Chuck Hagel would be a great VP choice for Obama but the silly politics of the Dem Party will not allow his to happen.

Posted by widollar at 08/18/2008

You forgot to list: None of Above.

Best choice would be Bill Richardson: Deep experience in Domestic and Foreign Policy work; No Clinton Baggage; No Economic Inequality Baggage (like Biden and his Bankruptcy "reforms"). Governor of a state in the emergent Mountain States (NM).

Posted by DaVinci_Codex at 08/19/2008

None of the above, as the choice who brings the most to the table - Richardson - is not mentioned -- why?

Posted by sloper at 08/20/2008

Governor Bill Richardson..PLEASE!

Posted by ProudGGma at 08/20/2008

Gen. Wesley Clark is smart non-politician. He's a Rhodes Scholar and a 4-star general who can not only go to toe with an aged and often bumbling war hero but who has also proven himself to be passionately caring, deeply principled and just not another wonky technocrat.

Posted by WeldonRobeson at 08/21/2008

His goal is to unify and win. Hillary Clinton would help to do this. The listed people are all qualified and good choices but Obama needs the power of the Clintons to make this a landmark defeat for the Republicans. Bill Richardson will be more effective in the Cabinet.

Posted by cantrade at 08/21/2008

At this point I really don't see how Obama can win. He has made one gaff after the other since leaving Iraq. His saving grace can only be Hillary Clinton. As much as I hate to admit it she is and was right, ie., "he can't close the deal". Again we have a democratic candidate that lets the republican define him, control the topic and all around have it McCain's way. How will Obama reverse a 10 point loss in the polls that he has caused in the past 4 weeks? Can't do it when you factor in the "Bradley" effect and that only 51% of Hillary supporters will vote for Obama. Do you realize McCain is now leading in some national polls?? McCain has gained control of the election and regardless of what the pundits say in 90% of all presidential elections the trend of the polls holds true after the conventions. Hillary, of all the candidates mentioned in the Nation poll is the only one who can change the course of the Obama campaign. Get ready for 4 years of angry, old white guy suffering from PTSD.

Posted by ohdadoodaday at 08/21/2008

He should stick with Kathleen and not be intimidated by the MIC and AIPAC into selecting another Cheney-like VP that they can count on! Besides, any old insider like Biden wil undercut the "change we can believe in" message of Obama. Remember, most voters, especially those in the middle, regard this as change from Washington politics as usual and want a new accountability from their leaders.

Regardless of the conflict in Georgia, which now appears to be a provocation orchestrated by big oil, the MIC and AIPAC, the economy is still the central issue on the American voters mind. Picking a VP with a solid record in domestic economic affairs like a two-term governor in middle America is the wisest and smartest choice.

Besides, we want some more energy and buzz with a female VP without all of the Clinton baggage... who can inspire women to turn out in record numbers and get Republican women to vote for the ticket, as they tend to be more moderate.

This choice puts McCain on the defensive since he really has no viable female candidates, and will be forced to run two old white guys against a powerful force for change.

Non-racist white men + 50% hispanics + blacks + youth + women = Democratic president. <--this is Barack's formula for success.

Kathleen really is the best choice!

Posted by Metteyya at 08/21/2008

Its simple politics are dirty and sometimes nothing but how pramatic you need to be . I like Biden but Hillary may get him over the hump. Keep in mind the masses are asses so go figure OBama is just to pragmatic intellegent , resaonable, calm, and sensible for the average voting Joe and Jane. America will keep beating its head up against a brick wall not only until it bleed but until the head comes off if they allow MCINSANE to continue bushs insanity America will get just what it deserves.

Posted by milesd23 at 08/22/2008

obama could pick spongebob and still have more judgment and intelligence about all things foreign and domestic than that pinhead mcbush and his mentor dubya, i.e dum and dummer....they vote the same 95% of the time, so the other 5% makes mcsame a maverick....the strait talkin' 'press went off the rails a while back...now mcbush refuses to say how many of his homes he owns, then his staff said four, but independent counts are closer to a dozen, he is lying his ASS off already...america is in the last throes of nation-building and is now disintegrating, mcpain is a fitting leader demonstrating to the world our incompetenence and our ill-preparedness and unwillingness to lead a world community; as soon as mcidiot is elected, the rest of the world will go off the dollar standard, and we will rapidly descend to third-world status, all the while complaining that we didn't know, it is somebody else's fault, etc....govt. should bail me out....cheney already relocated halliburton to dubai, while his company is destroying this region in the Northeast by halliburton's horizontal drilling technique, taking advantage of the federal law prohibiting any local review (what a coincidence!!!!).....git r dun.....we have no liberties, no freedoms, no accountability, no democracy, what are the unemployed Job Corps' youth and felons fighting for again in Iraq? and can people please boycott the movie theatres with the twenty minute military propaganda vile we are forced to watch before "enjoying" our movie....this is bullshot communist propaganda...in a "democratic" country.....wake up moron sheep idiot redneck short-sighted, narcissistic, close-minded, xenophobic americans.....by your stupid choices and the fact you never learn from the error of your ways by electing a third bush moron who can't find europe on a map, you have ended our reign as world leader, congrats......bush/mcbush are also hypocrites, they are both obviously smoking crack, at least they could legalize drugs to get some more taxes so they funnel it overseas to build more pipelines in their irrationally exuberant overseas foreign utopian social experiment....

Posted by jrs112 at 08/22/2008

I also liked bill richardson because he is hispanic and has foreign policy experience, and would shove his foot so far up mcsame's arse he would be tasting leather.....this creep mcsame is so reprehensibly smug and already immoral, and a lying sack of dung and waste of flesh moron....our MSM is crooked as H E L L and this needs to get fixed....all the repuglicants say socialist this, socialist that, while their taxdollars for the rest of their working lives will go to rebuilding iraq and afghanistan and bailing out banks and other incompetent financial institutions, second-home owners, irresponsible borrowers, speculators....if they are honest working americans, they should be outraged about all these lies and deceit of repuglicants....bottom line...if these voters aren't outraged, they aren't paying attention!!!!!

Posted by jrs112 at 08/22/2008

Senator Feingold is the most qualified and the closest aligned with Obama.

Biden is a surrender to the idea that Obama's excellent judgment on Foreign Policy is trumped by McCain's poor judgment but so called experience. We don't need another tough guy competition between the very hawkish Biden and the hot headed McCain on who is tougher and most willing to spill blood to prove their manlihood and their qualification to lead this country. Biden is already taking the Bush/McCain/Schuenerman cold war position of demonizing Russia and threatening them with another cold war.

It's Obama's judgement on foreign affairs that trumps McCain's so called experience and should trump his threats of force with diplomacy and tact to prevent another cold war. It's the reason I support him but if he thinks he needs Biden to match toughness with McCain then he lacks confidence in his own judgment and agrees with McCain that we should just be tougher.

Posted by bjobotts at 08/22/2008

This poll is obviously off and could NOT be based on the choice of "progressives".

Kaine and Sebelius have the most progressive voting records and backgrounds, yet the poll is dominated by choices the MIC and AIPAC would find most pleasing.

Obviously, not a scientific result.

Posted by Metteyya at 08/22/2008

I picked Kaine for a number of reasons, but mostly b/c I grew up in Va. and consider its governor the more likely to bring this important swing state to the blue column in the presidential race.

Posted by lewwelge at 08/22/2008