Any Rumors on an Obama VP....?

[Flabbergasted]

Someone with experience, and a good track record.

I can see Obama/Biden.

[MADem]

1. Biden can't. nt

[Olney Blue]

7. Why not?

[MADem]

18. He's got way too much clout as a senior senator. And he's said so. NT

[rasputin1952]

2. No one will mention a VP prospect until they actually get

the nomination...:D

All else is speculation.

[David Dunham]

3. No but there are rumors about dirt on Obama

[sniffa]

6. i think i'm going to start a pool

on how many times you say this. i've just read 2.

who's in?

[Flabbergasted]

8. It makes me wonder. I'm guessing this is a rumor that will sift through the blogosphere

and ultimately prove fruitless.

[AlCzervik]

17. me, also t minus 40 minutes on this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=196099

[NYCGirl]

38. I'll take a piece of that...what's the time period? NT

[Renew Deal]

29. I hear rumors there are morons on DU.

:hide:

[Nailzberg]

34. Morans, too.

[damntexdem]

36. I prefer lessons to morons.

But both can be found here.

[sniffa]

this is going to go well

and just to be the first non-serious person to say it: Lieberman

:woohoo:

[Kat45]

27. Naah, he wants to be McCain's veep.

Haven't you seen him following him around like a puppy dog? :rofl:

:hi:

[Auntie Bush]

62. I'll be a tough fight to get it away from Lindsey Graham who wants it badly.

[Olney Blue]

4. I was wondering about that today too....

Obama/ABC (anyone but Cheney!)


Obama/Biden
Obama/Clark
Obama/Wasserman-Shultz
Obama/Feingold
Obama/Gore

[Bullet1987]

20. Clark and Gore are not going to do it

[Olney Blue]

22. I know, but it's fun to think about the intellectual power!

[Renew Deal]

5. Edwards sounds like he's running for it on Olbermann.

But I don't think it will be him.

[sandnsea]

9. Richardson

He's really the only person I can think of that works if Richardson is serious about a different kind of foreign policy. If Obama wants to get serious on domestic issues, Kitzhaber. Then, there's always Gary Hart.

[monarch]

13. I agree with the choice of Richardson n/t

[Flabbergasted]

14. That would be fascinating.

[ronnykmarshall]

16. I see him for Obama or Hillary

He could help deliver New Mex, which has been so close the past few times around.

I REALLY wish he was runing for Senate however. What's our chances of picking up that seat? Who's runing?

[sandnsea]

23. The Udall guy, isn't it?

I think we have a great chance in NM, from what I understand. Richardson would help with all 4 corner states. He might even be able to go up to Montana and the Dakotas and talk to them too. Never know. I think Mitch Landrieu would be an interesting choice for Hillary though. She can stand on her own on foreign policy.

[ronnykmarshall]

28. That's right, Udall.

[AlCzervik]

10. who can deliver states he can't?

[Flabbergasted]

11. George Bush...?

[Olney Blue]

12. Good question.

[AlCzervik]

15. thats why i asked, isn't that one of the biggest reason for picking a running mate?

[Olney Blue]

19. It was until Cheney broke the mold- he was there to balance the chimp's

inexperience. We see how well that turned out.

[Perky]

46. Bob Graham - Florida

[Kucinich4America]

21. Donnie McClurkin?

Hell, someone was gonna say it. If God can "deliver him from homosexuality", then delivering the Vice Presidency from Cheneyality should be easy enough.

[Lex]

31. woot there it is

[jakem]

60. yawn.

[CK_John]

24. Gov K Sebelius should be on that list. n/t

[Flabbergasted]

26. A governor would be be excellent.

[smalll]

25. Yes. He was a pot dealer, he's secretly Hindu, he's a member...

of a Native American supremacist church, and his middle name is Ahmedinejad.

[NYCGirl]

40. LOL! I think you covered it all there!

:rofl:

[BringBigDogBack]

30. Edwards or Biden

[frogmarch]

35. Biden has stated flat-out he won't settle for

anything less than the presidency, and I don't think Edwards will either this time around. Even last time, Edwards was reluctant to be Kerry's running mate. Edwards wanted the presidency then too.

[DURHAM D]

32. Since he is so bi-partisan - why not Senator Chuck Hagel?

[NYCGirl]

41. I don't think so. But I hear there are rumors of dirt. NT

[TeamJordan23]

33. Way too early to be talking about VP positions. nm

[Tennessee Gal]

37. Are you nuts?

You are an Edwards supporter, right? Obama does not have the nomination.

[Flabbergasted]

39. Just a question. We've contemplated running mates for Clinton and Edwards too.

[2rth2pwr]

42. Lieberman. Obama owes it to his mentor, and he wants to "reach out".

[snowbear]

55. OMG, are you the dude who called Big Ed's show today?

He said that exact comment, word for word.

Eddie straighted him out; reminding him that Daschle was his mentor, not LIEberman.


Big Eddie, the redhead on the tundra"


-

[2rth2pwr]

56. got one of those linky things?

"The fact of the matter is, I know some in the party have differences with Joe. I'm going to go ahead and say it," Obama told the 1,700-plus party members who gathered in a ballroom at the Connecticut Convention Center for the $175-per-head fundraiser.

"I am absolutely certain Connecticut is going to have the good sense to send Joe Lieberman back to the U.S. Senate so he can continue to serve on our behalf," he said.

Obama received widespread attention for his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, delivered while he was still a state senator.

Lieberman became Obama's mentor when Obama was sworn into the Senate in 2005. They stayed close at Thursday night's event, too, entering the room together and working the crowd in tandem. http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/03/31/obama_rallies_state_democrats_throws_support_behind_lieberman/

Should Obama hope to continue to enjoy his free ride, he should consult his old mentor Joe Lieberman, the senator from Connecticut who used to be a Democrat.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/21/right_and_obama/

However, now he has tossed many of those progressives aside. I guess that is what happens when soon-to-be ex-Senator Lieberman becomes your mentor. Hopefully, after August 8th, Obama can start taking lessons on how to be a progressive from someone else besides Lieberman. http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/6/28/132718/681

Here is Obama, endlessly hailed as the brightest rising star in the Democratic firmament, delivering (at a closely watched political dinner, with Lieberman's primary opponent, Ned Lamont, sitting in the crowd) a ringing endorsement of his "mentor," Lieberman, Bush's closest Democratic ally on the Iraq War, one of the architects of welfare "reform" and overall pretty much a symbol of everything that's been wrong with the Democratic Party for the past twenty years. What a slimy fellow Obama is, as befits a man symbolizing everything that will continue to be wrong with the Democratic Party for the next twenty years.
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20060424&s=cockburn

It was unfortunate that Senator Lieberman played a mentor role to Obama when Obama was first elected to the U.S. Senate.
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2008/01/05/change_is_about_policies_not_speeches_or

Obama had been assigned Lieberman as "mentor". Read the Hartford Courant and you'll find Lieberman boasting that Obama picked him.

Either way, it's obvious that Obama could have brokered a different mentor if he'd so desired it, same way he could have declined to go and tout for Lieberman at that Democratic Party dinner in Connecticut at the end of March. But he clearly didn't, because he wanted to send out a reassuring signal, same way as his Political Action Committee, the Hope Fund's, is raising money for 14 of his senatorial colleagues ­ ten of whom are DLC in orientation, which is half of the DLC presence in the Senate.
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0424-33.htm

[styersc]

43. Real problem is to find someone who is competent but not with

so much gravitas that he/she makes the top of the ticket look like Doogie Howser. The danger in choosing someone so young and inexperienced, regardless of how great a charismatic speaker he is.

[Flabbergasted]

44. Exactly.

And I can't think of many that fit the ticket that want the job.


Someone from left field? A governor?

[styersc]

45. One thought- Sam Nunn.

Strong foreign relations and security credentials but has been out of the spotlight long enough that he would not out shine the top of the ticket.

[Perky]

50. My mom went to HS with Sam Nunn

She sees Sam every few weeks. She is a small town newpaper reporter so he won't talk to her on the record

But he thin ks Biush is a colossal Moron, and would be willing to 'contribute to restoring american credibility in some fashion". I do not think howeveer that Sam Nunn could deliver Georgia for Obama. Max Cleland maybe but the best southern choice would be Bob Graham of Florida.

[rucky]

47. Out of the Beltway...strong on FoPo...Southerner

Clark? would he take it?

[Nimrod2005]

48. Has to be Richardson

[styersc]

49. We can always fall back on Kevin Bacon.

Plays the guitar, cleans up pretty well and comfortable as a supporting actor.

[Samantha]

51. What about Barbara Boxer?

Think she would take it?

[KingofNewOrleans]

52. Some white guy

Biden makes alot of sense. Kaine of Va would be in the mix.

[brentspeak]

53. Well, Jeb Bush has the kind of K-Street lobbying experience that Obama's looking for

And he's a Republican to boot! Obama's been talking a lot about "working with the GOP".

What do you think - a good fit for Obama?

[Bluebear]

54. McClurkin

[Robbins]

57. VP

Obama will pick someone with more excepernce.However Obama will be seen as the one In charge Unlike
Junior.I think Biden would be a good choice however there Is a shot It could be Daschle.He endorsed
Obama early,and comes from a red state,and while we may not love Daschle he Is better than say some
like Lieberman.

If Hillary wins It will be Vilsack,or Bayh.

[NoPasaran]

58. Retired Texas State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos has been mentioned

But I think Obama really needs to wait until he has a couple of a thousand more delegates before he makes an offer.

[ncteechur]

59. stop--just please stop. He hasn't won anything yet. Not even a primary.

Remember, Iowa is a caucus--a horse-trade.

[Sulawesi]

61. Premature, but...Webb (Rookie Sen. from VA)