Gephardt Not Everyone's Choice in Mo.

[Kadie]

Gephardt Not Everyone's Choice in Mo.

2 hours, 24 minutes ago

By SCOTT CHARTON, Associated Press Writer

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri favorite son Dick Gephardt (news - web sites) is not the favorite vice presidential candidate of several rank-and-file state Democratic leaders looking to deliver its 11 electoral votes to John Kerry (news - web sites).


Asked which prospective running mate would help Kerry win the battleground state, eight of 11 county chairmen and chairwomen selected at random by The Associated Press chose Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites) of North Carolina. Gephardt and Edwards are among those Kerry is reported to be considering.


Only two of the county officials chose Gephardt, and one picked Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. President Bush (news - web sites) won Missouri by just 3 percentage points in 2000.


"Gephardt just doesn't have the get-up-and-go that Edwards has," said Irma Brannum of Poplar Bluff, the Butler County party chairwoman. "Edwards is the exciting one," said St. Charles County chairman Joe Koester.

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Does anyone still feel that Kerry might pick Gephardt? I haven't really paid too much attention to all that is going on in the VP selection, but from this forum it looks like it will either be Clark or Edwards.

[bleowheels]

1. Gephart can certainly govern but Edwards has that

likeability factor that is SO important imo.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. I don't want to see Gephardt as V.P!

[wjsander]

3. But a Kerry/Gephardt ticket would be so funny!!

Think of all the great jokes that could be made on the late night talk shows! The Boring/Boring-er ticket would be the talk of the town!! Comedy hijinks ensues!!! :7

[Larkspur]

4. That would be the only thing I'd look forward too

Bore/Bore-er for Prez

[Nicholas_J]

5. Gephardt is still strategicall the best choice

The Governor of Missouri is one of Gephardts old aides,and has strong union support. The union in Missouri is 150 percent behind Gephardt and it was the Unions in Missouri who were largely responsible for the current Governor winning. While SOME do not want Gephardt, mot do. The district that Gephardt was elected to is the most important district in the state for anyone hold and win during a presidential campaign. The Unions in Missouri were the most critical factor in unseating Ashcroft, and giving the win to a long term Gephardt man.

In any election or selection process of this sort, the Governor os a state has the strongest inflence in who gets attention nationally. And the Governor is squarely in Gephardts corner.

The power players in Missouri seem to want Gephardt to be the VP choice.

[spooky3]

6. is this a dupe? (link inside)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x559754