Gephardt Not Everyone's Choice in Mo.
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By SCOTT CHARTON, Associated Press Writer
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri favorite son Dick Gephardt (news - web sites) is not the favorite vice presidential candidate of several rank-and-file state Democratic leaders looking to deliver its 11 electoral votes to John Kerry (news - web sites).
Asked which prospective running mate would help Kerry win the battleground state, eight of 11 county chairmen and chairwomen selected at random by The Associated Press chose Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites) of North Carolina. Gephardt and Edwards are among those Kerry is reported to be considering.
Only two of the county officials chose Gephardt, and one picked Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack. President Bush (news - web sites) won Missouri by just 3 percentage points in 2000.
"Gephardt just doesn't have the get-up-and-go that Edwards has," said Irma Brannum of Poplar Bluff, the Butler County party chairwoman. "Edwards is the exciting one," said St. Charles County chairman Joe Koester.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040629/ap_on_el_pr/gephardt_as_veep_1Does anyone still feel that Kerry might pick Gephardt? I haven't really paid too much attention to all that is going on in the VP selection, but from this forum it looks like it will either be Clark or Edwards.