A Quick and Quiet Search to Fill the Democratic Ticket

[Thrill]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/politics/campaign/04VICE.html

[Leilani]

1. If this article is correct,

they are not even talking to Wes Clark, which I think is a huge mistake.

Neither have they contacted Bob Graham.

Gephardt, Edwards, Vilsack, & Richardson sounds pretty yucky to me.

[Auntie Bush]

3. Maybe they want to get them off the table in a hurry before

they get down to business. What more do they need to know about Clark? With the positions he's held...I'm sure they know everything about him. They are saving the best for last. :)

Oh I forgot...they still have to check to make sure he isn't a Republican.

[Sparkly]

5. Yup

and they want to make *absolutely sure* the RNC is going to make national security a big issue in the campaign... and that they'll try to portray Bush as a military hero... and that Iraq and Afghanistan will still be factors... They're just waiting to make sure, that's all!

[JI7]

6. well, this is just Jim Johnson , they still do actual meetings with Kerry

and if those four guys are responsible for leaking their conversations they had with johnson then kerry will probably take them off any list. no way will they just pick someone based on johnson talking to 4 guys over the phone.

[napi21]

2. Lord I hope it's not Gephart!

Two Senators is a losing ticket! Plus I don't think Gephart has the national likability that would help Kerry.

I can see Edwards, I can see Richardson because a lot of people like them and most of their positions are aligned with Kerry's.

[hedgetrimmer]

7. Meet Congressman Dick Gephardt, not a Senator.

http://dickgephardt.house.gov/meet/index.asp

[napi21]

8. Sorry. Both have been in Washington so long they blend in my mind.

[Sparkly]

4. I will vote for the ticket

But DAYum... Those are four bad choices, imho! I hope the article is wrong.

[Adelante]

9. Edwards is really working it hard

I was just reading this:

Edwards Donors Begging Kerry: Hire John-Boy

by Lizzy Ratner


Nine days after John Edwards bowed out of the Presidential race, effectively ceding the Democratic nomination to John Kerry, the North Carolina Senator summoned 150 of his top contributors to the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., for an urgent cocktail party. The March 11 event was designed to introduce Edwards donors to Mr. Kerry—a ceremonial transfer of loyalty and resources to the presumptive nominee. Instead, it turned into a rally for the runner-up, as some of Mr. Edwards’ donors launched a campaign to persuade Mr. Kerry to pick his Senate colleague as the party’s Vice Presidential nominee.

In fact, some of Mr. Edwards’ donors are adamant on the subject: They’ve told Mr. Kerry that if he wants all "150 percent" of their support, he ought to put Mr. Edwards on the ticket. "I think the Edwards people genuinely feel that he would be the preferential Vice Presidential person on the ticket," said Laura Ross, the former chair of the Women’s Leadership Forum and one of Mr. Edwards’ leading fund-raisers, describing the events at the St. Regis. "So a few of them made the message clear: We support you, of course, but if you want to see our firepower, put Edwards on the ticket."

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http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage2.asp