How about Feinstein for VP?

If he does not choose a woman, McCain will choose one and exploit the opportunity that the current divisions among us provide. Hillary is the obvious choice because Obama also needs someone who's "tough," someone who's like a Cheney, who can push his game plan both in Congress and onto the American people. But another choice is Diane Feinstein, and wouldn't that be an interesting choice? It would appease many factions of the Democratic Party, without the polarizing factor that Hillary has.

person would.

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I share your sentiments. Ewww.

have a fucking craniotomy with a dull fork.

My #1 choice. I've been a big fan of hers for a long time.

Anyway Feinstein backed Hillary. Fail.

She, and her multitudinous ties to the MIC profit center, have no place in progressive politics.

policy or military credentials. A woman and a Black man might be too much change all at once for the "low-information" voter...

Hell no!

She's doing her job, a very thoughtful woman, but she's not as popular in CA as you think.

There's a hundred other populists in Calif who will do well when Feinstein decides to retire, soon!

She doesn't want to be VP, she has all she needs in life, and all the stature she can ever attain.

In my opinion!

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nuff said

she's one of my senator's and sometimes I can't believe she's considered a democrat.

I'm thinking about political reality. It's about the fact that in the Democratic Party their are other factions besides young people, well educated people, and African-Americans. Those factions include corporate types, very wealthy people, gays, feminists who identify with a female candidate, machine Democrats (people who got their jobs because of their connections), and so on. If you want to write them off, who do you replace them with? The religious right? corporate Republicans? gun enthusiasts? Electing Obama is a math problem, and the fact is he needs a larger constituency than just those on the left. Whoever he chooses for VP needs to address the groups that his campaign has not addressed. Isn't that obvious?

I KNOW I am not unrealistic when it comes to this. I honestly think you need to GOOGLE her and see what her ties to big business are and how she has defected from the edeals of the Democratic party.


Yikes.

You are making me crazy with this OP and your argument.

Obama will debate that horses ass McCain. This will make Baby Jesus cry because it will be so sad... McSame will go down in flames.

Bank it.

The thing that comes to mind for me is his bobbling head behind Hillary.

eom

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on the ticket.

But the negatives are significant, IMO. Feinstein is not known for her bold initiatives, and it is felt by many that Sen. Feinstein kennels the coporate kitty and eschews the neighborhood grassroots kitty.

Obama's successful campaign has been fro the neighborhood / small donor / grassroots kitties and to choose Feinstine might prompt skepticism.

Boxer, although many voters would be terrified of her, would be a lot closer to Obama's temperament.

Feinstein would not assure independents whose votes we need to defeat John McCain.

and it would be in a state that is not expected to be in contention.

The V.P. nominee should be from a state that could conceivably be added to the Democratic column.

And the nominee needs to have the right kind of imagery to help strengthen the Democratic ticket in rural American, small towns and medium size cities - the areas where the Democratic Party is the weakest.

This is where the weakness lies whether it is in the South, the North, the East or the West. Even in a fairly Democratic state like Pennsylvania, the city areas and immediate suburbs tend to go strongly Democratic with the outer suburbs, small towns and cites and rural areas going strongly Republican:


link: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/countymap.htm

If you want to choose a female Senator who would appease the opposing factions of the Democratic Party, then go for someone like Blanche Lincoln. I actually wish Mary Landrieu was available but unfortunately she's up for re-election this year. Both of those choices would have a broader appeal than someone like Feinstein

Might as well keep Cheney. :puke:

Feinstein is a war profiteer.

She is probably toast this year anyway.

She is:

1-White
2-Southern
3-Female
4-Not Skinny


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At times, I think she is a Republican ...... So it makes sense ....

We would lose a Senate seat.

if you said Boxer I'd be all behind it, but Feinstein... you gotta be kidding me

I think Dianne is as old as McCain. I think age should be an issue in this campaign and if DiFi is on the ticket it will be tough to go there.

Besides I don't think CA will be going Red.

You have got to be kidding.

but it would drive HRC absolutely bananas as she feels entitled to be the first female prez or vp.

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do that and watch in October when as the VP nominee, she has public doubts about whether to support our nominee for president.

OMG!