We should also start a thread with who Hillary should pick as VP, since she is still in the race for the nomination.
Richardson because he has the most experience of any democratic candidate with foreign policy. Biden would be a good VP as well.
You are killing me today. I'm not lying when I say I have laughed -- out loud -- at pretty much every one of your posts today. Let's start one for Ron Paul too!
I vote for rhadamanthus, or maybe Major, since despite being Democrats, they seem to understand the economic philosophies that made us a great nation. Evan Bayh is closest among those with national prominence.
I notice Kwame Kilpatrick is not on this list. He at least merits a discussion -- he's young, in a swing state (Michigan), and well dressed.
Given his "problem" with Joe Sixpack, maybe Tim "Tooltime" Allen or Bob Villa would be good choices. Or maybe Camacho is available.
I think he has to first decide on his weaknesses and the goals in his VP. If it is entirely about qualifications, I think you go with someone like Biden. If he's trying to get regional appeal, you have to look to the areas you're weak. If he's trying to counter McCain's appeal to the center, he could go for a Bloomberg/Hagel and really mess up the conventional wisdom. If he feels that he has work to do with women, you pick one of the rising women in the Dem Party. If you want the working class, maybe a Bob Casey type. I'm not sure what I think at this point. Two months ago, I was very much for Biden. But Obama does have some bridge-building to do, so I'm not sure what route to go.
I don't think it can be Webb -- although he is not as inexperienced as Bwak, he lacks the experienced needed to balance the ticket. Plus he wrote that book that graphically described a man performing a sexual act on his child.
Or could it be because you get some laughs at the thought of a young, smart, black politician like Obama picking a young, disgraced, and black politician like Kilpatrick? So transparent, T_J, so transparent.
Webb also wrote one of the most ignorant OpEd pieces in the WSJ on class warfare and its role in economics. It was a truly disgraceful piece and indicative of a high level of ignorance on the economy. Bwak needs someone to balance the ticket -- in other words, someone with legislative experience, economic knowledge, the gravitas to be the Commander-in-Chief, and preferably someone with a pastor who hasn't dry humped a podium on Sunday morning in front of cameras.
And now you've gone from funny back to that banal third grade stuff. It doesn't really matter who Bwak "Half Balack" Hussein Osama picks. He's still going to wipe the floor with John McStinky Poo Poo.
Bats, you don't think Bwak needs someone to balance out the ticket? Clearly you are able to see that he lacks experience and needs big help with the white working class demographic. That's so obvious. He will also need someone to help with the Latino vote. He will also need help with independents who were turned off by BitterGate and Jeremiah Wright. Given these contraints, the only logical pick would be Larry the Cable Guy. GIT ER DONE
jeremiah wright, michelle's not proud of the us, rezko, bwaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh Took all the bumps and bruises of two time loser tried to hold my faith ain't strong its just another sad song I think i better let it go looks like another love tko
Interesting that Richardson, Biden and Clinton have the early leads. I picked Webb but I'd be very happy with Richardson, Biden, Clark or Sebilius too. And, in fact, on the Hillary issue I could probably just about get over the nastiness of the campaign, the watering down of his new politics theme and all of the awkward video of Clinton vs. Obama that the GOP would surely use if it weren't for the issue of Bill Clinton. It just seems so awkward and dangerous to have Obama in the oval office as a new president facing all of the incredibly difficult stuff Bush will have left him with and knowing there's an ex-president hanging around the White House that absolutely hates him and thinks he doesn't deserve the job. And for all the unifying of the party it would do, it just seems like such a shame that this historic and historically idealistic ticket would be shared by two people who deeply, deeply hate each other.
Or Phil Bredesen? I'm trying to avoid two things with my picks here: 1.) a senator; 2.) Bill Richardson.
