Vilsack as Hil's VP

[angee_is_mad]

I am a die hard Obama supporter to the end, but I heard something interesting tonight. Vilsack has made Hillary's short list as VP. I wonder who else is on the list and who is on Obama and Edwards short list.

I definitely know that Hillary does not have Obama or Edwards on her list. Too much competition and glamour for her to deal with. She already have to deal with her husband.

[IndianaJones]

1. Wes Clark is sure to be on that list. nt

[Bullet1987]

4. Clark was standing with Hillary

when she gave her speech after she lost Iowa. He's CLEARLY supporting her and only her. Clark won't be getting any VP consideration if Obama get's the nomination.

[question everything]

8. Agree (nt)

[Thrill]

2. I would love to see

Obama and Mark Warner

[snowbear]

3. Mark Warner is running for U.S. Senate ..

..But some speculate that Jim Webb wants the job big time..

We shall see.

[angee_is_mad]

6. I like that

How old is Warner? Can you imagine how old, dated, and out of touch the repub candidate (McCain) and the gop vp would like visually.

America this is your future Obama/Warner! America this is your past McCain/GOP!

I can taste victory and it is SWEET!!!!

[snowbear]

7. Warner is 53...

And is evidently the favorite to win Virginia..


VA Governor Tim Kaine, Former VA Governor Mark Warner, Jim Webb watching U.S. Senate results in 2006 (when Webb won)

[MADem]

5. Old news. He's been "on her team" for the longest time, and his WIFE is his greatest asset.

She'd be the nation's "First LADY" if that scenario unfolded, and she's been heavily involved in the IA effort.

Of course, he might have been moved down the list a notch or two after the results this evening!

Obama and Edwards are totally UNINTERESTED in that VP scenario, assuming a Clinton win. They've said so, repeatedly, and I believe Edwards, certainly--he's run for VP once, and he's not gonna do it again.

Obama might be sold (it puts him in the catbird seat in eight years)--but again, we're assuming that Clinton finds a way past Super Tuesday and recovers.

Whoever takes that job has to be able to deal with the reality of Bill Clinton...again, assuming that the Clinton presidential scenario unfolds.

Clinton needs a balancer, and neither Obama nor Edwards works real well--they both look too fresh faced and young. It has nothing to do with "competition" or "glamour"--she's got the most competitive, glamourous asset in town, with her own HUSBAND.

She needs someone with executive (read--a governor) experience, and she needs someone who LOOKS kind of old--someone with that elusive "gravitas."

Wes Clark is a lousy choice because he has no political/executive experience. He's better on the trail now than he was years ago, but he's still not good enough, IMO.

Vilsack has that type of experience, but what he doesn't have is a jazzy name--it just invites those "ball sac" jokes, unfortunately.

Of course, all that said, let me end with a huge caveat: The Clinton Dynamic includes Paradigm Breaking. Everyone thought that the Clinton-Gore team was sucidal. Two fat bubbas from the south on the ticket? That's a DISASTER!!! It was a disaster that ushered in a wonderful economic period for the U.S....

It'll be interesting to see who wins, and who they pick. That's half the fun of the whole exercise, IMO...

[featherman]

9. Vilsack is always on somebody's "short list" heading

into the Iowa caucuses. He pretty much disappears after that, especially if he doesn't "deliver" the state for his candidate. Not being snarky.. just historical.

[Kucinich4America]

10. Please, no more DLC flunkies on the ticket

Whichever of these guys is the nominee.