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Political Insider says vice presidential candidates rarely are named from people who have been running for president.
With many presidential candidates being touted as possible vice presidential nominees should they lose their party's primary, such as Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), it is important to note that history is not on their side. Since 1932, of the 28 vice presidential nominees who were running for the office for the first time, just five of them were previously candidates for president that year: John Edwards (D) in 2004, George H.W. Bush (R) in 1980, Lyndon Johnson (D) in 1960, Estes Kefauver (D) in 1956, and John Garner (D) in 1932.I think Richardson or Obama would be ideal VP candidates. However, If we are looking outside the field of presidential candidates you can look at people that almost ran for president like former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, former Virginia Governor Mark Warner, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana), and Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin). Some others could be Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, and first term Senator Jim Webb (D-Virginia).
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Vilsack would be great, as long as Iran or North Korea or terrorists don't have a big check book, then there might be some issues.
I think a key to a VP candidate is their ability to balance a ticket geographically and help win some states that the Presidential candidate is weak. Vilsack would fit that bill in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. However, I think Democrats have more to gain by picking someone from the Mountain West and maybe picking up New Mexico, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, and Arizona.
While I think that you guys bring up some good points. I believe that General Wesley Clark would be a beneficial Vice Presidential candidate. Hear me out here, Gen. Clark has the utmost respect of Democrats, Republicans, Independents and members of the armed forces. I believe that having a former general, who has vast experience in the military and on issues of foreign policy and security studies, would be a highly valuable asset to a democratic ticket. I'm mostly referring to an Obama/Clark ticket....this coincides with alot of speculation of an Obama/Webb ticket.
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