Chuck Todd reported this morning that Obama's vetters have a list of

[Ilsa]

15-20 people they are vetting for VP. He also said that keeping the list private was becoming difficult. Does anyone here have that list?

[underpants]

1. I can only tell you this

MY phone still hasn't rung

[rox63]

3. Still hoping for an Obama/underpants '08 ticket? n/t

[underpants]

8. AND

next year will make 20 years that I have been draft eligible


The Cleveland Browns are BOUND to call this year (fingers crossed)

[merh]

10. that's not the list you are on

x(

[tsuki]

11. Vice President underpants. Has a ring to it. nt

[Bucky]

2. Here ya go.

Center
(65) Gurode, Andre
(71) Procter, Cory

Guard
(67) Berger, Joe
(70) Davis, Leonard
(62) Hale, Brandon
(63) Kosier, Kyle
(61) Stenavich, Adam

Offensive Tackle
(76) Adams, Flozell
(75) Colombo, Marc
(68) Free, Doug
(79) Lekkerkerker, Cory
(78) Marten, James
(77) McQuistan, Pat



Oh wait, I'm sorry. That's the Pokes' starting line up for next year.

[Ilsa]

5. Hey thanks! I haven't kept up with my Boys this summer! nt

[napi21]

4. I don't believe anyone has the list of 20, but here's a link to the

"top 10" plus 1 honorable mention.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/09/obama-vice-president-pick_n_100869.html

[jaksavage]

9. I hope a bunch of those are in his cabinet.

[Mezzo]

6. It was posted in the old forum, before it got glassed.

Tom Daschle
Evan Bayh
Sam Nunn
Hillary Clinton
Kathleen Sebelius


I don't recall whether Wes Clark was on that list, but he certainly should have been, and honestly, that's all I can remember off the top of my head.

[newmajority]

If it's that list that was circulated yesterday

It's probably complete horseshit.

[BklynChick]

7. this "list" which I don't think is the REAL list, has basically no surprises, and we know Obama is

full of interesting surprises, so I wouldn't take the list to heart.

[ThomWV]

12. I think just about anyone could put together a list of 5 that would certainly be on it

And some folks could probably name 10 likely candidates, not me though.

It all boils down to how much latitude Obama feels he has. Any dam fool can see a landslide is there to be had but in this year there will be votes lost to racism as well as extreme party loyalty, not to mention interparty loyalty. So Obama's calculation has to be the balance between the need for a southern white guy with military experience or a head-over-heels dive into the abyss with an ultra liberal woman from somewhere in the north. That is a wide range even if you leave out the absurd choices, like a stray Republican, openly homosexual person, or someone with a lobbying background.