Is there any other VP that Kerry could have picked to help him beat Bush?
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« on: July 17, 2008, 04:02:53 PM »

Is there any other VP that Kerry could have picked to help him beat Bush?
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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2008, 04:30:12 PM »

Bob Graham.
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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2008, 04:52:01 PM »

Gephardt.
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2008, 08:44:08 PM »

No one he would have picked (who would have accepted it) could have won it for him.  McCain or Colin Powell would have swung the election but I doubt either would have accepted the VP spot.
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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2008, 09:23:31 PM »

Bob Graham. Sure thing.
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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2008, 10:11:28 PM »


Now that's who then Vice President Gore should have selected as his running mate in 2000. However we cannot blame the selection of Senator Lieberman as the prime cause of Gore's defeat in 2000. His Presidential campaign for starters was lacklustre, mediocre at most, etc.

As for Senator Kerry's Vice Presidential selection in 2004, that would have ensured him victory over President Bush, I would say Congressman Dick Gephardt of Missouri. I believe he could have pulled in Iowa, Missouri and West Virginia into the Kerry column, considering his strong connections with Labor groups. However that is a very outlandish statement to make, regarding Gephardt's ability to swing as many as three states.
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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2008, 05:54:24 PM »


Now that's who then Vice President Gore should have selected as his running mate in 2000. However we cannot blame the selection of Senator Lieberman as the prime cause of Gore's defeat in 2000. His Presidential campaign for starters was lacklustre, mediocre at most, etc.

As for Senator Kerry's Vice Presidential selection in 2004, that would have ensured him victory over President Bush, I would say Congressman Dick Gephardt of Missouri. I believe he could have pulled in Iowa, Missouri and West Virginia into the Kerry column, considering his strong connections with Labor groups. However that is a very outlandish statement to make, regarding Gephardt's ability to swing as many as three states.

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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2008, 05:58:15 PM »

McCain, pretty much the only pick who could've swung the election.
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