How McCain and Obama Should Choose Their Vice Presidents
Reader Comments
RICE VS CLINTON
We know that as things stand that McCain has an upper hand on foreign policy and obama on domestic policy .If McCain goes for Rice from the state department it is still foreign policy and experience, but he is also likely to enjoy the advantages of going round with a serving secretary of state and the president of the US ie the secrect service,the police and the cars on his shoulders.This force can have an impact on some of the voters.The talk that Obama is only winning votes because he is black and if McCain brings in rice he can contain him is not true.Obama is representing the spirit of his age and his talent is huge that is why he is the most popular man on earth today, the fact which the McCain team by mistake have openly addimited.If clinton joins with Obama she is likely to bring in Bill Clinton and most elderly women voters.Obama and the Clintons on one platform, Bush ,McCain and Rice on the other platform. Obama needs the clintons to fight George Bush and Rice then him can take on McCain this will be a very hot race because Bush and Rice are coming in very soon to defend the current policies Obama is opposing .In an american election no one wins it is a battle of teams where guns are ideas.
Obama for year round schools
I have heard that Obama if elected President is all for schools year round and the reason for that is because kids lose too much during the summer. So if this is true and ends up happening what would the downside be? In my opinion if kids are forced to go to school all year round we would be robbing them of a child hood which is suppose to be fun and rememberable, whats fun about having to be hitting the books longer, would that mean more taxes raised to pay for this, and as we all know teachers are under payed as is and harder to find more. summer isn't just time for kids to get a break but also the teachers. I live where there are 3 schools are within a 20 mile radius i have a kid in high school and i took a survey there of what would you do if school was all year round. Over half said they would drop out and get a GED only a few said they would stick it out while the rest said they would start skipping school. So would the drop out rate hit the roof?
We just need to remember to look at everything they stand for when we vote and not just go with what we pick out we like about them.
CHENEY
HEY BARONE,
WHAT ABOUT W´S SELECTION PROCESS? THE SELECTOR (CHENEY) CHOOSES HIMSELF AS VP AND THE DECIDER -IN-CHIEF STICKS THE COUNTRY WITH A CO-DECIDER (PRESIDENT)....WHAT A COUNTRY!
Al Gore?
I know no one has mentioned him, but Al Gore has more experience than all others being mentioned. He would be ready on day 1 to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. His values are very much the same as Obama's and Clinton's. He would unite the party. Obama has stated that the two top things he wants to address, aside from Iraq, are: The economy, and the global warming/environment.
Gore would be right there with him on these. Obama has stated that his VP choice would be his most important choice before Jan. 20 because his VP would be the final person he would turn to for advice before making a crucial decision. So he needs to feel comfortable around that person and feel that that person has good judgment. Obama has already stated that he wants Gore in some capacity in his Administration. Gore is the obvious VP choice.
Obama's arrogance--said HE would not consider VP position
Okay--I voted for Obama (with very mixed feelings) in the primaries. I don't know about the general election. Obama said back in March that HE could never be VP (when asked if he might consider that option if Hillary won the nomination--see quotes below my QUESTION).
QUESTION: If Obama loves this country and not just his own bloated ego/self, why would HE never have considered the VP position? Could it be that he did not or could not report to a woman, even if his country's future depended on it? Such arrogance. I don't think I heard Hillary say that she would NEVER be VP--her focus has always been on her country. Obama better do something to keep women like me from jumping ship.
Obama quote:
"You all know the okey-dokey, when someone's trying to bamboozle you, when they're trying to hoodwink you?" Obama said to the crowd at the Mississippi University for Women. "You can't say that, 'He's not ready on day one unless he's willing to be your vice president, then he's ready on day one.'"
He went on, to growing crescendos of cheers, "I want everybody to be absolutely clear. I'm not running for vice president. I'm running for president of the United States of America! I'm running to be commander in chief."
Less than two hours earlier, Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson found himself in the position of saying that Obama has not proven his ability to be president, but could be on the Democratic ticket if Clinton overtakes him and wins the nomination in Denver in August.
"Senator Obama has not passed the commander in chief test," Wolfson said before adding that an invitation to become vice president "is not something that she would rule out at this point."
Asked what Obama could do to prove his worth by August, Wolfson avoided the question.
Although the Clintons insist the idea of a Clinton-Obama ticket is genuine -- "that may be where this is headed," Hillary Clinton said last week -- the notion has always been implausible, at best.
Prediction--McCain/Todd Whitman
McCain will choose a woman VP (like CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN). Obama will choose a man VP so he won't have to worry about tripping up and calling him sweetie, honey or buttercup. Women voters (even Democrats) will begin to lean towards McCain with a woman VP. Whether YOU accept it or not, many women feel that sexism played a big role in the defeat of Hilllary. These women voters will go to the polls in Nov. with mixed motives--yes, the Dem. party is preferrable, but McCain is not Huckabee--fairly down the middle and appealing to independents. Balanced with someone like CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, I think at least half the former Hillary backers switch to McCain.
I don't want this, but I think Obama and his supporters are too arrogant to offer the VP spot to Hillary. I also think that he will lose without her.
The Virtue of a Good Vice
Whatever your opinion of Vice President Cheney is, one must concede he has established a new standard for the qualifications and readiness of individuals nominated for the post. As the campaign proceeds, the usual (and inevitable) electoral factors must be secondary to evaluating a running mate’s qualifications and likely role in a future administration.
Before becoming Vice President, Cheney possessed an already impressive resume. He had been White House chief of staff, representative-at-large from Wyoming, the House minority whip, Secretary of Defense in the previous Bush during the Gulf War, and then CEO of Halliburton – just the right combination of executive, legislative, security, and private sector qualifications a presidential candidate could ever want in a running mate and potential successor. When it was announced, the selection was greeted with praise; when he was given an expansive role in the new administration, the arrangement was lauded as the cornerstone of an exceptionally gifted Administration.
However, after six arduous years of helping to shape a broad swath of domestic and foreign policies, the breadth of qualifications and influence Cheney has brought to the office are now depicted as a recipe for executive authority unbound. Cheney’s influence, while considerable, has been exaggerated and such critiques have arisen from shrill partisans easily baited by the defiant style with which Bush and Cheney have conducted policy.
Cheney has indeed been the most powerful vice-president ever and, in this day age, why would anyone want the un-Cheney, an unqualified and unready individual assuming the presidency?
House of Marathon
"Having Just The Right Vice"
http://houseofmarathon.blogspot.com/2008/02/having-just-right-vice-vice-president.html
Democrat VP
Barack will choose Jim Web. His military leadership skills far surpass John MCain's. He will draw more "on-the-fence-Republicans" over because he worked under Reagan. He will help solidify the "white- male-blue collar-Democratic vote".
Where was Barack's first stop after he won the nomination? Virginia.
Jim Web is not a great speaker but he's twice as good as McCain. It's Barack most logical choice.
Hillary will return to the Senate floor and wield a bigger stick than she ever imagined. Pelosi/Reid beware, Hillary has replaced Ted - Barack will have to knock on her door the same day he knocks on Nancy's and Harry's.
Obama must choose Polosi
Yes, he is a charismatic and accountable person, very understanding and educated. But that is not an end to it self, to become a president he must choose Nancy for gender balance and to have women turn over in the G E.
