Is Marc Ambinder Crazy?

In a post assessing Obama’s VP shortlist, Ambinder writes this
Sebelius and Kaine are both governing choices, not campaign choices. They’re not going to match Obama’s enthusiasm levels; they’re not going to do all that well at the VP debates; they’re not even going to solve political problems (even Kaine).  But they are solid; they are [...]

Biden for Veep?

I think Ezra Klein is largely right in his case for Joe Biden as Vice President.
In the 2008 election, he was the only Democrat who really figured out how to talk about Republicans and foreign policy. All the other candidates on the stage started from the presumption that Republicans were strong on national security, and [...]

Vice President Graham?

Add another name to the list:
Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.), an Obama adviser, offered several names to the list of potential vice presidential choices, including those of former Florida governor and senator Bob Graham; Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, a top Clinton supporter; and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, an Obama supporter who could assuage the disappointment [...]

The Contradictions of Jim Webb

Like Michael Crowley, I had no idea that Jim Webb is an opponent of the death penalty. I’ve followed Webb’s rise pretty closely, given that he is my Senator, so it has been quite interesting to see the boom of Webb related content that’s hit the web in the last couple of days. There have [...]

Two More for the Veepstakes

David Brooks proposes Tom Daschle and Sam Nunn as potential Obama VP selections. Brooks proposes them because:
Obama will need a vice president who knows the millions of ways that power is exercised and subverted in Washington. He’ll need someone who can be a senior, authoritative presence in a cabinet that may range from Republican Senator [...]

Think About the Future

These two posts from The New Republic and The Washington Monthly raise important but interrelated points about Obama’s choices for the Vice Presidency. So much of the commentary surrounding the VP selection focuses in the short term considerations involved; what state might the candidate might help Obama win, how the candidate would help unify the [...]

Veepstakes

Now that Obama is starting his vice presidential search process, its as good as time as any to take a look at the potential VP candidates on both sides. So how should Obama and McCain go about making their picks?
So it’s an idea the candidates might consider. But whenever they make their picks, there are [...]

McCain-Jindal?

Steve Benen’s thoughts on a McCain-Bobby Jindal ticket seem to me to be largely correct, but he’s missing one key element where Jindal helps McCain. Jindal has an iron-clad reputation as a reformer that is actually well earned. He’s gotten glowing press for his overhaul of state ethics laws and putting him on the ticket [...]