Posted on 06/15/2008 1:15:33 PM PDT by Libloather
BIDEN RISING IN VEEPSTAKES
June 14, 2008 -- BEFORE multimillionaire Democratic power broker James A. Johnson quit as Sen. Barack Obama's chief vice presidential screener, the name that came to the fore in his internal discussions was 65-year-old, six-term Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware.
Biden, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, made a good impression in his losing bid for the presidential nomination this year. The downside on him is that he talks too much. But he provides expertise and experience in national security that Obama lacks and, as a Catholic, adds cultural diversity to the ticket.
A footnote: Presidential supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton who are possibilities for vice president include Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell. The leading Clintonite for vice president, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, has definitively ruled himself out.
SOURCES close to Sen. John McCain say the Republican presidential candidate likes the idea of Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman, re-elected from Connecticut as an independent in 2006, or former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge for vice president - if he could get away with it. The political consensus is that McCain couldn't get away with either, and he knows it.
Lieberman, one of McCain's closest Senate friends, vigorously supports him for president and sometimes joins him on the campaign trail. However, Lieberman opposes Republican policy on nearly everything except Iraq, where he has backed the war effort.
Ridge, who served as President Bush's secretary of homeland security, is a generally conservative Republican except for being pro-choice on abortion. He was considered for vice president in 1996 and 2000, but was ruled out both times because of the abortion issue.
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You forgot to include the line about "Beautiful horses and fast women".
I guess if enough time goes by you get to see everything. I pray you are not serious.
“I pray you are not serious. “
Partially. Some people around here are willing to defend all of McCain’s antics just to keep Obama out of the White House. If you feel strongly enough about that why not just urge McCain to pick Hillary. That for sure, by my calculations, keeps Obama in the United States Senate as the junior guy from Illinois.
“I pray you are not serious. “
Partially. Some people around here are willing to defend all of McCain’s antics just to keep Obama out of the White House. If you feel strongly enough about that why not just urge McCain to pick Hillary. That for sure, by my calculations, keeps Obama in the United States Senate as the junior guy from Illinois.
Yeah. That's how we got where we are. I understand your point. If we are going to go to hell in a hand basket, we should do so expeditiously...:-)
Count me in for Michael Steele. He’s terrific. He runs rings around the Dem “pundits” on the talk shows.
Does that make it the, “clean and nice-looking guy” ticket? Can’t be the, “bright and articulate” ticket!
(I hope I quoted that correctly. Wouldn’t want to be accused of plagiarism!)
LOL
I guess my point about McCain picking Hillary is if you are willing to do anything to keep Obama out of the White House (including actually voting for McCain) why not do the thing that absolutely guarantees Obama looses - have McCain pick Hillary for VP.
He sure does!
If Biden is the veep he can say, “Hey Boss” all day long. Wonder how THAT would go over with Michelle my Belle...
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