Who here thinks they would make a better VP than Breaux, Landrieu or Bayh?

[genius]

Remember, if anything happens to the President, VP runs the show. Who would you trust with the number 1 spot?

[mitchtv]

1. why not Zell miller or Joe Lieberman?

talk about hold your nose.

[KC21304]

2. I would like to see Clark.

[BL_Zebub]

3. Myself, of course.

Why settle for a lesser evil?

[LandOLincoln]

4. Wes Clark, of course. I keep imagining how he would

have reacted if he'd been the one reading to those little kids the morning of 9/11.

That's assuming, of course, that 9/11 would even have happened if Wes Clark--or John Kerry, or Bill Clinton, or Al Gore--had been president then.

[Raya]

5. Kerry won't choose Landrieu. Issue of Kerry's key requirement: "Prepared

for the Office." Landrieu, like many others mentioned, is just not
prepared for the role of CIC at at time of war.

[nator311]

6. Bayh n/t

[dogman]

7. I would

I'm a Democrat

[genius]

8. Great response.

That's a qualification these three seem to lack.

[jsw_81]

9. Nonsense

All three of these senators are loyal Democrats in states where it's tough for a Democrat to get elected. They would all be terrific running mates for Senator Kerry.

[tedoll78]

10. Oh my goodness..

logic isn't allowed here. :eyes:

Reminder.. the VP's job is to primarily get the Presidential nominee past that magical 270 electoral vote mark. This would entail shoring-up a weakness (real or perceived), and/or opening-up electoral votes from a crucial state that would otherwise be near impossible.

Kerry could have Zell Miller as his VP for all I care. Or McCain. Or Lieberman. Once the VP is in office, his job is to have a pulse. That's all.

Meanwhile, Kerry will be in his oval-shaped office, nominating good liberal judges (for LIFETIME terms), issuing intelligent executive orders to restore compliance with the EPA/the UN/various treaties/etc, and killing bad conservative legislation with his mighty veto pen. When the VP is named, I hope people here logically calculate this thoroughly instead of having an emotional asthma attack.

[genius]

11. Anyone who picks one of these three proves he cannot be trusted.

It is the first test of a nominee and, if he picks someone with aa 70% Republican voting record (as Landrieu claimed she had when she ran for re-election), Kerry will lose the left. It was not the right that cost Dean the nomination. It was losing the left. Without the left, Kerry cannot win the election.