VP crunch time is here. For the REPS, I'm persuaded Romney is the optimal pick due to the economic firepower angle (if he won't pick my favorite daughter candidate - Snowe). On the DEM side, I was surpised to see John Kerry surface on Drudgereport this morning. I'm going with Hillary as the best pick though. Obama still has his 5 point lead and his college kid war machine retiurns to the campuses in a few weeks too.
Obama: Front runner, Evan Bayh, Joe Biden. Possible strategic pick, Tim Kaine. Dark horse, Sam Nunn. McCain: Front runner, Mitt Romney. Possible strategic pick, Tim Pawlenty. Dark horse, Joe Lieberman. If polls indicate Bayh puts Indiana within reach for obama, he is the pick unless something surfaces in the background checks. Kaine is inexperienced and untested, plus has baggage as an anti-death penalty lawyer. If polling shows he could bring Virginia into the obama column though, he would be hard to ignore. Nunn is a favorite of the media and a trusted national security expert with vast experience. Romney adds intellectual heft to the ticket, plus would help in Michigan and Nevada. Pawlenty is again in a situation where polling could make or break him. If he could deliver Minnesota, that would be huge. Lieberman is interesting. The media would love this pick, but core republicans would not, but they already detest McCain.
Is Joseph Lieberman known for his loyalty toward his peers? Hope that Obama picks someone who give a real sense of depth and of complementing Obama. Furthermore Wesley Clark within a Barack government and involved in foreign relations would be great.
Which is more important, blind party loyalty or integrity? The democrats dumped him in his senatorial primary,not the other way around. Kind of like his party has gradually left him. As for Clark, he was relieved of duty for unspecified "integrity" issues. His fellow officers regarded him as a self-promoter and borderline nut case. The UK general in charge of their forces in Serbia refused his order to attack Russian troops holding the airport, saying he did not intend to start WW III.
Ok, I thought general Wesley Clark was well known for his intelligence, well educated background, military bravery when in action, being NATO supreme commander, strongly uniting policies when it comes to allies and his close ties to Bill Clinton - as they both have some history from Little Rock, Arkansas. As US politics is very centered around persons and their celebrity status, I guess Lieberman could make a case when disregarding the actual political issues that voters had voted him in office for, and rather focus on him as a person. I guess that works some places.