Slog - Comments on Regarding Obama's VP Pick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick I don't know who it's going to be but isn't going to be Joe "Neil Kinnock" Biden. That's a smokescreen, and Biden is letting himself be used to distract people from whoever Obama is really talking to in exchange for, oh, Secretary of State or something he's qualified to do and interested in doing. And it isn't going to be Bill "Pro Ball" Richardson either. Or Hillary.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:21:07 -0800 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:30:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe He should definitely maybe pick Charlie Crist. I would support this. I could get behind that.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108180 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:28:44 -0800 Comment by oh ok Thanks for letting us know Dan.

We love your uniformed reporting.

What will you do for us if you're wrong?

Biden btw isn't letting himself be used. He told the press this afternoon "I'm not the guy."

But don't let facts get in the way of your opinions masquerading as facts.

]]> oh ok http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108195 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108195 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:30:58 -0800 Comment by nelson A lot of people have ruled out Tim Kaine, since it would be odd to have 2 governors of Virginia scheduled to headline two nights of the convention - so if Biden's just a smokescreen, it has to be Bayh, right?

]]> nelson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108201 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:31:32 -0800 Comment by LDP Kathleen Sebelius?

]]> LDP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108203 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:31:53 -0800 Comment by stinkbug If you're gonna bring up the Kinnock thing at least mention: "Though Biden had correctly credited the original author in all speeches but one, the one where he failed to make mention of the originator was caught on video."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden#1988

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108215 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:33:55 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage If I'm wrong, I'll go for a bike ride.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108230 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108230 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:50 -0800 Comment by levide Clark

]]> levide http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108247 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108247 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:39:28 -0800 Comment by Danny's Nanny Nice little fit Dan, now it's time for your nappy-po, after you finish your graham cracker and milk.

]]> Danny's Nanny http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108260 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108260 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:41:28 -0800 Comment by Original Monique Feingold...Feingold....Feingold...Feingold!
Feingold...Feingold....Feingold...Feingold!
Feingold...Feingold....Feingold...Feingold!
Feingold...Feingold....Feingold...Feingold!

*The suddenly out of nowhere...Obama picks Senator Feingold, who would have thought?
;-)


]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108280 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:32 -0800 Comment by eric sic If that's the case then it really has to be Bayh, which for blandness' sake makes sense. I love Sibelius, but I've come to agree that she may be too obscure.

But if Biden is just a smokescreen, that's demonstrating a tremendous acument for strategy that the campaign has yet to prove that it actually has.

]]> eric sic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108284 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108284 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:45:15 -0800 Comment by monkey Yeah, if it's not Biden then I'd guess Bayh.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108309 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108309 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:49:57 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Hm... graham crackers...

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108317 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108317 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:51:17 -0800 Comment by Fnarf After Richardson's performance in the debates, when he looked like he would be unable to adequately explain why he should be allowed to go to the toilet, let alone run the country, I can't see him getting it. Obama needs a loud, forceful, insistent arguer, someone who can see bullshit coming and knock it back down the bullshit-flinger's throat.

Biden's got a lot better at that over the years.

And, you know, there are worse people to plagiarize than Neil Kinnock. Fucking McCain is just plain making his positions up as he goes along, and no one successfully calls him on it.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108335 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108335 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:54:04 -0800 Comment by el ganador I think you're right. And my completely uninformed reporting says that it's going to be Hagel, which the media will ejaculate over in a orgasofrenzy of shock and awe.

]]> el ganador http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108340 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108340 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:55:08 -0800 Comment by Vince I hope it's someone with more sense than he has.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108359 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:57:32 -0800 Comment by eric sic "acumen", apologies.

]]> eric sic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108366 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:59:03 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Of course it isn't.

Governor Sibelius has it locked down.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108375 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108375 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:00:50 -0800 Comment by Joh Bloomberg. He has the jew power to fight off leiberman

]]> Joh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108417 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:11:18 -0800 Comment by Curmudgeon I'm guessing Bayh. He's a nice bland republicrat that can work the Ohio Valley. They're hoping that he can skim enough votes from the 600 mile swath between Pittsburgh and St. Louis to prevent electoral disaster. Obama really needs help in the southern river valleys of the Midwest and the flat land-grant towns (like Indianapolis and Columbus). He's OK in the Great Lakes regions, but in those places in the orbit of Cincinnati - where they still like to name things after Reagan - he's got problems.

]]> Curmudgeon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108420 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108420 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:12:09 -0800 Comment by elswinger Kucinich.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108425 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:12:59 -0800 Comment by pox Scarlett Johansson

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108464 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:22:23 -0800 Comment by Cascadian I hope it's a surprise, but I can't figure out who would actually be a better electoral asset than the safe choices that are floating around.

I think Hagel would be an effective choice from an electability standpoint, but I don't want a pro-life conservative Republican waiting in the wings for something bad to happen to Obama. Bloomberg's too East Coast to qualify for a surprise Republican pick, and that exhausts the bipartisan choices.

I'd like a liberal like Feingold or Wexler or even Kucinich, but let's face it: that would be an electability negative.

I also like the idea of a moderate governor from a purple or red state, like Sebelius, but the problem with that is that few governors have national security experience and Obama needs that in his VP.

That leaves pretty much nobody. So it's got to be one of the safe choices, and of those choices, Biden is the best.

]]> Cascadian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108532 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:38:06 -0800 Comment by Trouble #7 is right. It will be Wesley Clark. He's a retired 4-star general and a moderate southern Democrat that isn't Bill Clinton.

]]> Trouble http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108551 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:42:56 -0800 Comment by josh bomb CHARLIE CHONG IN 08!

]]> josh bomb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108600 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108600 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:00:26 -0800 Comment by jim AFTER ALL - THE VIRGINIA GOV

SMOOTH ON TV - ON MESSAGE - NEW ERA, NEW LEADERS

OR


THE SCOOP OF SCOOPS, HILARY

THE GLAM IS FADING, O-BOY-OBAMA IS IN TROUBLE AND THE BIG MONEY IS NOT ROLLING YET


BUSH WILL START THE WAR THAT SEALS THE DEAL FOR MC WARMONGER ET AL

TALK ABOAUT RETRO - VOILA, THE COLD WAR AGAIN

]]> jim http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108619 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:05:24 -0800 Comment by levide @23

And the theme for Wed. at the convention ("Securing America's Future") when the VP candidate will speak is named after Clark's PAC.

]]> levide http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108646 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:14:18 -0800 Comment by Trouble @26

Interesting!

]]> Trouble http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108706 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108706 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:43:10 -0800 Comment by Jimmy Uh... Dan... You might still be right but, Olberman is almost calling it Biden.

]]> Jimmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108756 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108756 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:04:22 -0800 Comment by uncouthheathen I'm gonna have to go with Kathleen Sebelius FTW!

]]> uncouthheathen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108760 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:06:58 -0800 Comment by lark Dan,
It will be Sen. Evan Bayh. I thought he had to pick a white southern male like Sen. Jim Webb. But, he was ruled out. Indiana is pretty conservative like a Southern state.

]]> lark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108775 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:12:17 -0800 Comment by Margaret Obama/Obama in 2008... I'd vote for Michelle any day of the week.

]]> Margaret http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108776 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108776 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:12:23 -0800 Comment by Amelia Everyone's arguing that it has to be Biden. Wouldn't it be interesting if it wasn't, though. Wouldn't Bill Bradley be interesting. I'm still mad about Bradley's loss to Gore in the 2000 primary.

Kudos to Obama for dragging it out in such exquisite detail.

]]> Amelia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108783 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:18:07 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE Sure wish I knew how to do "this" and "this" like the pros, but click on the link for edification:

This is Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sebelius_speaking_with_troops_in_Pakistan,_27_Nov,_2005,_cropped.jpg

This is Jean Sibelius, dead Finnish composer, best known for Finlandia - the national anthem - not the vodka.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jean_sibelius.jpg

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108908 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:12:50 -0800 Comment by Ayden Michael Moore sent out an email this afternoon suggesting Caroline Kennedy-whatever.

Not likely to happen - but sounds like a super idea...

Obama/Kennedy. Quite the bumper-sticker.

]]> Ayden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1108943 2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:26:36 -0800 Comment by derwood If its not Hillary; I'm writing her in for President (I know, a wasted vote, but at least its not going to McCain). If it IS Hillary as VP, I'll vote for Obama.

]]> derwood http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1109411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/regarding_obamas_vp_pick#c1109411 2008 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:30:10 -0800