chris dodd's vp choice

[WalterMitty]

joe manchin, obviously.

[WalterMitty]

joe manchin, obviously.

He would be a smart choice.

the only problem is he is pro-life.  he should start 'modifying' his position asap.

[WalterMitty]

Dodd/Richardson

uh no.

[WalterMitty]

He won't be in the race long enough to consider VP's

yes, because conventional wisdom is always right.

[WalterMitty]

He won't be in the race long enough to consider VP's

yes, because conventional wisdom is always right.

Conventional wisdom said Casey would win.
Conventional wisdom said Blackwell would be crushed.
Conventional wisdom said Patrick would win in a walk.

is dodd in any worse shape than john kerry was in in may 2003?  no.

[WalterMitty]

i dont understand why you liberals are so hostile to dodd.  he has been fighting for oyur issues in the congress for 30 years.

you all have been won over by a man full of platitudes.  it's funny, really.

[WalterMitty]

Dodd would choose someone young, someone not from another overwhelmingly Democratic state, and probably a minority or woman given the competition in the primary. Successful minority politicians are few and far between outside of the heavily Democratic states, so Dodd would probably go with a woman.

Edwards isn't a minority or a woman, but he's young and from a Republican state. OTOH, he's already been a VP candidate.

Napolitano is young for a VP candidate, and she is a woman and from a Republican state that could theoretically be flipped. She fits well with Dodd's message of being "a safe pair of hands".

Richardson isn't young, but he's a minority and from a very marginal state. Ditto with Napolitano on being a safe pair of hands.

Klobuchar is relatively young and inexperienced, but she's a woman from a weakly Democratic state, and her inexperience wouldn't hurt the almost overexperienced Dodd.

Shaheen is a woman from a weakly Democratic state with more experience than Klobuchar but still a message of relative youthfulness. She's also a former Governor, which would be a better match for a Senator than another Senator like Klobuchar. Disadvantage is she's from the Northeast.

Other women worth looking at include Christine Gregoire (not popular enough at home), Mary Landrieu (but it would surrender a Senate seat), Kathleen Sebelius (unlikely to accept and more useful to the Democrats in Kansas), and Jennifer Granholm (possible Constitutional issues with her candidacy).

good list.

amy klobuchar sounds like a nice pick.  she is relatively moderate.