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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:33 PM Original message |
With Obama's win in VA, does Tim Kaine become the frontrunner for VP? |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not necessarily. But I wish Obama would start floating some names. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not a bad call... |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Jim Webb more likely |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Sen. Webb would be an excellent choice.... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Jim Webb is the best VP for either candidate. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:39 PM Original message |
I don't think Webb plays well nationally nor does he really comfort the base |
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Vadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bill Nelson???? Please!!!! He votes with the Repubs half of the |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I tend to agree with you on that one |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Webb is a little too loose-cannony for a Dem VP |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. No--he needs a foreign policy/national security VP. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Biden would be good |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. With Biden, I worry about a Lloyd Bentsen effect. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. that's true -- who I'd really like is Wesley Clark but he's with Hillary |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Might Clark be free after the votes are in? |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Bingo! That's the problem with Biden as VEEP -nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I think Biden's a good choice too, and he'll help us win PA-- |
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polpilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Obama/Biden '08 and America returns to the international community! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Who? |
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thepurpose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. I could live with that. Good call. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. No |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Ooh, yeah, forgot the SNL factor. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think Bloomberg will be on his shortlist for VP. n/t |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. Too early to float names. But Kaine will be rewarded and was key in the victory |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. He was one of the initiating factors, if I recall correctly. |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Interesting, I do know he is a national co-chair |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. A cabinet post maybe, but not VP. I bet we'd take VA, we don't need him for that-- |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I would be interested in seeing a general on board |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I think Zinni is a silly suggestion. Does he know ANYTHING about politics, or policy? |
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alteredstate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. I've heard he's on Obama's short list n/t |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. I didn't know it, but Kaine endorsed Obama over a year ago. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. Kaine has been touring the country for Obama |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. Jim Webb would be a good choice. Military background, |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. a four-year Senator |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Three wives. Barely beat Macaca. I don't know... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Like I said, I love Webb...but he can be a little scary |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I agree--I really like him, but I heard something from Tom Brokaw about him, when |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. Nope. Obama should pick Richardson, Feingold or Napolitano. |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I like Richardson too. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Obama-Napolitano..........I can't see it. -nt |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. I REALLY like Kaine. But, I don't know if he's the best for VP. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
38. Mark Warner is the Virginian Govenerr that the Obama team has their eyes on |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I think Mark Warner has his eyes on 2012 or 2016, personally. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. If he is invited to the big dance he ins't going to sit it out. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
42. I love Tim, but no. |
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