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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 09:59 AM Original message |
If it were up to me... and it's not.... Jack Reed would be Obama's VP |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, he's still my number-one choice, but he's declared that he does not want the job. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why not Lou Reed? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Lou Reed: dead or alive? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Either way he'd be an improvement over Cheney. n/t |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Obama needs a 'safe' pick.... he won't 'walk on the wild side' |
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mloutre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Hell's belles, why not *Donna* Reed then? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. We need him in the senate. nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. RI Governor would replace him with another Democrat... we won't lose a seat.... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The only real downside I can see with Reed is that he's not |
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sallyseven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Wrong. RI Governor is |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. RI governor is a Republican... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. My bad.... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Good point. Let's stop poaching from our narrow majority in The Senate. |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. Except for one little problem. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. We need someone who can deliver a big Southern state or a big Mid-Western state. n/t |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. A) I already pointed out that one "con".... B) the meme about "two senators" is bogus |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I agree--I'm tired of the "no Senators" argument. Americans apparently |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. What's his rating with The ACLU and Human Rights Campaign? n/t |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. 86 and 89 |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I agree--I have no idea why Reed wasn't considered a VP prospect |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Once again, because RI has a Republican governor. \nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Doesn't Indiana have a Repub Gov? If so, why is Evan Bayh a prospect? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. For whom? The media? not the first time they would not be well informed. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Well, Bayh has been considered a major VP choice for both Hillary and Obama-- |
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sallyseven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. Jack Reed is too valuable |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I read somewhere that he thinks he can help Obama the most |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. In as much as I don't think we can spare a single Senator, |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Self Delete |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-21-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The gov of RI is a Repub, apparently. |
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