[kabar]

How about a Hillary/Ford ticket in 2008? Cover almost all the bases. White males make up only 22% of the Dem base.

[oceanview]

Harold Ford? Why do the Dems need an african american on the ticket, they already have 96% of that vote. Hispanics and independent women are where the action is.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"How about a Hillary/Ford ticket in 2008?"

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Ford would only be 34 on inauguration day, so he can't be VP yet. But if he were old enough he would be an excellent choice, since (i) he could motivate blacks to turn out (blacks may vote 90% Democrat, but if they hadn't turned out in large numbers in 2000 Gore wouldn't have won Wisconsin or perhaps even Pennsylvania, Michigan or Oregon or made Florida, Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas or Tennessee so close), (ii) he is extremely good looking and well spoken, and would help with the female vote and (iii) he is from Tennessee and is not very liberal by Democrat standards, so he could perhaps put Tennessee, Arkansas and Virginia in play. I hope he runs for the Senate and loses in 2006, or else he could be a tough VP or maybe even presidential candidate in 2008.