Since we're playing the prospective VP game...

[WilliamPitt]

Who, in your opinion, would Dean have picked? Who would Edwards have picked? Who would Clark have picked?

Feel free to jump on with potential VP picks of any candidate I haven't named. Feel free, also, to avoid the compulsion to beat the crap out of each other as you answer. :)

[cosmokramer]

1. Interesting question...

...of course, we can only speculate about it.

Dean:

He would have picked Clark because he wanted Clark from the beginning. Clark would have definitely said 'no', so I think his second choice would have been a female. Maybe from Louisiana. Maybe Tom Harkin.


Edwards:

Rockefeller



Clark:

John Kerry, MA
Joe Biden, DE

[molly]

2. You are good

[cosmokramer]

3. Huh?

[LandOLincoln]

7. Tom Harkin's a female? Who knew? ;-) n/t

[cosmokramer]

15. LOL, I guess I should have structured that sentence differently!

:silly:

[jenk]

4. re

Dean would've picked Gephardt

Edwards would've gone with Bayh

Clark would've picked Warner, maybe Graham

[DjTj]

5. This is a fun question...

Dean-Clark (the anti-war outsider ticket)
Clark-Clinton (feed the conspiracy!)
Edwards-Clark (The South rises again!)
Lieberman-Gore (remember the chads!)
Gephardt-Graham (Only need to campaign in MO and FL)
Sharpton-Richardson (We got your minorities right here)
Kucinich-Feingold (Vote for us because we voted against Iraq and the Patriot Act)

[dsc]

6. speculation

but Dean would have gone for Graham or Clark. Clark would have probably gone with Kerry or Leahy. Edwards would have likely gone with a northerner. I think Landreau would be a great choice for just about anyone.

[Kathleen04]

8. They all would have picked Edwards

Even Edwards would have picked Edwards.

[WilliamPitt]

9. Edwards-Edwards in '04!!!

He's tanned, rested and ready...and so is he!

:)

[DjTj]

10. ...you mean she!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4340666/

[Kathleen04]

12. Aha, perfect!

Elizabeth Edwards is great, very impressive. :)

[juajen]

13. Hi Will,

That was really funny!!

[surfermaw]

35. Some people stoop to get Clark the VP Spot over Edwards

[legin]

11. Lieberman - Zell Miller

The 'throw yourself in front of a speeding train' ticket. ;-)

[cosmokramer]

16. LMAO!

:nuke:

[JI7]

14. clark might have picked a woman

dean would probably pick bob graham because he would be looking for a southerner with foreign policy experience. and maybe wes clark.

edwards said he would probably pick john kerry everytime he was asked, but he might have been just saying it because it was a safe answer and not really meant it.

clark is the toughest to figure out because he already has the things people see as an advantage such as being from the south and having foreign policy experience. i would say he would have picked a woman because of this. he might have seen himself as having enough strength that all the negatives that might be seen in picking a woman would not be a factor. when asked about female role models he said dianne feinstein so i guess he would have picked her.

[WilliamPitt]

17. Kick

to annoy people who are sick of the VP talk. :)

[absyntheNsugar]

18. Dean said pretty much flat out he would have chosen Graham

While at the FL Debates. Now this may have just been a overture to the locals, but I don't think so.

My guess is Edwards would have chosen Kerry, and Clark would have chosen Dean.

But who knows? I'm no veepothesizer! I thought Gore would have chosen Kerry in 2000...

[eissa]

30. I remember that

I'm pretty positive Graham would have been Dean's pick, with Harkin a close second.

[pezcore64]

19. I think

I think Dean woulda picked either Clark, Edwards, OR Senator Graham.

I dunno about the others.

I would have loved any of those Dean tickets tho.

[mikehiggins]

20. I think that Clark would have picked someone like Elliot Spitzer

of NYS. Hard driving, hard headed public servant who delights in holding the powerful to the same standards the rest of us are held to.

Other than that, I can't imagine. There was talk of a Clark/Hillary ticket but that is beyond belief.

What I would have expected of Clark would be someone able to get things done and work as an Assistant President rather than just a Vice President. Of course, now we're starting to wander into Co-Consuls here but this country does seem to be tracking Rome so maybe that wouldn't be totally out of line.

Certainly, Bush seems to be okay with the "dictator for life" concept.

[rucky]

21. Clark would've picked Admiral Stockdale

:)

[BurtWorm]

23. "Who am I? Why am I here?"

That's what we were all wondering.

[Cuban_Liberal]

22. I'm pretty sure Dean would have asked Clark.

Whether Clark would have accepted is anyone's guess.

[cosmokramer]

32. Hey...

...we actually agree on something!

:toast:

[julialnyc]

24. picks

Dean would have picked Clark
Edwards would have picked Graham
Clark might of picked someone like Madeline Albright (who he worked closely with)

[WI_DEM]

25. I think Dean would have chosen Graham

and perhaps if he was looking at the midwest--Sen. Harkin.

Edwards might have selected either Dean or Kerry.

Clark might have selected Dean but probably Kerry.

[Zorra]

26. I don't know, but

I know for darn sure Howard Dean would not have picked John McCain!

[BootinUp]

27. Clark was lookin over Elliot Spitzer as I recall

Would have been a fine choice.

[julialnyc]

28. I hope he is the choice for attorney general

I hope he is the choice for attorney general

[BootinUp]

29. He would be a terrific AG

I agree 100%

[jansu]

31. Non white, Non male! It's time to open the door to the majority!

Males are the minority! When you place women and people of color together, you have a vast majority! So, a woman, a person of color, or a woman of color would be my choice! Let's move out of the 1800's!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

33. Not McCain.

[surfermaw]

34. Edwards would have picked Kerry

Kerry and Edwards clicked from day one!