Obama's VP

[Prophet 451]

When I posted this as an open thread, four names kept cropping up so as a kind of "sense of DU", this poll. I'm also including Hillary (although I doubt she's being seriously considered) and a couple of others because it's late here and I'm in a goofy mood.

EDIT: To correct Webb being listed twice and add another worthy suggestion. No more edits though.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Opus.

[XemaSab]

2. Tough choices

Hard to pick between Bill, Brian, and Jim. :)

[Qutzupalotl]

3. You have Webb on there twice.

How about a Biden or two?

[Prophet 451]

11. Crap, fixed it, thanks n/t

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Jim Webb is there twice

you should replace one of those with Kathleen Sebelius.

[Prophet 451]

Crap, fixed it, thanks n/t

[donheld]

72. So nice you named him twice

:D

[jgraz]

5. I'm having a hard time choosing between Jim Webb and Jim Webb.

And where's Edwards on that poll???

[Prophet 451]

14. Crap, fixed it, thanks n/t

[LSparkle]

17. Yeah, where's that great populist JOHN EDWARDS?

He could go a long way to helping Obama with working-class voters,
union members, etc.

[Prophet 451]

23. Already said he didn't want it n/t

[LSparkle]

37. He also said he wasn't going to endorse as early as he did ...

I still have hope that if pressed, he might take it.

[Prophet 451]

56. Me too

I actually preferred him to Obama but for now...

[DKRC]

35. I keep dreaming of AG Edwards taking names & kicking ass!

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[LSparkle]

6. ROBERT WEXLER!

He's from Florida, he's (observant!) Jewish, he's been at the
FOREFRONT of voting issues (BBV, etc.) ... plus, he'd make a
GREAT attack dog VP!

[jgraz]

8. That would be a good choice.

[helderheid]

9. Absolutely my choice as well

[Orangepeel]

7. Bob Graham?

good ol' boy, voted against the war, former governor, former chair of the Senate Intellegence committee. With Obama, it doesn't matter than he's old.

[derby378]

10. No Kathleen Sebelius?

:shrug:

[northernsoul]

19. She would be in my top 3

nt

[Prophet 451]

25. Added n/t

[erebusman]

12. none of the above NT

[TheDonkey]

13. Maybe Wes Clark, Jim Webb, Joe Biden

[Jane Austin]

15. Chris Dodd................eom

[CJCRANE]

16. Kathleen Sebelius..? nt

[Prophet 451]

31. Added n/t

[Swamp Rat]

18. Prince Edmund

Black Adder I :D



:D

[Prophet 451]

38. Why would he want it? He ended up king n/t

[Swamp Rat]

48. President, King, it's all the same now since Bushler.

:D

[redqueen]

20. Schweitzer.

And I'm Hispanic.

[Drunken Irishman]

21. You have Jim Webb there twice.

Ok, not really, but people were saying it and I thought I'd point that out. :D

[Prophet 451]

He was, I corrected it n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

51. I know, just fuckin' with ya! :)

Oh and I voted Webb (2).

[invictus]

22. Claire McCaskill? n/t

[TheDonkey]

52. She is like a "good" version of Hillary. Flying under the radar but shouldn't be ignored

she has much of the appeal of the "folksy" Hillary without the baggage and fakeness.

[rebel with a cause]

60. I pick her!

Don't know if she has enough name recognition, but she would be one of my choices.

[newmajority]

Richardson is the most logical choice.

Must have a governor on the ticket with Senator Obama. Richardson's resume will add a lot to the ticket, especially his experience in foreign policy and his stint as energy secretary.

There's also the factors of him being from a "formerly Red western" state, which will definitely help in New Mexico, probably Arizona, and possibly the rest of the Mountain time zone. And he certainly couldn't hurt when it comes to the Hispanic vote.

[grassfed]

24. Samantha Power

[qwertyMike]

26. Edwards

Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards Edwards

No Brainer

[Junkdrawer]

32. John Edwards. n/t

[Prophet 451]

33. Already declined

He already said he wouldn't be interested so I took him at his word and didn't include him.

Besides, I think he'd be better as AG.

[Lost-in-FL]

27. How about Dean? n.t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

28. Glad to see Garfield the Cat beating LIEberman n/t

[CJCRANE]

29. Kathleen *Sibellius*.....'#*&??!!11!!

You're really not paying attention.

[Prophet 451]

34. Yeah, ok, I suck

People know who I mean though.

[KittyWampus]

30. someone voted for Lieberman! hahaha

[zeemike]

36. I may be a little prejudice by voting for Richardson

Because he was my Representative for many years and now my Governor.
But I would not be unhappy to see him as Secretary of State.
That is an important position to the world and I think he would be effective in that job. He knows many of the world leaders but mostly he could vastly improve or relations with South America just by being fluent in Spanish.

[enid602]

39. Richardson

Bill Richardson's a loser; ask anyone from New Mexico.

[CJCRANE]

40. Do I detect a slight bias toward Bill Richardson

in the way this poll was set up?

:shrug:

[Prophet 451]

41. Not intentionally

I accidently included Jim Webb twice at Joe Biden's expense but corrected that.

[CJCRANE]

44. It's OK.

I secretly support Lex Luthor anyway.

:evilgrin:

[vaberella]

42. Hmmm....I chose Webb

Now I do tout Sebelius and adore her but damn I loved Webb's GI Bill. The man is thinking about the peopel but Sebelius is fuckin' wonderful.

I liked Lex Luthor, but felt if Clinton was the nominee that would be a better running mate for her. (kidding!!)

Anyway I went Webb. If only Hagel was Dem, he'd be running mate hands down.

[Prophet 451]

46. Lex would make a decent veep for anyone

I mean, you can't do better as an attack dog.

Then again, you'd always have to worry that he was going to nudge the succession along a bit...

[earthlover]

43. Pat Robertson is on your list but not Wes Clark?

Pathetic

[Blue-Jay]

49. I see you didn't complain about Garfield.

Must be a cat lover...

[TheDonkey]

53. Garfield is more legitimate than Patty

[Blue-Jay]

55. Smarter, too.

[Prophet 451]

54. Yeah, ok, I screwed up

I already said "no more edits" though and there's no need to be nasty about it, it was an honest mistake.

[Blue-Jay]

58. I wasn't being nasty!

I was just being silly.

It might be difficult from across the pond to recognise silly without a little fish-slapping, so here:

[Prophet 451]

62. Ah, much clearer!

See, the haddock makes everything simpler!

[Divine Discontent]

66. A bad list without Clark on it... he at least would get 15% of votes

I say in this order Clark, Webb, Biden, Edwards (my fave candidate for President), Sibelius (that's the right spelling I'm pretty sure), and finally Clinton only if Barack trusts her - otherwise not even a consideration, but he might give her a chance to argue why she'd be good for it, but maybe she'd rather be Sec. of State or SCJOTUS.


www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[Prophet 451]

67. Yeah, I screwed up by excluding Clark

and mispelling Sibelius but at least people know what I mean on that one.

[Fox Mulder]

45. Dennis Kucinich.

[mvd]

69. We can dream

:-)

[tokenlib]

47. Schweitzer and his faithful companion--the state dog

Damn, I forgot the dog's name...:)

[mmonk]

50. Kathleen Sebelius

[catgirl]

57. You missed Mark Warner (VA)

[LucyParsons]

59. So many good Democrats

I choose Webb, with Richardson a close second. I think militar experience will be KEY. Richardson's foreign policy might be "good enough". Plus I like him better, personally. Haha.

[Prophet 451]

64. Agreed

There's a lot of Dems who'd make good choices but there can be only one (cue lightning flash).

Of course, it also gives Obama the chance to put together an all-star cabinet.

[clevbot]

61. Richardson, then biden

[ngant17]

63. I don't mind seeing a VP Hillary

My main concern with a Hillary as President was the war issue. Obama has been the only choice if you really believed this was an illegal war all along.

As VP, Hillary would not be Commander-in-Chief, so I'm not worried about any more "shock 'n awe" invasions coming out of the White House.

It's about time _Bush started to answer for the gross errors of his ways, Iraq being the number one issue to deal with, given a Dem in office.

[Prophet 451]

65. I wouldn't object too strongly

I would question the wisdom though since she has always had very high negatives (most of which she's not responsible for). Mainly, I just think there's more capable candidates.

[mvd]

68. I'm sure Obama and his team know better than I

But Richardson, Webb, Biden, Clinton, and Sibellius all seem agreeable choices and have merit.

Richardson - helps with the Hispanic vote and the Southwest
Webb - war experience; might draw independents
Clinton - might heal wounds
Biden - intelligent and experienced
Sibellus - adds to the change Obama talks about

[debbierlus]

70. Henry Waxman

[FlyingSquirrel]

71. .

[Prophet 451]

73. . . . - - - . . .

Messages in Morse?

[Auntie Bush]

74. Waaah! No Wes Clark?

He's a good patriot and would do it for the good of the country and party...regardless.............

[Prophet 451]

75. Yeah, my bad

I screwed up on that one. I meant to include him, he was on the original list but for some reason, when i created the poll, I forgot to include him.

[Auntie Bush]

77. I don't understand how you could have done that!

I'be mever mibe eh mastakm in mi liyfe!

[Recursion]

76. Richardson, for so many reasons

Geography. The southwest, even with McCain, is a soft underbelly of the GOP

Ethnicity. This is a chance to reach out to Latinos, a demographic Obama hasn't had the best results with (and McCain has had good results with).

Helps kill the gun issue. Richardson has one of the most centrist and generally-palatable stances on gun rights in the Democratic party.

Nonproliferation. Obama has made this a key issue of his in the Senate, and Richardson has huge cred in this department.

[FlyingSquirrel]

78. Please vote in this poll in General Discussion too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3385630&mesg_id=3385630

We get to discuss VP choices there now.