Reply #122: NOOOO! [View All]

[liberalpragmatist]

Like I said, Bayh's a perfectly good guy, IMO, and I'm glad he's a senator. But Kerry would be an idiot to put him on the ticket! Does the mood of this site not tell you something? Whether or not it's fair, the fact is that the base is not going to accept the Head of the DLC this year. Maybe in 12 years or something, if Bayh has moved somewhat to the left and the political climate is different, then he can be President or VP. But right now is the WRONG TIME. If Bayh is the nominee, LOTS of progressives will go Green. If you want to unite the Party, don't Pick Bayh. He'll divide it. Pick someone in the center of the party who's ideologically close to Kerry, but differs from him stylistically, not Bayh, who's not very charismatic and who's very, very centrist, possibly even slightly center-right.