Obama's Top VP Choices

By talkleft

Via Huffington Post, here are Obama's current top choices for Vice President:

Top Tier:

  • Jim Webb
  • Hillary Clinton
  • Bill Richardson
  • Joe Biden
  • Brian Schwietzer

Worth Watching:

  • Janet Napolitano
  • Sherrod Brown
  • Chuck Hagel
  • Wesley Clark
  • Kathleen Sebelius
  • Tom Daschle

Honorable Mention:

  • Michael Bloomberg

Aside from Hillary and Wes Clark, not a star among them. If Joe Biden, Chuck Hagel or career prosecutor turned Governor Janet Napolitano make the grade, I'll be rethinking my support the Democratic ticket. If it's Hillary, Clark, or Richardson, he keeps my vote.

Are any a dealbreaker for you?

Idiots?

Come on... none of really know what's going to happen, so ease up on the "idiot" crap. Perhaps you are right, but I seriously doubt it. She got out because it was clear she could not possibly win without totally screwing things up for the next election... and, the money had already shifted to the presumptive winner. In my opinion, picking Hillary is a real longshot for two reasons: he has no reason to want to work with her after her sleazy, race-baiting tactics, and because adding a divisive figure (whether deserved or not) to a ticket that is already testing new waters would take away more votes than would be gained.

The vast majority of her supporters will come around (only an "idiot" would vote for McCain in protest) once they stop feigning outrage...