This could be bad. Nunn is actually competent.
SO9
This could be bad. Nunn is actually competent.
SO9
I love Sam Nunn, but he'd be number 2 on a ticket with a true loser..Sorry..
Compared to Kerry .. any one is competent
Do you know you beat me by 1 minute? :-)
Actually, Nunn would be a good choice for Kerry.
Corporate giants, and John Kerry
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It won't be Nunn. That would completely undermine four years of damning Dick Cheney as a "evil corporate member".
Smart money is on Gephardt, he literally has nothing to lose, brings a faux Union endorsement, and plays well with all sides within the Democratic Party.
Nunn's membership on various boards, as detailed above, would drive a significant portion of the Dem base to Nader, beyond whats already gone there, in my opinion.
Kinda hard to slam the Bush Administration as "Big Bad Oil Men" when Nunn is on Chevron's board.....
One potential problem, this would bring Georgia into play IMO. Sam Nunn is a vary popular man. Even I voted for him for Senate twice.
Would this shore up Kerry's Catholic base?
they are going to try the model Bush used in 2000...selecting a competant, veteran foreign policy guy. I think this would be an error. Kerry needs electoral votes. He needs to solidify a swing state or two.
Bush had the basis for the electoral votes, and needed the boost of a Washington foreign policy guy to win over the party faithful. It helped across the board. No particular state was won be cause of Cheney, but it added the 'credibility' factor.
Kerry needs more than a slight bump across the board. Bush has an electoral win going in, and Kerry needs to steal off key states.
Never happen. Nunn fought Clintoon to a standstill over gays-in-the-military. No way the 'RATs nominate someone who took a leadership position against them on a homosexual issue.
So was Lieberman, and we all know how that turned out...
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Do you find it difficult being a Democrat these days? In terms of presidential politics at least, the party has seemed bent on self-destruction over the past couple of decades.
Nunn: I have enjoyed being in the Democratic Party. If you look at the whole realm of history, most of the lasting achievements both in foreign policy and domestic policy have come in Democratic administrations.
I am uncomfortable with the post-Vietnam War Democratic National Party and its liberal image.
This is a ploy by the Dems!!!
Some unsuspecting voters, who are not thrilled with either Bush or Kerry, will see the name Nunn on the ballot and think they're voting for None!!
Nunn could possibly carve some of the South away from Bush.
Does anyone think that, if Nunn is selected, the mainstream press will immediately start using the phrase "Kerry needed some gravitas"? Or is that only reserved for Republicans?
I don't however think Nunn is going to sellout a lifetime of credibility to be on the ticket with a inane jackass like Kerry.
Suddenly Dick Cheney would appear light-hearted and flamboyant!
Yes, competant and far too smart to consider #2 on a Kerry ticket, or any ticket.
If Breaux joins Kerry, LA becomes a Kerry state. If Nunn goes on the ticket, would GA then become a Kerry state? And would that end Isakson's chances for the Senate?