Potential Kerry running mates vie to sing his praises loudest

[JoFerret]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/06/politics/campaign/06VEEP.html?hp

WASHINGTON, June 4 — On Tuesday morning, Senator Bob Graham boarded a plane in Virginia, flew to Florida with John Kerry, and introduced him to an overheated crowd outside Palm Beach as "a man of high intelligence, great energy and a sincere commitment to what's important to us today for our children and grandchildren."

In Des Moines the same morning, Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa stood outside the state capitol behind a "John Kerry for President" lectern and next to men wearing "Firefighters for Kerry" T-shirts and accused the Bush administration of cutting spending on domestic security.

Back in Washington, meanwhile, a top fund-raiser installed by Senator John Edwards inside the Democratic Party picked up the phone for another day of raising money for his new client, Mr. Kerry.

The campaign for the vice presidential spot on the Democratic ticket is on, and Mr. Kerry is reaping the benefits every day, as several men widely mentioned as possible running mates, including Mr. Graham and Mr. Vilsack, crisscross the country and wallpaper the cable networks on his behalf, talking up Mr. Kerry and talking down President Bush, raising money for Mr. Kerry, and shoring up his position in contested states and with constituent groups that might not have supported him in the primaries.

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[Neoplatonist]

1. It's just like the Sopranos.

Kiss the ring that can make you. LOL.

[LandOLincoln]

2. Oh sure. There's no chance in the world that they're

loyal Dems working hard to send * back to Crawford and Kerry to the White House, no matter who his choice for VP is, is there?

[xultar]

3. I hope Wesley K. Clark isn't in the running and I love the fact that

Wesley K. Clark is ignored...

We don't deserve Wesley K. Clark.

Wesley K. Clark is my PRESIDENT!

U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!U WES A!!!

[Tellurian]

5. Ha! Clark better be his VP choice...

question;

I remember reading somewhere (here).

There was some rumor (flap) a while back over something Clark
said about Kerry, while he was still a viable candidate
for the nomination. Any idea what that was about?

thanx-

[Khephra]

4. Soooooo...if you appear for a fundrasier for Kerry, you're a possible VP?

If that's the case, why isn't Dean even mentioned once in this article? Dean's appeared with Kerry and done several Kerry supporting speeches on his own.

More biased reporting from the NYT.