2004 VP candidates

[Nym90]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/02/column.shields.opinion.nominee/index.html

An interesting article from Mark Shields about a potential VP candidate that I hadn't thought of before. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Maybe those of you from New York can fill in some more of the details about him, I really don't know too much about the guy other than that he wants to run for Governor in 2006.

[Nym90]

Why would Spitzer be considered unpatriotic?

[Nym90]

That's true, the VP nominee is not that critical, even an excellent or truly awful VP candidate isn't going to make more than 1 or 2% of a difference nationally, and probably not affect more than a few states. In a very close election though, it could make the difference between victory and defeat.

[Nym90]

Well, I doubt that a Dean/Harkin ticket would lose all 50 states.

[Nym90]

Well, you never know. Harkin would not be the best choice for Dean, but he would help to secure Iowa and perhaps also help some in the rest of the Midwest. A Dean/Harkin ticket could still win but if Dean is the nominee he'd be better off picking someone more moderate than Harkin.

[Nym90]

I wasn't referring to the Iowa Caucus, I meant that Harkin would help Dean in Iowa in the general election.