So what of a Clark/Dean ticket anyway?

[peabody71]

I guess we should ponder the possiblity.
It would be the right thing for Clark to do.
It would go along with the peoples movement that CLark has put his faith into.
We have got to work together.

[onebigbadwulf]

1. We will

I want to see Clark, Kucinich, and Braun in the presidential cabinet if Dean wins.

[Dookus]

2. I've said for months that I just don't see

either a Dean/Clark or a Clark/Dean ticket. Either Clark or Dean will probalby select more of a Washington insider for the VP position. Two outsiders are in a lousy position to work with the congress.

I think Graham is a great choice for either candidate.

[Green4Dean]

5. Your cabinet can handle congress

Waxman for Attny General....Gephardt could be handy dealing with congress...Sec of labour...

[newyawker99]

6. Hi Green4Dean!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Eric J in MN]

9. I don't want Bob Graham for VP nominee.

I don't think Florida is winnable because 40,000 of the 60,000 legal voters who were purged from the rolls still haven't had their right to vote restored.

Also, Theresa La Pore is insisting on touchscreen machines with no paper ballots.

[Dookus]

10. Bob Graham

could help carry Florida a LOT more than any other possible VP nominee. We can definitely win Florida, and by more than 40,000 votes.

[eileen from OH]

3. I don't see the point, I guess

of speculating right now, outside of the fun-of-it (and it's gotten less fun lately.)

But, agreed, we must all agree to work together. (Although, methinks you are new to DU.)

Okay, who will give me odds that this turns into a Kucinich thread.

eileen from OH

[peabody71]

4. Have you seen my posts?

Just havn't been here as much lately.
New to DU?!

[BootinUp]

7. Vice Presidents

haven't always been like Cheney. Most of the time they have little real power as far as I know. I don't think they will both be on the ticket. Just my prediction.

[TexasPatriot]

8. havent we pondered this to death? (nt)

[retyred]

11. Why go here again?

It ain't gonna happen The day Clark picks dean is the day Clark loses.


retyred in fla
“Good-Night Paul, Wherever You Are”
So I read this book

[lurk_no_more]

12. IMHO

If whoever gets the nod were to pick an also ran as VP, the logical choice would be gore. Picking a VP the people did want as President is much better than picking one they didn't.


” JAFO”

[tedoll78]

13. I think...

we need to look at the Electoral College when deciding to pick a nominee. Name a state, an elected official from that state who's currently quite popular there, and decide whether or not we have a shot at winning it.

I wish there was a nice, moderate, high-profile Ohio Democratic senator or governor to pick from.. I want those 20EVs BADLY.. grr..

[gulliver]

14. My second favorite ticket behind Clark/Edwards

The question is mainly whether Dean would do Clark/Dean. I think it would be a winning ticket. I would love to see Dean vs. Cheney. I think Cheney's facade of gravitas would wilt and reveal the college dropout, draft evading, sickly "Mr. Potter" underneath.

[Bad Thoughts]

15. Unity ticket

Without saying whom should be whose VP, there is still the possibility of unity ticket under which Clark and Dean are presented as the leaders in certain areas. In this scenario, Dean would choose the Secretaries for Treasury, Labor, Education, and other "domestic" departments, and Clark would pick the Secretaries of State, Defense and the National Security Adviser and the undersecretaries of the "domestic" departments that have competence in foreign affairs. The question that would need to be resolved, beyond who would be the top of the ticket, would be who would compose the White House staff.

[Padraig18]

16. Would be an AWESOME ticket, IMO.

And, as James Carville pointed out re: Clark's denail about wanting/accepting the VP nod, the surest way to be considered is to deny you want it. :P

[mdmc]

17. What would Dean offer to a Clark ticket?

Any gains that could be made would be more noticeable with Clark Kucinich.