Which Democratic Governor should we nominate for President?

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Poll question: Which Democratic Governor should we nominate for President?

I think that Kerry's run has shown us the futility of running Senators for President. We should run a governor this time. Governors have executive experience. Here is a summary of those that I know something about and years of service (in order of longest first)

Governor Vilsac of Iowa. Elected 1998 and 2002. Being governor of Iowa would lock the caucus for him but that didn't do Harkin any good. Vilsac has little to point to on the social issue side but Iowa appears to be economically doing well.

Governor Ruth Ann Milner Delaware. Elected 2000 and 2004. I know nothing about her record and lets face it we are talking about Delaware. But Dean was from Vermont so go figure. Milner would be a woman with a large amount of executive experience in a race without another one.

Governor Mike Easley of North Carolina Elected 2000 and 2004. The anti Bush when it comes to economics and education. Easley inherited a budget mess and cleaned it up. He also increased spending on education while doing so. Downsides are very conservative on social issues and prickly personality.

Mike Warner of Virginia Elected 2001 Won a tough race in a tough state. Virginia is rapidly showing itself to be a mideval back water and Warner is not being terribly effective at preventing it. The economics are going well though. He also is good looking like Edwards.

The following have all been elected in 2002.

Governor Napolitano Arizona
Governor Blagojevic Illinois
Governor Sebelius Kansas
Governor Baldacci Maine
Governor Granholm Michigan (ineligable)
Governor Richardson New Mexico
Governor Henry Oklahoma
Governor Kurlongoski Oregon
Governor Rendell Pennsylvania
Governor Bredensen Tennessee
Governor Doyle Wisconsin
Governor Frudenthal Wyoming

Of this group I think Napoliano, Blagojevic, Richardson, Rendell, and Bredensen are the stars. Depending on what issues are prominate and what happens in 2006 anyone could be in a good position to run.

Finally we have the newbees. Blanco elected in 2003 and the class of 2004

Schweitzer, Lynch, Gregorie, and Manchin. Frankly it is doubtful any of these will do anything due to the shortness of time.