Posted on 08/21/2008 11:09:29 AM PDT by moose2004
Here’s what Barack Obama told Time’s Karen Tumulty and David Von Drehle earlier this week, when asked what we would learn about him from his vice presidential pick:
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The replacement has to be Republican, but yes she gets to choose the person. And since she is likely to be running for the seat in 2010, she will probably pick someone who she can extract a commitment not to run for reelection or someone who is too old to successfully defend the seat.
Jack Reed was a Ranger, not a Marine. In any case he’s a leftist with terrible foreign policy instincts.
Barney Frank is known to mount a good come-from-behind campaign.
When Obama/Frank rears its head, everyone will be blown away.
If at the end they are lagging behind and need a boost, Anderson Cooper can be counted on to bring up the rear.
He is boring, as you say.
He is further left than Bayh or Kaine.
His home state is tiny and not a swing state at all, therefore he brings Obama nothing electorally, whereas Indiana or especially Virginia would be important pickups for Obama.
He has much more experience than Obama, so picking Reed wouldn't hurt him in any way - but it wouldn't really help.
Obama-Kennedy '08!
A fellow traveler would compliment him well!
I don’t read Obama’s state about “who complements my strengths” the same as Kristol. It sounds to me like a man who cannot acknowledge he has weaknesses. Most people would say they want someone nearby to buttress up (or complement) their weaknesses, not their strengths. Or am I just psychologically analyzing him as the rank amateur I am and displaying my own weaknesses?
state = statement, yeeesh!
Does this get filed under Orgasmic Fantasies?
Reed is on record as saying he wasn’t interested in the vice-presidency and would decline if offered.
Virginia's James Webb would be another Democrat I would put in that category. Former Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy under Reagan, and a writer of some pretty good books, including Born Fighting, and Fields of Fire. Thankfully he said he would not be interested in being Obama’s VP.
Hussein needs to pick Robert KKK Byrd for his gravitas!
Who wouldn't?
I believe he got the Bob Dornan treatment. Illegals voting etc. More absentee ballots than residents. Etc,
Only if J.D. can continue doing his 4:00 to 7:00 PM talk show. Shouldn't be a problem, McCain hasn't been in the senate for months now.
Correction: that's one dark horse, and one horse's ass.....
Make that two horse's asses.
I can’t imagine any currently serving democrat in congress being an asset to the BO campaign. Are there any talented demo govenors out there? That would be a defensible choice. However, what intelligent person from anywhere would want to be hung out for certain failure by putting their name with BO? Unless that person could take over the POTUS spot campaign when (not if) BO falls. If I were the DNC, I would demand BO take Hillmonster as his VP and shut up. Or someone with a huge ego, skilled at self-deception, in a position of power - Dean? Would that be a coup or what?
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