Which part of that pairing is terrific?  A Hawk and a General.  Now that's a duo to warm the hearts of all good progressives.

For Obama, I'm inclined to go with Biden simply because he's got a lot of "foreign policy experience" as it's defined by the media and I think Obama needs someone who can make the experience argument for him (whether Biden would be willing to make that argument is another issue).

Although I admit that, while I'm not a Biden supporter, this entire election is going to be a giant letdown if there's not a debate between Biden and Guiliani.  I don't really expect either to be their party's nominee, but damn that would be quite a show.

So Obama is trying to get the experienced Wes Clark to become his VP if he wins the nomination? I guess experience DOES matter.

Clinton/Biden is my dream combo, but boy -
Clark is just as good.

Just not as funny!

I think Clinton/Clark is the most likely combination.

I really think Obama/Daschle is a strong possibility.  I don't think he would choose another US Senator as his running mate.

I think Edwards would need a female or black running mate.

 Going with the flow, I personally like Clark as V.P. with any of the leading Democratic candidates.  The figurehead, with a man who has dedicated his life to the military as his running mate.

 Personally, although it aint ever going to happen, I like Gore accompanied by either Obama or Edwards.  This would harken back to the 90's when America was prosperous and moral, packaged with the future visions of either Obama or Edwards.

 On a side note, I would absolutely vote for Hillary if she is our candidate.  Any Democrat is better than any Repug, especially this year when the Repug candidates are all pandering to the lowest common denominator and religious zealots.

Gen. Clark would have been a perfect VP for Obama.  But since that's obviously not a possibility, I think he ought to choose someone from outside DC to reinforce the "change" theme--assuming he were to get the Dem nomination.  Maybe Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana possibly.

Hillary would be stupid not to take Wes Clark as her Veep.  Seems like a slam-dunk to me.

And Edwards, I'm thinking someone like Va. Sen. Jim Webb would be a nice fit.  Can't go wrong with two southern populists.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Pick a rumor...any rumor..put it back in the deck..now shuffle the deck.

Is somewhere around that of Bob Novak.

She actually has good crime contacts so if she is predicting an indictment, that's something to listen to.  Her political scoops tend towards, some random jackass on sports radio said....

I have to agree on the Obama-Daschle possibility given the close association between the two. A Clinton-Clark ticket would be likely if she secured the nomination.

Having said that, I think Wes Clark as VP would be by far the best choice for either Obama or Clinton (other than perhaps Ted Strickland).

Cuz if Edwards ain't the nominee, we DO need to have SOME eye candy.

I tend to think that Obama will pick someone from outside of Washington, and I think a woman would be a strong possibility, such as Kathleen Sebelius or Janet Napolitano.  Other possibilities: Schweitzer, Richardson, Clark, Jane Harman (I hope not), Martin O'Malley, Tim Kaine, or Mike Easley.

As far as Obama's VP, I think that they'll avoid picking anyone who could be interepreted as serving as a Cheney-style "eminence grise." If they go for a n inside the beltway quantity, it'll be someone with a reputation as being a reformer, or someone who could plausibly affirm a national unity message. Otherwise, I see them grabbing a young-ish governor.  

My sense of the top possibilities:

• Inside the beltway


• Sen. James Webb - national security reformer


• Sen. Evan Bayh - unity-crat


• Sen. Sherrod Brown - economic reformer


• Sen. Ken Salazar


• Outside the Beltway


• Gov. Mark Warner - youngish governor who could push a unity message


• Gov. Brian Schweitzer - youngish governor who could effectively push a change message


• Gov. Chet Culver - youngish governor from a swing state

Obama would pick Lieberman, his mentor.

Now wouldn't that be interesting if Huckabee wins the GOP nomination--would he pick another Razorback Stater to make it an all-Arkansas race?

As for Obama, if he wins, I think that he picks one of the following:

Biden--foreign policy experience and "gravitas".
Dodd--domestic policy experience and constitutional "gravitas".
Edwards--the populist, progressive and "bubba" vote.
Napolitano--immigration experience, western & female vote.
Mitchell--establishmentarian, experience, overall "gravitas".
Richardson--foreign policy & overall experience, Hispanic & western vote.

Whoever he picks, though, it's obviously going to have to be someone who helps make up for what are likely to be seen as his biggest weaknesses in the general among swing voters, namely his race, name and heritage, relative lack of national and foreign policy experience, being a northerner, and his perceived liberalism (even if it's not entirely deserved). I'd go with Biden if I had to choose, with Richardson being a close second (although either might prefer cabinet positions instead, especially SoS).

Jerome is now a fan of Clinton/Clark?  The Clark part I understand, but I must say: how do you reconcile advocating Clinton after going through Warner and Edwards?

I went to a Clinton fundraiser in town hall in NYC. Clark and Clinton spent time answering questions. They looked and acted terrific together.

So is Jerome officially a Clinton supporter now?

As for Obama, i think any of these would be fine...

Gov. Schwietzer
Gov. Kaine
Sen. Webb

Has anyone mentioned Sen. Bill Nelson as a choice?

-  Southern

•  Florida (yeah, but still truly "Southern")
  
•  Astronaut (coolness factor)

I'm not saying I like the idea, but I was suprised that it wasn't mentioned on the board.