Reply #20: IWR accounts for a lot of it

[Jai4WKC08]

As well as his performance during the Clinton years.

But mostly, I think DUers are concerned about whether he helps Kerry win. He's been around a long time, is not a particularly exciting speaker, bombed in Iowa big time, has his largest constituency in labor (which supports Kerry already), and doesn't even look like he could put Missouri in the blue column. Not a one of those is a show-stopper, but taken all together?

But none of that has anything to do with this thread. I prefer Clark (duh) but within the scope of the question posed here, Gep would fit the bill. Not better than Clark or Graham, imo, but MUCH better than Edwards or Vilsack.

I don't believe any of the others are serious possibilities. No way he'd pick anybody who hasn't been vetted. And vetting isn't that easy to hide.