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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:52 PM
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One thing I think is guaranteed, the Veep won't be a sitting Senator
We're all Senatored out since both of the presidential candidates are sitting Senators.

Nope, neither Veep will be a Senator. I'm Ivory Soap sure of that (99.44% pure).
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:55 PM
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1. In that case, I vote for Brian Schweitzer!
And also for Clark, although I fear he's been erased from Obama's 'list'.


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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:03 PM
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8. I'm not so sure Clark's out of the running...
In fact, with all the theories abounding that a Clinton fake-out is imminent, this one would work too, what with the public 'denunciation' of Clark by Obama.

I think Clark is a better compliment to the areas where Obama needs more strength against McCain and his "war-hero" image...and he comes with much less vetting baggage than the Clintons.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:24 PM
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19. Okay - so I vote for Clark OR Schweitzer. I hope you're right that he's still
in the mix (Clark). Don't know if Schweitzer ever was.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:49 PM
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21. To hell with that...SCHWEITZER!
A popular (70% numbers) Democratic Governor of an up-until-now red state who's smart and would appeal to rural America (Obama's only soft demographic)...

...versus somebody who didn't make the cut in 2004...


I'm not picking on Clark, but I don't think somebody with an "L" in their column from four years ago will help the ticket.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:55 PM
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22. I think either one would do well - and play well to the audience
we're trying to win over.

You may be right about the "L", but I think he could overcome that. Nixon. :shrug:

I'd ideally like to see Schweitzer as VP, Biden as SOS, and Clark as whatever he could by law do until he's eligible for SOD.
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:55 PM
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2. do you think it will be tim kaine? nt
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:57 PM
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4. That's who I'd put the big money on
I predicted to friends (documented in email) that Tim Kaine would be our next Veep on February 20.

None of my friends had a clue who he was, but I told them to mark my words, he would be Obama's pick for Veep and they would win.
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:00 PM
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6. for a long time i thought it would be webb,
but i think it's going to be Kaine.
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katandmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:13 PM
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15. But that would then leave VA in the hands of a rightwing nutjob lt. gov.
So if Obama picks Kaine and Kaine agrees, that is really screwing over VA and leaving a state struggling to turn blue back under the control of a redder than red governor.

A more frivolous issue is the "mark of Cane" one.
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earthside Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:05 PM
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9. Veep Pick of the Day: Bart Stupak.
Congressman from Michigan.

It's all about winning Michigan this year.

Isn't it?
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:57 PM
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3. So, you think Gore has a chance of being named veep, huh?
Hmmm, could be.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:58 PM
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5. I think Wes Clark's chances are better than Gore's n/t
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:11 PM
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25. That bad, huh?
Man, I'm going to have to put my money on somebody else now.

LoL
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:01 PM
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7. no way.
gore's been there. he's got a nice life now. he's making money and he's happy doing what he's doing.
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:05 PM
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10. Your sig line is fabulous, by the way...
Dead on.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:05 PM
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11. It's hard to predict with both Bayh and Biden in the running.
But I would hate to see either of those Senate seats go red... as we still need 9 seats for the 2/3 threshhold.

Do you think it will be a governor?
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nsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:06 PM
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12. We need 10 for 2/3 (because Lieberman can't be counted on).
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:06 PM
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13. Hope you're right; two incumbent Senators on the same ticket seems risky as hell
My thanks to anyone who can tell me the last time that was actually tried.
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nsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:07 PM
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14. Kennedy/Johnson 1960 (and Kerry-Edwards 2004)
Edited on Wed Aug-06-08 09:09 PM by nsd

ETA: I forgot Kerry-Edwards
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:18 PM
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16. An interesting fact about 1960
Henry Cabot Lodge (Nixon's Veep nominee) had been a Senator from Massachusetts until 1952 when he was defeated in his re-election bid by a Massachusetts Congressman named John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:36 PM
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20. Hasn't worked in about 50 years in other words
Edited on Wed Aug-06-08 10:06 PM by BeyondGeography
Thanks. I wasn't counting Edwards as he intended to leave the Senate anyway.
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salonghorn70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:19 PM
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17. You Are Braver Than I Am
I am 99.44% sure that I am 100% unsure. :)
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Liberal_Stalwart71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:23 PM
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18. Schweitzer or Clark would be fucking awesome. Now I just need to learn how to spell...
Schweitzer!! LOL!
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:57 PM
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23. You got it.
I just posted upthread I'd like to see Schweitzer as VP and Clark in some cabinet position until he is eligible to become SOD.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:00 PM
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24. Seems pretty obvious.
Though I do feel that a Senator might get tapped for a Cabinet position.
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