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VP Speculation

By Marcus @ SDSU - Jul 10th, 2008 at 2:04 am EDT

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Tags: governor, Red States, richardson, Schweitzer, sebelius, Vice President, VP

My personal picks for VP:

1. Schweitzer
2. Sebelius
3. Richardson

1. Gov. Schweitzer is the governor of red state Montana, he can help win North Dakota and Montana, he appeals to the western states of Nevada, New Mexico, and Colorado; he's pro-gun, and helps with rural voters; some of the highest approval ratings in his state; speaks Arabic, and has worked in South America, Asia, Europe, and Africa.

The potential downside might be the lack of foreign policy experience, or if McCain chooses a woman like Gov. Palin from Alaska.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Schweitzer
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/06/on-brian-schweitzer-as-vp.html

2. Sebelius is a governor of a Red State (Kansas), and could help not only put Kansas into play, but help out in the red states like Missouri and Colorado, and even her homestate of Ohio, where her father was once governor. She has a history of fighting special interests, and a good bi-partisan record in Kansas with a high approval rating. She also might help motivate women voters.
Her only downsides are her lack of foreign policy experience, and maybe her flat response to State of the Union might be a sign that she's not too good in the National Spotlight.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/07/sebelius/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Sebelius

3. Gov Richardson is also a red state governor from New Mexico. Where my other personal picks lack official foreign policy experience, Richardson is TEEMING with it as Ambassador to the U.N. and Secretary Energy. He appeals to western red states and can help win New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, and maybe even make Arizona close. He can appeal to the Latino community (he's Mexican American and lives in a border state), and relates to them much more than Obama.

While most say his downsides are that he's gaffe-prone, I'm going to be honest and cynical and say that my biggest worry is the fact that he's Latino. Everyone I talk to say the same thing that they think it's WAY too much color for one ticket this time around, and some whites would vote against them in droves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Richardson

What does everyone else think???

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By AnneK Jul 10th 2008 at 2:15 am EDT

would be my first pick. I'm also okay with Clinton should he choose that, but that mainly just solves a few party problems.

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