Who Will Run For Vice President?

I'd really love to See an Obama/Hagel ticket although I doubt its very likely. Otherwise I like Dodd & Richardson but neither really excites me. I think an Obama/Clinton ticket or Obama/Gore ticket would be a mistake. Dem's might love it but many Independents won't really care for either of those choices. I hope Obama goes outside the box when choosing his VP. If Sen. Clinton somehow pulls this out she must choose Obama as her VP and hope he unites his voters, many which will stay home in November with a Clinton hangover (youth vote & black vote). The McCain/Rice ticket idea does scare me some as assuming Obama defeats Hillary there will be some disillusioned Clinton supporters who might see Rice as very appealing despite both McCain and Rice being 2 steps closer to Bush and really, really far from Clinton's policies.

Mostly, I don't have a clue. However, I did hear that the media is making a case for Condi Rice as John McCain's running mate and I think it would be a poor choice for him. He would never be able to separate himself on any issue from the Bush administation with her on the ticket and in order to win, he's going to have to do some separating somewhere. Also, the people who really want to see a woman or an African American in high office are mostly Democrats who would not be likely to vote for a ticket with Ms. Rice on it. In fact, they would probably be less likely to cross over and vote for McCain if she were on the ticket. Mostly, I think the choice of a running mate is entirely up to the candidate but I thought I'd just put in my two cents here anyway and I have.

I don't know enough here to tell you definitely. I heard something about McCain possibly going with Romney. Since a lot of people liked Mitt it could be a good choice for him. I haven't heard enough yet about the Dem's, still researching that area. I just wanted to show you some love.

Well I heard this morning on the news, that Pawlenty our govenor here in MN ,maybe in the running for VP. He is on a list for John Mcains possible choices, I guess there are around 25 on that list It will be intersting to see how it all turns out.

I'm not sure who is on McCains list or who Hillary or Obama would choose but here are some of my ideas. McCain: Needs someone to contrast his lack of conservatism. The reason he is attractive to so many independents and yes Annie, some democrats, is because he is so much further left than your normal republican. There are some who would say Mit Romney but I don't believe he pulls much of the base with him. He could sure do worse than Mike Huckabee but I don't see him going that way either. Condy Rice has emphatically said no but those things have been known to change as the convention draws near so on this one it is "who knows?"! On the other side, if the democratic party has any peacemakers in the bunch there is one ticket I see as undefeatable by the republicans and it doesn't matter who is on top or bottom! Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton it really doesn't matter in my view I don't believe the republicans could defeat either ticket. The rub lies in whether either of these two could lay their pride down and go with it. One way the democrats could just about guarantee themselves 16 years in the Whitehouse would be the Clinton/Obama ticket. In eight years(barring some major screw-ups) Obama with those years of administration experience under his belt would almost be a shoe in in the next general and would still be a relatively young president! These are just a few thoughts from your local amateur political pundit.