Who would be the best VP choice for Hillary Clinton?

[Colobo]

This is to show you guys that I'm fair.

[MethuenProgressive]

1. Wes Clark!

[Perky]

2. Mark Warner

[Sparkly]

3. Of course, if you ask me who's the best choice for ANY leadership position in government

I'd say Wes Clark. :patriot:

President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Decider, Uniter, Chief of Whatever He Wants...

WES CLARK!!! :woohoo:

[MannyGoldstein]

4. Zell Miller (nt)

[draft_mario_cuomo]

6. Surely you jest nt

[MannyGoldstein]

22. Stop Calling Me Surely (nt)

[BeyondGeography]

8. LOL...Who will tell the Liebermans?

In seriousness, if Mark Warner passes the screen test, take him and go for Virginia.

[usregimechange]

36. He is a little to the right of her, now Joe Leiberman would fit

[draft_mario_cuomo]

5. Clark nt

[onehandle]

7. Clark would be the best VP for everyone.

Everyone.

(Assuming Clark doesn't run and win the nomination...then I'd pick Obama as VP)

[EST]

9. Dennis Kucinich would be the best choice for Hillary's VP,

because there is little question of his sincerity nor his liberal/union creds. He would humanize her campaign like nothing else and would make her more palatable to many who consider her totally unpalatable, now.

I think it would add at least ten percent to her general election win percentage and would shut up a lot of detractors, or, at least, give them something else to talk about.

Of course, if she is the political powerhouse her supporters think she is, she has already evaluated this possibility and has produced a likely decision.

[MonkeyFunk]

13. If he can't draw more than 3%

of Democrats, how does he add 10% in the general?

NO VP candidate adds 10% - Kucinich would LOSE her votes.

[EST]

19. I don't see that simply summing their stands in polls is a particularly

effective way of evaluating their performance as a team. The whole could well be greater than the sum of the parts, given that the presence of DK as a modifying, and perhaps mollifying, influence would serve to calm those a bit who are frightened by candidate Clinton.

Hillary Clinton scares me, as I see her as being too close to the forces that I am constitutionally committed to oppose. I am not arguing for the validity of that opinion, merely pointing to it.
As it happens, another poll on DU, a week or so ago, got me to thinking and trying to reason it through. What would it take to aim me away from being unalterably opposed to her and, considering that she would represent only one third of the fed, how could I go from that opposition to some form of, at least, unfriendly support.

I think Dennis would have a good influence on her, a counter-balance, as it were, and would serve to bring me to grudging acceptance. If it works on me, it could well work on others-perhaps many others.

[MonkeyFunk]

26. If she's choosing a VP, she's already won the nomination

and then has to focus on winning the General.

Kucinich does nothing to help with that.

Yes, there are 2 or 3% of lefties who won't vote for her without Kucinich. But she would alienate 20 or 30% of the center by choosing him. It would be a political disaster.

Despite what people here fervently believe, Kucinich is not very popular. A simple look at his poll numbers verify that.

[maximusveritas]

10. Only reason I don't like Clark is that would be too old by 2016

We'd have to get someone new to run. Obviously this is all hypothetical, but I'd rather have someone younger like Obama or Edwards in that VP slot who could then continue on as a Democratic President after their VP term is over.

[Bitwit1234]

11. I voted for Wes Clark but you know what

I think he would be the best Secretary of Defense..How about you'all.

[MonkeyFunk]

25. he won't be eligible to be SecDef

for a few more years. There's a requirement that the Defense Secretary be 10 years out of the military - and its a good idea. It's a civilian position, not a military one.

He'd make a great Secretary of State, though.

[Buzz Clik]

12. Sam Brownback.

[IndianaGreen]

14. Joe Lieberman

When it comes to supporting the phony GWOT, the loss of civil liberties at home, the loss of innocent lives abroad, and championing the Israel Lobby, Hillary and Holy Joe are second to none!

[Semper_FiFi]

28. Are those the same reasons Gore had for choosing Joe

as his running mate?

:shrug:

[IndianaGreen]

32. I would like to know who in the hell told Gore to put Lieberman on the ticket

I think that person deserves our thanks, in person.

[Skip Intro]

15. Voted Clark but...If he'd do it, another Clinton/Gore ticket would be unbeatable.

I'm pretty sure a Hillary/Clark ticket would be winning as well.

[TSIAS]

16. Bayh or Vilsack

I'd bet that if she wins, it will be one of those two.

There's a reason both candidates, considered likely presidential contenders in 2008, dropped out.

[David Dunham]

17. Mark Warner

[saltpoint]

18. If Senator Clinton is the nominee I think she would likely consider

for her veep short list Evan Bayh of Indiana, Bill Richardson of New Mexico, Bill Nelson of Florida, or Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.

Bayh is safe, squeaky fresh, and would put Indiana in play.

Richardson gives the ticket geographic balance, adds appeal to Hispanic voters, and represents a state west of the Mississippi in a year when our convention is in Denver.

Bill Nelson would be the best strategic opportunity to win Florida's electoral votes.

Russ Feingold would mollify the left-leaning Democrats who might not ordinarily be attracted to Sen. Clinton as a first choice vote.

I believe Wes Clark would be on that short list and possibly Mark Warner (if he does not pursue the Senate seat in Virginia).

[derby378]

20. Bill Richardson - for his diplomatic skills

Hillary will need a VP that's independent enough and experienced enough to make the diplomatic trips to other nations to help smooth things over while she concentrates on domestic issues.

[saltpoint]

21. Senator Clinton, if she wins our nomination, might stun the free world and

choose Sheila Jackson Lee or Alexis Herman.

That would be an energetic choice or two right there.

Phil Bredeson is another option.

And the more I read about Brian Schweitzer, the more I want him in a very high position in the operations wings. I like this guy a lot.

Again, I'm not calling Senator Clinton to win our nomination. Her lead is formidable and her cash kitty bulges at the seams, yes. But it's far away from the first frost in Iowa, nevermind the first snowflakes, and still later comes the January caucuses.

If she wins the nomination in Denver a year from now, it would be a very magnanimous gesture for her to include many of her current rivals in key administrative posts. Perhaps Joe Biden at State. Perhaps Clark as veep. Perhaps John Edwards as Attorney General (sure would be a lift after Gonzales' tenure, wouldn it?). Perhaps Max Cleland for Veterans Affairs. Kucinich at HUD. A place for Obama and Dodd as well.

Lincoln appointed rivals and disparate sensibilities to his Cabinet. There's precedent for its success and might help politically stabilize a first HClinton term.

[saltpoint]

23. What about Holbrook? Do you think she would consider him?

He is no slouch on the foreign relations horizon.

A quick glimpse:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2004/10/29_pon.php

[saltpoint]

24. Here's a surprise suggestion for any of our candidates for 08 for the veep nom:

http://vanhollen.house.gov/HoR/MD08/Home

(Chris Van Hollen -- MD-08).

We're going to carry maryland anyway, yes, but I'm thinking that he would bring a much-needed Congressional liaison role to a Democratic administration, and there's 2016 to consider as well. He'd be a very good man to have down in the bullpen, seems to me.

[unkachuck]

27. Joe Biden!!....n/t

[Stephanie]

29. Joe Lieberman

The only choice that makes sense.

[CK_John]

30. Governor Kathleen Sebelius would be her best selection, IMO. n/t

[saltpoint]

35. A dramatic choice it would be, yes. It would help us in Kansas and in

Ohio. Sebelius' father was John Gilligan, a former governor of the Buckeye State.

[Bongo Prophet]

31. Huckabee, for UNITY ticket

:hide:

Okay, not really.

Clark, Feingold, Schweitzer are all good additions for different reasons.


Warner needs to go for Senate.
RFK Jr. should run for Clinton's open seat.

[Alamom]

33. Someone young enough to be vp for 8 & then 8 more as prez. eom

[krj44]

34. it won`t matter if

dems keep party in fighting,this fl. fiasco will come back and haunt the dems.wes clark hands down would be any dems best bet for v.p.

[LWolf]

37. Cynthia McKinney. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. I understand that she's already considering

Ohio governor Ted Strickland...

[robcon]

39. I think Obama would make a great president in 2016

VP now, president in 8 years!

[Colobo]

42. President now in 08. He's ready.

[H2O Man]

40. General Clark.

If she does get the nomination, she will be running with General Clark.

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

41. Evan Bayh

Only way she would have chance at winning Indiana.

[Rageneau]

43. She has a lot more choices than Smirk did, huh?

After many weeks, the only VP candidate Bush could come up with was Cheney.