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| Since this is a random election thread, I'll randomize the topic a little bit, hehe. Running mate for Obama.
What about Collin Powell? He seemed rather moderate (almost liberal?) for an Army General and ex-staffer for Bush. This would do a couple things for Obama. 1, adding an ex-military guy as vice president would soften a lot of the criticism from the 'right' about his anti-Iraq war stuff. You can call him soft, wussy, or whatever, but... ahh... there's Colin Powell as the VP, a retired 4 star general that is heavily respected for his previous service and methods in Iraq War I. The 2nd thing thing this would do is to soften the criticism of Obama being too far to the left, and also soften those that praise McCain for being a moderate who reaches across the aisle, etc. Maybe his biggest praise by all but the far-right, who hate that. Well, heck... Obama has Powell, so he obviously reaches across the aisle too, etc. Even though we all know the Vice-President doesn't set policy, etc, but people give lots of weight to vice president during election times. If Bush senior didn't have Dan Quayle, maybe he would have won a 2nd reelection.
The negative of a Colin Powell is that it would be a black man and those who are already shakey about a black president would now be doubley-shakey. Obama might be considered to be pandering to the black community, etc.
McCain's running mate. I don't think the vice-president will make or break McCain like Obama's might. I'd like to see Romney personally. He was pretty close to McCain before he bowed out of the race. He was much more popular than Huckabee, though Huckabee stuck around for a while drawing things out. Now Huckabee might help McCain in the south more than a Romney would, but truthfully, can you see Southern Republicans voting for Obama anyways? I just don't think its as critical for McCain, but it might help his electability to have a rather conservative VP. Maybe.
Hillary as VP for Obama? Surely you're dreaming. These 2 together are divisive and they just don't seem to like each other. Besides, Obama might fear what the Clintons are capable of if she's the VP...  |
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