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Lakerstan Donating Member (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 12:11 AM
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What about Leon Panetta?
Edited on Thu Jun-10-04 12:11 AM by Lakerstan
Other than being Clinton's Chief of Staff, I don't know much about him, but he always comes across well when I see him on TV. Any negatives to him for veep?
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Josh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 12:52 AM
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1. He is inextricably linked to the Lewinsky scandal -
I can't remember the exact details but I think it would be a DISASTER. There was talk of him being Gore's VP at Clinton's behest and THAT is when people started thinking that Clinton wanted Gore to lose.
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King of New Orleans Donating Member (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 01:00 AM
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2. Was budget director before being chief of staff
Very bright, very capable. From California so he wouldn't have bring a geographic advantage to the ticket.

He'd be a good candidate for California Governor if the state was serious about dealing with it's fiscal mess, which it probably isn't.
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