Some people maintain that John Edwards will receive the nudge. Ideally, Democratic Party should think and act strategically. We should not only think about the next eight years, we should think about 2017. Can Dems keep the White House beyond 2017? The Democrats are at a historical point in the life of this country to take over the White House in this election. All evidence indicates that Mr. Obama will be the next President of the United Sates. The question is who is going to be his running mate? Democrats need someone with experience and stature. Someone with profound grounding in foreign policy and a huge global following to complement Candidate Obama and the ticket. Fortunately, the Democrats are blessed with such a luminary in Al Gore! I strongly believe Honorable Al Gore would lift the ticket it its highest level and a great presidential candidate an ideal Veep and a President after that. A strong Veep is a must in this election.

There's a few i came up with.

Bob Graham

Mario Cuomo

Russ Feingold

Barbara Boxer

And of course Gore himself. :)

For Obama is should be either Wesley Clark or Bob Kerrey. Both will negate McCain's war hero status and both are from the Clinton camp so they would help unite the party.

I would love to see that happen, but unfortunately it won't. :(

Obama should be President Gore's vice president. :rolleyes:

I'd work my fingers to the bone for that ticket! Not to mention, give ($$) till it hurts.

Yeah. You, me, and millions of other people.

Hey, here's a thought. In light of Nader now getting in the race, what if Obama abandons the Dem. Party to run as Gore's VP on an Independent ticket? They'd beat Hillary for sure, and it would eliminate the Nader factor.

I know I'm crazy, and I suppose Obama has had enough of a taste of victory at this point that he'd rather be president than veep, so he wouldn't give that up. But it sure would be nice, and it would be a good solution. Here's another idea. If, unlikely as it is at this point, Hillary wins the nomination instead of Obama, then Gore could come in as an Independent with Obama as his running mate.

:unsure: Did somebody call Belleview? There are men in white coats at my door . . . :wacko:

That is what I've wanted for a long time, but don't seem to get much of what I want since 2000. :angry: :bad:

Ditto all that, Earthmother.

We need to get back on our meds I guess. :wacko:

Don't forget I have the padded suites at Broughton reserved for our use PRN :wacko:
- It's cheaper than keeping the attorney on retainer :laugh:


The Padded Suites at Broughton - sounds like a nice spa resort, doesn't it? :laugh: Won't you join me for afternoon tea? :dripple:

I do like that idea of Obama and Gore jumping ship and going Independant together!!
A coup and a landslide at the same time!! :spikey: :clap:

Gore won't be anyone's VP anymore.

But for Obama, I see Bill Richardson as the only choice. I'm not Richardson's biggest fan but it just makes sense.

Richardson has governing experience, which will help eleviate concerns in that area. He also has a lot of foreign policy experience as a former diplomat of Bill Clinton's administration.

The ticket could help him take New Mexico. And it would be a nice symbolic gesture for an African-American presidential candidate to choose a Latino-American as his VP, considering the sometimes intense relationship between the two cultures.

If, however, Clinton manages to steal the election from Obama, she has absolutely no choice but to pick Obama as her VP.

No matter who is the nominee they need a southernor on the ticket. No Democratic ticket has won without a southernor on it since 1944.

Since Obama is the most likely nominee he has two choices. The first would be Wesley Clark. He's from Arkansas and would help to blunt McCain's war hero status. The second is Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana. She would help to hold middle class women who now support Clinton.

I respectfully disagree. Obama already stands a better shot at winning SC or GA than most other Dems would have. He's going to be able to put a few states in play that would normally go red automatically. So choosing a southerner is not as much of a necessity this time around.

I like Wes Clark, but nobody really thinks of him as a southerner per se. If your going to go that route, you need to pick someone who resonates in a truly southern way. I say this as a southerner. While Clark may appeal as an accomplished military officer, he won't appeal as a southern personality. I'm not even sure he would be able to carry Arkansas.

As far as the Louisiana Senator. It sounds good on paper. A woman, southerner. But the country doesn't really know who she is. And by the time this primary is finally over, she's not going to have much room to familiarize us to her, let alone inspire us.

Also, conventional wisdom (whatever that is) might suggest a governor would be a good choice for VP. If you go the southern route. I think Former Florida Governor (and Senator) Bob Graham would be a decent choice.

Bob Graham would be a great choice. Gore should have picked him in 2000.

Yeah, better than traitor Lieberman, that's for sure. :rolleyes:

Anyone is better than that back-stabbing bastard. :angry:

the one thing we agree on (besides all the other things we don't disagree on) :lol: