Dean's running mate

[12th Doctor]

Agreed(what about Gephardt as sec. of Labor?)

Never happen.  Gepardt and Dean hate each other.  Just like Gepardt and Gore hate each other.

[12th Doctor]

If Dean is going to pick a southerner he should go with Edwards.  Edwards could appeal to the upper south, something that Graham can't do.  Edwards would also only be 58 in 2012; Graham would be 75.

Why pick Edwards?  He is not even popular in his own state.

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Well, he would put the other southern states in play, even if he doesn't do that with NC.  Arkansas and Tennessee would be brought into toss-up range.

Edwards flatly refused any offers to be VP.  I don't know if he'll stick to it, but not doing so would hurt his credibility.  That wouldn't be a good thing seeing as Dean already has a credibility gap of his own.

[12th Doctor]

If Feingold is picked can he simulataneously run
for Senate in WI?  Or will he have to give up his seat?   I can see the logic of this choice, but I believe his voting record is so liberal that he won't sway enough centrist voters to help.  
Mondale tried Geraldine Ferraro in ' 84 to capture the female vote, but it back-fired.  Clark is the obvious choice but he isn't lighting the wolrd on fire in the polls yet.  Are there any Democrat mayors that qualify???

Yes, he can run simultaneously for senate in Wisconsin.  Lieberman did the same thing in 2000, and when Gore lost, he kept his Senate seat.

Different states have different rules, though.

[12th Doctor]

Anyway, getting back to the disscussion of Dean's running mate.  It seems that the only two people that he can pick are Edwards and Clark.  The other candidates have spent all their energies attacking Dean, so hew won't pick them.

[12th Doctor]

Anyway, getting back to the disscussion of Dean's running mate.  It seems that the only two people that he can pick are Edwards and Clark.  The other candidates have spent all their energies attacking Dean, so hew won't pick them.

Again, what about feingold?  He was the only senator against the Patriot Act.

Feinfold is a possibility.  He could be the VP.  I don't know.  It may be too soon to tell.  Bill Richards is another one.

[12th Doctor]

Dean's running mate should be former Senator Sam Nunn, or Bill Richardson.

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Richardson I think is probably still a possiblity.  Dean may be trying for a Southwest Strategy.  The other possiblities that I see are Clark, Edwards and Feingold.  There are others though.  It depends on what happens between now and the convention.  Although, I noticed in the debate today that Edwards was very careful not to attack Dean.  That maybe because he knows he can't draw away support from him, though, and would have an easier time drawing support from Gepheart and Liebermann.  Who knows?