Reply #70: The downside of everyone [View All]

[Bucky]

Obama/Clinton - I admire Clinton, but however presidential she may be, she's simply not vice presidential. Her nomination would carry all the negatives of her running for president while carry along virtually none of the tremendous assets she'd hold if she was running for the top job.
I also admire her husband, but he's never had electoral coat tails and his campaigning style tends to suck all the oxygen out of the room.

Obama/Bloomberg - still smells like a Republican, boring as hell, and really just a regional candidate.

Obama/Richardson - qualified, but utterly pizzazzless on the stump. Some of his performances in the debates this past winter were utterly confusing.

Obama/Edwards - Edwards is a truly capable leader and a fantastic campaigner. I don't think he's ready for a second chance to be someone else's VP. Like Gore, he's clearly well on his way with a compelling life mission that just isn't destined to include getting elected to stuff.

Obama/Biden - A hell of a campaigner. He'd trash Romney or any other fundy-approved VP selection McCain will be forced to make. I don't think he'd give up all the power of being chair of the foreign relations committee for the 8 year obscurity of living in the US Naval Observatory House. Plus, he wouldn't quite look right next to Obama on the dais.

Obama/Webb - Great senator, but only on the job for 16 months. His prior experience is one year as secretary of the navy and a lot of years as a journalist.

Obama/Clark - I'm still a Wes Clark Democrat. I'll be a Wes Clark Democrat when Barack Obama leaves the White House in 2017. He's utterly slimeable, however, perhaps even moreso than Obama. He pissed off a lot of people as SACEUR and they'll come gunning for him from day one. I've watched his words a bit campaigning for Clinton and he's not, to my knowledge said anything that would cast a bad light on Obama (unlike the candidate Wes is supporting). But this would be an awfully cerebral ticket. Clark rocks my intellectual nards in big way, but he doesn't have the speak-from-the-gut touch on the stump the way Edwards, Biden, or Webb does.

Obama/Sebelius - BORING! Also no international or national security experience. Also, Goddamned boring.

Obama/Kerry - too much of a step down to be considered. I have no other helpful criticism of Kerry, so I'll use the remainder of the space on Kerry reminding you how unbelieveably boring Sebelius is when she talks.

Obama/Boxer - Probably one of the three strongest choices Obama could make, but I dunno if she would play too well in flyover country.