Veepwatch Special: Alter Says Obama + Nunn = White House '08

re: Veepwatch Special: Alter Says Obama + Nunn = White House '08

HappyDay41 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:51:17 GMT

I love watching the Veepstakes...

nobody wants to be this witless wonder's veep....

Who wants to be second to a guy with just over 4 months experience on the job in the US Senate?

Gotta hold his hand and show him where the bathroom is while trying to lead the free world?

Um, thanks but no thanks.

re: Veepwatch Special: Alter Says Obama + Nunn = White House '08

lastjournaliststanding — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:59:08 GMT

Nunn is a moronic choice. the CHANGE candidate picks a 70 year old washington insider with a poisonous history for gay people? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? can you say, good morning, president-elect mccain?

re: Veepwatch Special: Alter Says Obama + Nunn = White House '08

tyvigh — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:10:26 GMT

I supported Hillary in the primary. Im not thrilled with Obamas victory but I will support him this fall. That is unless he picks Nunn as his VP then Im not clear wheather I will stay home or vote Mccain. Let him have Sebelius, or Rendell. Id love it if he picked HRC but I'll take ANYONE but Nunn. Alter may not think the gay community gets a veto, but with the amount of money we donate to candidates, Obama is wise to steer clear of this VP pick.

re: Veepwatch Special: Alter Says Obama + Nunn = White House '08

tmullane — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:22:08 GMT

The worst thing about Nunn on don't ask wasn't the substance -- it was how he torpedoed a new President of his own party to curry favor with the military,. You could hardly ask for a clearer example of Washington Iron Triangle thinking -- and it was a real insight into his character. Do you really want this guy as your #2, or is he someone who will make you watch your own back all the time?

re: Veepwatch Special: Alter Says Obama + Nunn = White House '08

Pete Kent — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:52:30 GMT

I honestly don’t see Sam Nunn wanting to bother and he is such an ancient relic in Democratic politics that to bring him out of mothballs probably would not do much for the ticket other than to highlight Obama's youth and inexperience.

I think Obama will make a safe and conventional choice that will not cast any sort of shadow over his historic campaign and distract from the cult of personality that has propelled him thus far.

This rules out party luminaries such as HRC and Al Gore.

Similarly, Joe Biden has too much of an ego and too much personal ambition and stature on the national stage to be trustworthy as second fiddle.

Richardson is too ethnic and will only create further barriers to winning the working class white vote, which seems to be the crucial swing group. While Obama may have a problem in the Hispanic community (the polls don't show it, but the primaries indicated the risk), whatever he may gain with Richardson will be lost elsewhere.

Evan Bayh is a bland choice who could presumably help in the heartland but he is pro-life and I think that may be a bridge too far for the left wing that controls the party and its big ticket donors, especially in light of Hillary having lost so narrowly and their being so many bruised feelings among the feminists.

That brings us to any woman but Hillary. That cannot happen. It would only be seen as a further repudiation of the party's feminist icon and the Clinton legacy.

On the short list that leaves Wesley Clark. Clark certainly would bring balance to the ticket from an experience and national security perspective, but just about anybody would, considering Obama’s thin resume. The recent dust up over McCain’s war service and military experience did not seem to help his candidacy, but did burnish his credentials as an attack dog, a necessary role. The downside, of course, is that if military experience and judgment is what you are looking for, it plays into McCain’s hand and makes him look all the more attractive.

re: Veepwatch Special: Alter Says Obama + Nunn = White House '08

ivote2 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:27:38 GMT

When Obama does pick his running mate, the left wing of the party will find out what some of us already knew: Obama will say and do anything to get elected.