Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Jim Webb


A good article on the cons of Jim Webb as a VP choice is here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I have been a longtime proponent of Obama selecting Bill Richardson to be his VP. I think Richardson could help Obama win New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Arizona, all states with large and growing Hispanic popuations. Obviously McCain will win Arizona but Richardson could mean the differnce in NM, CO and NV. There are also significant Hispanic populations in Washington and Oregon, both states Obama needs to win.

However after the Pennsylvania primary I am concerned about Obama winning key, traditionally Democratic states like PA, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

I think putting PA governor Ed Rendell on the ticket would help in those states. Rendell is very popular in PA and Obama absolutely must win PA.

Biden, Dodd and Clark would bring foreign policy experience to the ticket but I think either Richardson or Rendell would bring more electoral votes into the Obama column.

Obama/Clinton is a terrible idea and I don't think Hilary would accept anyway.