Obama Team floats name of unknown, unqualified Republican for Veep

Obama will say and do most anything that he believes will get himself elected. This guy is beyond scary. We need sincere and experienced leadership, Not Egomania. Wake Up America !!!

Veneman heads a major international organization and was a US negotiator in the Uruguay rounds; I'd say that qualifies as experience. And yes, she is a Republican, but about as moderate as they come (she's pro-choice, for instance).

Whew! Had me scared there for awhile. I thought that it was surely Chuck Hagel that you were referring to. What a loser!

My first thought about substance, who wouldn't think gravitas would make the ticket appear upside down? Hence the need for no-name symbolism.

And the panderfest continues.

Pick Ann Veneman, Messiah, and wave a fond farewell to Hillary Clinton's supporters!

Seriously, Obama - stay away from the ladies for VP. Anyone picked would immediately be compared to Hillary Clinton. How many candidates exists in the Dems who would be more votable than Hillary?

If a lady is selected, all Hillary supporters will compare the candidate to Hillary - conclude that (1) Obama is rubbing it in wrt Hillary (2) Obama isn't following his words on "Unifying" - forget a nation, not even the party (3) Obama lacks the brains to pick the right choice & settle for an inferior candidate.

In short, 4 words to you, Obama - stay away from ladies ...

Why does it seem that the big name dems are taking themselves out of the VP running?

Rick,
You are quite right that the Dems are looking for symbolism over substance, that is their way - it's all about perception to them.

Kalyan,
A female VP pick won't be a liability to Obama if he picks someone with a substantive record. The problem with Hillary is that her record is about as threadbare is Obama's. That and the fact that the two would probably destroy each other before October.

seems to me that hanging on everything and anything that comes out of the mouth of the marxist obama just keeps him and his ilk in the lime light.

who in their right mine is going to vote for this bozo after mcpain and him start head to head debates and all his marist thoughts and ideas for this country come to light. a socialist debating a marxist will prove to be very interesting and may just get enough people to write in Ron Paul. no lesser of evil anymore. both parties are anti USA and all their bills are unconstitutional. it is time for us sheeple to make both parties and candidates a non issue.

It's not that the big names are taking themselves out as much as Obama;s head is so big he's afraid he will pick someone who will out shine him.

Rick, buddy, you haven't thought this thing through in sufficient detail.

In the first place, the most prominent names among the Dims have taken themselves out of the running: Richardson, Edwards, the little jerk from Virginia, and several others. Not all Dims are completely stupid. At the rate Obama is getting in trouble with his loose mouth, Obama is undoubtedly going to have even more trouble finding someone to share his fate. He may end up having to find a Whig or a Tory to be his running mate.

In the second place, Agricultural Secretary has been a springboard to national politics. Henry Wallace, the Communist who was Vice-President during FDR's third term, served as Agricultural Secretary before being Vice-President and before he ran for president in 1948 on the Progressive ticket.

As for experience, Ann Veneman has at least several orders of magnitude more experience than Obama, so she would automatically bring a great deal to a hopelessly inexperienced Obama administration.

The fact that Veneman is a woman and has experience with the UN is a double plus in the Dimocratic system of identity/gender politics and one-worldism. Since Obama is determined to subordinate the United States of America to his vision of a controlling one-world United Nations, Ann Veneman would fit his requirements, whether or not Obama fit her requirements.

Alas, it is not to be. I will give you good odds that Veneman is more likely to reject Obama than Obama is to reject Venemen.

The Democrates are more interested in beating the Republicians than in finding someone who can be a good leader for the people of this country.

I think there may be a bigger point here. There don't seem to be any vibrant young Democrats surfacing. The Republicans have Palin, Jindal, Pawlenty, just off the top of my head. These are all exceptionally intelligent, accomplished and well spoken young people.

Obama is the best the Democrats have to offer. The strongest contenders he has for VP have all publicly stated they wouldn't accept the position.

Think that thought through. McCain has a very deep field of excellent, extremely competent people from which to choose a VP and administration. In addition to a very strong field of next generation statesmen, there is still a strong and exceedingly competent contingent from the old guard in the party.

Even more telling, the youngsters are more conservative than the elder statesmen like Romney and Guiliani. Most of the contendors in the Republican Primary were very strong people. It was almost as though there were too many great choices and we wound up with the most innocuous of the crew. That is not to speak slightingly of McCain. He will do a credible job as President and may be the perfect candidate for a transition period to a back-to-basics Conservative movement.

The Republican field, not just for this election, but for the next several terms is really quite stunning. I am sure there are more political powerhouses still cutting their teeth in local politics throughout the nation.

I think Michael Yon's comments about the Next Greatest Generation in his book "Moment of Truth in Iraq" may well be just as applicable to the political scene as to the military arena.

The more I read, the more optimistic I am becoming.

Best regards,
Gail S