Comments on: Obama Veep Updates

By: Mark Maurin

Mark Maurin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:38:04 +0000

Paul Kopper and Michael Moore are right. Obama/Kennedy. Barack needs to win his base back, and Caroline Kennedy as VP will win back voters he has lost over FISA and other base blunders.

By: William Arnone

William Arnone — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:25:14 +0000

Based on the following assumptions, the name is likely to be on the list of six at the end of this email.

Assumptions
>His choice will not be a woman – other than Senator Hillary Clinton.
>Will not be someone who has already received media attention or speculation as being “vetted,” per Senator Obama’s own statement.
>Will not be a Senator, as two Senators on the same ticket have not been elected since John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson in 1960.
>Will be from a battleground state that will be in play in November.
>Has not ruled self out of the running.
>Will be a Catholic, as (a) this segment of the voting population (of the 27% of voters who are Catholic, the Republican Presidential ticket in 2004 had a margin of 5%, which was an increase from the Democratic Presidential ticketâ€™s margin of 2% in 2000) is critical to a Democratic victory, (b) Senator Obama performed poorly with Catholics in the Democratic primaries/caucuses, and (c) polls show Catholics evenly divided between Senators Obama and McCain.

The List (in order of state electoral votes)

>Anthony Zinni, Retired General, Pennsylvania: 21 electoral votes, Catholics are 29.4% of the population
>Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee: 11 electoral votes, Catholics are 3.2% of the population
>James Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin: 10 electoral votes, Catholics are 29% of the population
>Bill Ritter, Governor of Colorado: 9 electoral votes, Catholics are 14.7% of the population
>Joe Manchin, Governor of West Virginia: 5 electoral votes, Catholics are 4.6% of the population
>John Lynch, Governor of New Hampshire: 4 electoral votes, Catholics are 24% of the population

–William Arnone

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:04:39 +0000

I wouldn’t necessary read too much into the confirmed speakers (non VP night). The convention planners probably have no idea who Obama will pick (if they knew, we’d all know) and any schedule isn’t set in stone. To signal the VP pick just by scheduling seems to obvious for the Obama camp, which has been very good at keeping news under wraps.

By: MG1220

MG1220 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:19:50 +0000

It will be a real message of CHANGE if…
… Obama can defy traditional choice of white male for veep and go for a female. Make history twice in your moment.
… Obama can rise above partisan divide and exemplify unity with Hillary as veep. Make the choice in the inclusive spirit of bridging democrats of past to democrats of future by being “Father” of all democrats in his present.
And he puts forth a strong statement: A great president includes strong players and make them work for good — of his vision, his campaign, his legacy. He should not be daunted by Bill. He should choose Hillary for veep. And that’s very Christian too — reconciliation, restoration, transformation, peace, unity, and everything else shall be added unto him and America.

By: Paul Kopper

Paul Kopper — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:09:54 +0000

Forget those milk-toasts… Barack needs to put Carolyn Kennedy on his ticket. It’s a NO-BRAINER…

By: dragonfly777

dragonfly777 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:07:13 +0000

The problem here is BarryHo can’t imagine anyone else getting the spotlight but him. He really does want a black running mate. Since the Dems are so non-racist, why shouldn’t he? Why shouldn’t he have an all black cabinet and all black advisors to surround him??

By: Agnostick

Agnostick — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:25:52 +0000

Obama – Hagel ‘08!!!!

Agnostick
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P.S. And today’s CAPTCHA is…

“Socialists paper”

LOL!!

By: J.D.

J.D. — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:16:01 +0000

Yes, there is a group called “100,000 Strong Against Evan Bayh” … with 2,000 members…