Who is the best candidate for VP?

[NNN0LHI]

[theorist]

1. Other: Hillary Clinton.

Just think long and hard about this one.

[eileen_d]

6. I can't do that.

My mind rejects that idea too quickly. I do not want the Clinton-bashing industry revived this century.

Assuming they don't beat Kerry, I like Clark and Edwards about equally for VP. I don't like Gephardt for it at all.

[theorist]

8. I don't think the Republican machine

could react correctly to Clinton's candidacy. They would jump the gun, and the mudslinging would push the few undecided voters over to the Dem side.

She would also inspire some female voters to go the polls for the first time. I would put money on it if I had some.

[mose82]

10. Good point

but I think she'll have to wait a few election cycles to prove herself as a leader and to take some of the wind out of the sails of the Limbaugh crew. Right now the Rebublican dirt machine is in full swing, even if poised for an inevitable decline.

[eileen_d]

11. Welcome to DU, mose82

:hi:

The thing about a Hillary VP is that it would completely throw the focus off the frontrunner. I don't like the fact that Hillary is demonized by a segment of the population, but I'm not going to ignore the fact that she is and that there literally is an industry ready to pounce on her entry into the race. So I agree with you.

[mose82]

7. Beavis and Butthead reply

Huh huh..huh huh

he said "long and hard"

huh huh..huh huh

In all seriouness, that's what repugs would say

[theorist]

9. They would say "Hellary" (as they put it) or would

they make fun of my post with that Beavis and Butthead quip?

[alexwcovington]

2. I can't imagine any of these guys not in the top spot

Except that I can't imagine Gephardt in either spot.

[no name no slogan]

3. That Hamm guy, or LaRouche (nt)

[arewethereyet]

4. voted other

Gephardt would be OK but whats needed is someone completely different.

I like Evan Bayh though people will singe me over it. Especially good for Kerry.

[Paulie]

5. Other

Russ Feingold (budget hawk, we need it)

[eaprez]

12. Why

are there these endless polls on VP canidates? Especially since its unlikely that any of the candidates will be tapped for the VP slot. It doesn't happen that way.

[NNN0LHI]

13. Because I like to keep the people who wonder why there are...

...so many polls occupied doing something. :-)

Don

[Buba Gar]

14. MAX CLELAND

BRING IT ON

[question everything]

15. Why do you limit the field to 2004 Presidential candidates?

I think that the V.P. should be selected from a different field, perhaps from an executive branch, since the final nominee - Kerry - is from the legislative one.

[NNN0LHI]

16. I limited the field? Look at the last option once n/t

[teryang]

17. The office of VP is the office of covert ops

...and supervision of Pentagon and Pentagon contractor dirty tricks. You need an insider to run this. Kerry is qualified to do it but he needs to focus on the domestic agenda and undo the grievous harm that has been done to the Republic. Clark is the only candidate with the experience and skill to keep the intelligence and Pentagon back stabbers and intel dirty tricksters at bay. He can cover Kerry's back while he focuses on the national business.

Edwards would get eaten alive in that office. He just doesn't understand what a Frankenstein monster the national security community has become.

[NNN0LHI]

19. Have you let Edwards boyish looks fool you too?

I have to admit he catches me off guard once in a while too, but I know better. Edwards may look like a nice easy going fellow, but take my word he has killer instincts when it comes to politics. Don't underestimate him. He could still beat out Kerry before this is all over with.

Don

[teryang]

21. He has no foreign policy experience

I like the guy, he's a trial lawyer. He knows the score in civilian society. When it comes to national security his views are simplistic.

[NNN0LHI]

23. No one knows everything. That is why every president has advisor's and such

I would trust Edwards to pick a group of fine National Security advisor's.

Don

[teryang]

24. I'm not convinced that Edwards takes advice

...from anyone. He has the great drive and ego of a trial lawyer. Frankly, I would expect him to make a good president. In many respects I'd prefer him to Kerry, if he had Clark as his VP. As the defacto head of NSC, the VP cannot rely on his advisors, he must have the ability to formulate his own view of what the national security community is up to as well as the nature of intelligence estimates and advice provided to him. Edwards just doesn't have the background for this. One doesn't become a great trial lawyer and then become capable of controlling the national security establishment overnite. Each requires focus. I know several democratic southern trial lawyers some of whom are at the peak of their abilities and incomes, and they are very unsophisticated about national security machinations and their egos get in the way of any crash education course. Of course some great trial lawyers operate on the periphery of intelligence and national security policy matters. To my knowledge Edwards is not one of those.

[hope42mro]

22. Good Point...Problem is...

Clark is on record on Meet the Press saying he will never accept an offer for the Vice Presidency. :-( But I agree he'd be excellent. Especially because the VP does a lot of diplomac

He could change is mind later though. Screw Russert and his audio record! Clark is too valuable to be bullied by a clip that would surely be replayed on FOX constantly. The Dems need him, so I think he would suck up his pride and accept the VP.

But, anyway, I still want him as President!

[Hippo_Tron]

25. That's the way it works in the Chimp administration...

Because Bush wanted Chenney on the ticket but also wanted him as head of foreign policy at the same time. In the next administration the secretary of defense will hopefully be secretary of defense and not deputy to the Vice President. Well that is unless Wes Clark is our VP, then I'd love for him to be a major player in foreign policy.

[Rooktoven]

18. Kerry!

Edwards/Kerry 04!

[revcarol]

20. Bernie Sanders

Just about the most UN-NAIVE person there is, and he knows where ALL the bodies are buried.

Can totally decimate the opposition in the nicest way.

Pull in the Greens and independents.