Kerry’s VP List

CBSNews ^ | 3/2/04 | Dick Meyer

[Young Rhino]

Don't get too excited. It won't be Hillary. What can she possibly add to the ticket? Not likes he needs to motivate the base or anything.

Harold Ickes, a prominent union lawyer and Clinton crony, has supposedly lined up the AFL-CIO to pressure Kerry to put Hillary on the ticket in exchange for labor support if Hillary decides she wants the slot. Hillary is waiting to see if Kerry has a viable chance to win. If he is likely to lose, she will stay off the ticket. If he has a chance of winning, she'll join the ticket to avoid being placed in obscurity by a Dimwit incumbent president.

Kerry will hold his nose and agree to Hillary because labor support is essential.

[des]

Yes, let's go with Richardson and his national security credentials... that's the ticket. I'm loving it.

[des]

Then Cheney gets chest pain, and Condoleeza says...
BRING IT ON.

[des]

Why wasn't Richardson prosecuted for this? (Sorry, just practicin')

[des]

Rev. Sharpton should kick his ass for that...but, alas, he lacks the stones.

[DaiHuy]

Ted Kennedy is a dead issue. Kennedy cannot be the VP nominee, because he is from the same state as Kerry. No matter how hard they try, it would be Unconsitutional

[Bad Dog2]

You forgot someone who is emblematic of the whole DemoRATic culture and a shoe-in as VP - Pee Wee Herman

[Young Rhino]

Then Cheney gets chest pain, and Condoleeza says...

Works for me...and at least 49 of the states in the general election.

[Young Rhino]

Kennedy cannot be the VP nominee, because he is from the same state as Kerry. No matter how hard they try, it would be Unconsitutional

Nope. It is possible by changing Kennedy's residence. Cheney was a Texas resident. He switched residencies just prior to being officially selected by Bush in order to avoid this issue. However, it was feasible for Cheney to do this given his long-time ties to another state. For Kennedy to do this would be the same as Hillary's new-found love for New York. My guess would be that if this unlikely scenario came to pass, Kennedy would switch his residency to the family's vacation home in Florida.

[codercpc]

How about Russ Feingold?

He is a liberal darling, but he is up for reelection this year in Wisconsin. I am not sure if Wisconsin has any rules against running for two seats at once.

[OneTimeLurker]

Do you honestly believe the AFL-CIO is going to withold support if Hillary is not on the ticket? That's crazy. They will work just as hard to get Kerry elected no matter who is on the ticket. They want Bush out as bad as any other union. The ONLY union that has been even a little evenhanded between Republicans and Democrats is the Teamsters and don't expect to see that again this time.

[Young Rhino]

Do you honestly believe the AFL-CIO is going to withold support if Hillary is not on the ticket?

The threat is enough. Kerry does not have the cojones to call a bluff.

[Rummyfan]

Feb. 12 Boston Globe: “National security credentials are the most important assets that the Democratic presidential front-runner would use to choose a running mate, these [Kerry] aides said.”

So what 'national security' credentials does Max Cleland have?

[OrioleFan]

Richardson is trying to grow a moustache like the Frito Bandito.

[KantianBurke]

Good list though am thinking it might be Kansas Rat govenor Kathleen Sebelius

[Redcloak]

He should tap Maxine Waters.

[I_be_tc]

Omigosh, when I scrolled down, I thought that was a picture of hillary without the hair dye. Wow, close cousins?

TC