's virtues and saying how much Obama had seemed to like Schweitzer when they had dealings, but that he wasn't sure it was reciprocal.)
He'd go down very well in the rust bucket I imagine.
June 7, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
I read here at one time or another that Schweitzer said he'd vote for Romney if he was running. If true, in the very least that would disqualify him should McCain tap Romney as his VP.
June 7, 2008 10:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good grief!
Right. Off the list he goes.
June 8, 2008 3:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
Schweitzer is not too fond of Obama because he thinks his health care plan should have a mandate. Plus, he doesn't like Obama's stance on using/not using coal.
June 7, 2008 11:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Right. Thanks for that. I had been wondering why.
June 8, 2008 3:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
Bloomberg is now an independent, having switched from being a Democrat, then becoming a Republican (to run for Mayor of NYC).
I am very impressed by Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri.
Edwards has said he is not interested (although I suppose his arm could be twisted).
June 7, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I put a post up about Edwards being my choice. But since he's seemed to make it pretty clear he's not interested. I go:
1.Mark Warner (eventhough he's running for the senate in VA). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Warner
2. Kathleen Sebelius
3. Mark Schweitzer
June 7, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
May I point out please that Sebelius would be a disastrous choice and I don't imagine she's seriously on the list for Obama. It would be the ultimate slap in the face to choose any woman but Hillary. Unthinkable. It makes even me, an Obama supporter,
cringe; all Hillary's key women supporters and her main surrogates have already said so to the Obama campaign. If you want any hope of bringing women solidly back to Obama, then Sebelius is absolutely out.
It would be an intolerable humiliation/slap down to Hillary.
Think about it: her entire speech was predicated on her being the woman candidate.
June 7, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I find it ridiculous that Hillary's second-wave feminists would hold down any other qualified women just because their fearless leader wasn't selected. I think Obama's campaign made a tactical mistake when they allowed Hillary to be THE voice of women. There is many strong, qualified women backing Obama - but I guess they are now framed as gender-traitors and sell-outs.
June 7, 2008 10:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
The idea that Clinton has earned the right to veto any other woman candidate is preposterous.
You offer no evidence for why Sebelius would be disastrous except that Hillary would be upset.
I suspect Sebelius has bween his preferred VP from Day One.
As with all VPs, the choice is his -- and his alone.
June 7, 2008 10:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
'You offer no evidence for why Sebelius would be disastrous except that Hillary would be upset."
Actually I did but you weren't absorbing it. I wrote that it would be a slap in the face and humiliating.
You might not care about how Hillary and he supporters feel but I think it important to try for party unity, to bring her supporters into the campaign. And certainly it's crucial not to do the one thing that would enrage them now.
Obama himself said it: `I'm a practical kind of guy.`
He quoted Lincoln as his role model in this regard - being inclusive of your campaign `enemies`, not exclusive.
None of this is about whether or not Hillary deserves to be the feminist role model, leader of the vanguard. It's about how she's managed to get herself portrayed in that way by millions of women and only a fool would set out on a path that he knew would provoke and enrage them.
He wants to win the White House, not a vendetta with Hillary.
June 8, 2008 3:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
So Hillary personally owns the X chromosome?
June 7, 2008 11:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
How do you all feel about Janet Napolitano, governor of Arizona? She's balanced six budgets in a row, was legal counsel for Anita Hill, and won in John McCain's state twice!
June 7, 2008 11:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama has said he is going to go through a thorough and deliberate process and not rush his decision. We should all chill and let him do this. He doesn't need to have a VP right away. He needs time to re-introduce himself to all the voters and tour states where he can make headway. He has a great staff and ran a great campaign. Let's allow him to continue. Speculation gives him more press coverage which is a good thing.
June 8, 2008 12:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
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