The Obama VP Short List
Writing by abuhatem on Tuesday, 10 of June , 2008 at 6:31 pm
The Huffington Post reports the following names on Obama’s VP short list according to MSNBC discussions with party insiders on capitol hill. Chuck Todd has good sources, so all of these names must have come up somewhere:
Hmm.. Yeah, umm right. Most of this speculation is just done by the media to retain its ratings surge that resulted from the particularly long primary process for the democratic nomination. But, really, lets just knock out the names that have absolutely no chance in hell at being Barack Obama’s running mate:
John Kerry is old news, no party ever does that kind of thing, at least nowadays. So is John Edwards, who already has said he would not take the post. Mark Warner is running for senate in Virginia against Jim Gilmore, will most likely win, and the democrats can’t afford to take that seat away. He’s not leaving mid-campaign. Tim Kaine? Come on, he’s not even that popular in Virginia to be a VP nominee. The only Virginia choice that actually makes sense is Jim Webb. And Chris Dodd is yesteryear’s news and would not really be that much of an asset on the ticket. I can assure you he just won’t be picked.
What are my Veepstakes predictions? I would say Obama is going to pick one of the following: New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Sam Nunn, Jim Webb, or Hillary Clinton (probably not). Or he will find a white, older, experienced figure with national security chops. Simple as that.
What about McCain? His list is a lot easier. It has been well known the McCain list consists of Gov. Tom Pawlenty (Minnesota), Gov. Charlie Crist (Florida), Gov. Mark Sanford (South Carolina), Gov. Bobby Jindal (Louisiana), and former Governor Mitt Romney (Massachusets).
Who do I think its going to be? I say Romney, Crist, and Jindal have the best shots. But I am almost sure McCain is going to pick one of those off that list. We have about a month or two until the VP is named, so let’s just sit back relax and see.
Category: American Politics
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