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Obama's potential running mates
CNN.com ^ | 06/04/2008

Posted on 06/04/2008 2:14:11 PM PDT by The Eagle Bomb

Sen. Hillary Clinton, whose tenacious refusal to surrender the nomination contest turned the Democratic race into one of the most nail-biting in modern U.S. political history, has indicated that she would be willing to sign up on a joint ticket.

But while Clinton's appointment could help heal rifts in the party after weeks of divisive campaigning from both candidates, Obama has the pick of a broad field of candidates from across the political spectrum. iReport.com: Whom do you see as VP?

Here is a list of possible front-runners:

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obamanation
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1 posted on 06/04/2008 2:14:11 PM PDT by The Eagle Bomb
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To: The Eagle Bomb

Richardson. Governor, Westerner, former Cabinet member, former Congressman, Hispanic.


2 posted on 06/04/2008 2:15:29 PM PDT by TBP
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To: The Eagle Bomb

If Obama learned anything from the 04 election, he won’t pick a fellow/former Senator.

Senator/Senator tickets don’t do well.


3 posted on 06/04/2008 2:19:34 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TBP; freekitty; Arrowhead1952; SkyPilot; Clintonfatigued; lonestar; justiceseeker93; gonzo; ...

I think the Muslim Messiah should pick Osama Bin Laden as his VP. OBL is a kindred spirit with the same goal in life to destroy America. These two were made for each other and would be accepted by all American Liberals as a match made by Allah!


4 posted on 06/04/2008 2:20:29 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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Obama will pick Richardson if he’s smart. Governor, long resume, Hispanic, from a swing state, and pro-gun with a reputation as a moderate. Republicans are actually pretty lucky that Democrats were too stupid to nominate him.


5 posted on 06/04/2008 2:20:59 PM PDT by MinnesotaLibertarian
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To: The Eagle Bomb
she would be willing to sign up on a joint ticket...

So she can 'terminate' his Presidency early in 2011. Either by hook - or by crook.

6 posted on 06/04/2008 2:21:40 PM PDT by rock_lobsta (Not Your Ordinary Crustacean.)
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To: MinnesotaLibertarian
Bad move.

I'm pretty sure Richardson is gonna be called up during the pennant drive which will conflict with the campaign.

7 posted on 06/04/2008 2:23:10 PM PDT by Cedric
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To: The Eagle Bomb

Well, Marx and Lenin are dead, Putin doesn’t like people of color and Chavez is light in the loafers. So it’ll probably be an Obama/Mugabe ticket.


8 posted on 06/04/2008 2:25:40 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Uncle Ted says - Arbeit Macht Frei!! And let me know when you're done with the yard....)
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To: MinnesotaLibertarian
You are correct. I would even take Droopy Dog over McCain, not that I'd trust him on border control, but at least he isn't as enthusiastic on p***ing on conservatives.

Biggest rap on Richardson's resume is that he kow-towed to the enviromentalist whack-job lobby by refusing to allow brush clearance and undergrowth timber harvest in national forests and, as a result, we had huge swaths of forests burn down in the Rocky Mountain States on his watch.

9 posted on 06/04/2008 2:26:46 PM PDT by Vigilanteman ((Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud))
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To: MinnesotaLibertarian

Obama needs someone with a strong military background or foreign policy experience to counter McNutjob. He will get crushed if he doesn’t go that route, which would be fine by me. I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Wesley Clark.


10 posted on 06/04/2008 2:28:18 PM PDT by NoobRep
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To: MinnesotaLibertarian

He will pick a white woman. Doesn’t really matter which one, but her name won’t be Hillary.


11 posted on 06/04/2008 2:29:30 PM PDT by SampleMan (We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
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To: The Eagle Bomb
No worries.....

I found his running mate...

It's a moonbat. I don't know its name, but I did get a pic!


12 posted on 06/04/2008 2:30:28 PM PDT by eeevil conservative (GIVE ME A PLACE TO STAND AND I WILL MOVE THE EARTH....Archimedes)
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To: Cedric

How about Cedric, the Entertainer?


13 posted on 06/04/2008 2:30:45 PM PDT by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgement has come.)
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The read is going to be determined by polls. If he is losing white single women, he will have to pick a woman. Remember the marriage gap? How Bush got more votes from married women than from single women? Those polls will determine this.

We will now see Obama’s sprint to the middle and abandonment of all the far left wing positions that got the moonbats to support him. McCain is more credible in the middle, because that’s where he’s always been.


14 posted on 06/04/2008 2:31:11 PM PDT by Owen
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To: SampleMan

If he picks any woman other than Hillary there will be open, hostile and abiding rebellion in the party.


15 posted on 06/04/2008 2:31:19 PM PDT by Cedric
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If he picks any woman other than Hillary there will be open, hostile and abiding rebellion in the party.

No. Its identity politics. Any white woman will do for the feminists.

16 posted on 06/04/2008 2:32:53 PM PDT by SampleMan (We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
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To: SampleMan
Get a clue. Hillary supporters are already calling McCain headquarters to volunteer. Choosing another woman would send them right off the cliff.
17 posted on 06/04/2008 2:35:19 PM PDT by Cedric
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To: SampleMan

How about Rosie O’Donnell


18 posted on 06/04/2008 2:35:36 PM PDT by LauraJean (sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
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To: The Eagle Bomb

Hillary is angling for the VP spot because she knows about the Michelle tape. When it’s shown and he bombs she’ll be right there to pick up the pieces and save the Democratic Party.


19 posted on 06/04/2008 2:43:25 PM PDT by chase19
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To: The Eagle Bomb

Maybe he’ll pick Caroline Kennedy. She seems to be so enthralled with him, that she probably wouldn’t offer him much challenge when it comes to his policies.


20 posted on 06/04/2008 2:51:37 PM PDT by mass55th
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