Kaine: Obama’s List ‘Seems to Be Getting Shorter’

I agree with Beltway’s remarks about Kaine.
“Yes we Kaine” sounds good.
However, as you say, experience is a problem.
The Votemaster (Electoral-Vote.com) said it best:
It would be Team Change vs. Team Experience! That would not be good for Obama.
However, I disagree about Hagel. Hagel will be Obama’s Sec. of Defense. He would hurt Obama as VP.
It will be Joe Biden, provided that Obama is confident enough that Biden wouldn’t overshadow Obama.
My feeling after seeing Obama operate in Europe, is that Barack isn’t afraid of Biden.
Biden, Biden, Biden.

Everything seemed planned for the future campaign commercials — at least, that’s how it seemed to a U.S. Air Force captain when Sen. Barack Obama and his entourage swooped into Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan for an hour-long visit last Saturday at the start of a week-long foreign tour.
“He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle” without pausing to acknowledge the U.S. troops who had been waiting all day just for the opportunity to meet him, the officer told the Blackfive pro-military blog.
As the soldiers lined up to shake his hand, the Illinois senator “blew them off and didn’t say a word,” ducking into the conference room to meet the general.
Then the armored vehicles took him to where “he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to soldiers to thank them for their service,” the captain wrote.

It’s going to be O.K in ’08..
Sounds like a great slogan for Obama/Kaine to me

Obama Hussein should get it over with and just select Osama Bin Laden as his vice president.

Obama is unelectable

Juat make it easy Obama and pick REV Wright. Since his kind of hateful Americans is who voted for you during the Primary.

People seem to think Obama can pick someone other than Hillary because other candidates will get the Bubba vote and cover it better.
It’s a dangerous logic, because Hillary Clinton is more than the voter appeal she showed. She won 18 million votes, and not picking her is dissing those voters. They demand respect.

Hillary-Edwards or McCain-Romney. Obama needs 3 VPs to fill up his gaps – 1 for economy, 1 for foreign policy and 1 for national security. McCain with years since the 80′s in senate and congress only needs 1 VP that will fill up his gap in economy. At least McCain is honest enough to admit his weakness

American People are not that dumb not to notice Obama’s inadequacies, inexperience and low qualifications. The truth will come out in November.

sayuncle,
The onlye bill that he passed in teh US Senate that’s really his own and not partnered with or pioneered by anyone else is the one for Africa, which shows Obama’s priorities. He lied about the bills that he claimed he passed in the senate for voting

What scares the hell out of me is the uninformed YOUTH that is blind to the Obama Fever. Someone from the media, please step up to tell the truth about the dirtball.

I could care less about the majority of AA that’s voting for the dirtball. The 88% AA votes didn’t matter for Kerry…he still didn’t win…What I care about is the youth in general, whites, hispanics and other races.

Kaine is anti gay rights and anti-choice
(says he won’t overturn Roe just like Bush did)
and is not the VP candidate that Obama needs
he gives cover for Obama to pick Ridge
in which case we get a tiny extra bump in Virginia of having Kaine on the ticket rather than if he were campaigning as Gov with Warner
but then Ridge takes PA
chances are Ridge eats him alive in the debates and we lose Ohio, Michigan and NH having two experienced vets on the ticket …the foreign policy comes front and center like McCain wants
and we lose VA anyway because 2 experienced Vets on a ticket beat a smart inspiration and a reverse inspiring anti-gay long time anti stem cell vp every time in a heavily military state.
Kaine is the worst choice out there. Hands down.

Kaine has said abortion should not be illegal but that it is wrong. so what does that mean
Kaine has said thet gays should not be granted even civil unions.
Kaine has said for a very long time that the government should not support embryonic stem cell research.
and the list goes on from George w. …I mean this new VP candidate’s resume. ugh.

casper,
I represent what is RIGHT…not “right from day one” which is impossible and careless argument … “ready from day one” is possible and reasonably thought …EXPERIENCE in high office and ACADEMIC achievement are first and foremost…not CRASH COURSE and CLASSROOM achievement….

Katie from Kentucky,
here we go again….AGAIN…
keep telling that to yourself…I could care less….haha….and keep on dreaming because I can tell you’ve never been one…jeoulsy is on the air….geeezzzzz. what an obamanot….

casper,
keep on dreaming… kennedy, lincoln and reagan had served in high office before they became President…not community organizer and crash senate experience…also, they didn’t have bizarre scandals during the campaign… lastly, they have extraordinary intelligence (no fakes and copies) in debates and addressing critical issues… and sincere raport to public… that’s why they won…

Another actual point. I am impressed. Now when you say that they had held high office, you mean what exactly?

HP Boston, Thanks. I also agree with your thoughts.

I am a Democrat who would like to stay a Democrat and vote Democratic. However, I believe John McCain is right on energy. We have to drill in this this country, as well as develop alternative energy – as fast as possible. It doesn’t make sense for Barack Obama and the Democrats to say that drilling will take years to accomplish, and will not affect the price of gasoline. Have they forgotten that developing alternative energy sources will also take years, more years than drilling? In the meantime, a commitment to drilling will signal America’s seriousness about becoming energy independent. That in itself will encourage the oil nations to increase supply so that prices will drop. I honestly believe that oil and energy are the most important issues in this election, and future elections. We’ve built an economy based on cheap oil – and cheap oil is gone. If we don’t address the energy crisis in a very real way, and don’t commit ourselves to developing wind, solar and other sources of energy to protect our environment, then the other issues of the day won’t matter. We won’t have much of a country left. Really, people, do you want to continue transferring America’s wealth to nations who use our money to fund terrorists? How long can we keep buying 70% of our energy from other nations before much of our national wealth is gone? I don’t like Bill O’Reilly very much, but he is right about one thing. If alternative forms of energy are not developed in the next few decades, another world war will be fought – over oil. I am willing to vote for whatever candidate will truly and seriously address energy – and I don’t care if he/she is Republican/Democrat, black or white, Jew or Gentile. Just do something about the energy crisis beyond lip service, and you’ve got my vote.

Neil, neil
I am not letting you off the hook that easily. Make your own arguments here and preferably not a rhetorical one like the one from Boston.
what higher office did Lincoln, a lawyer from the Prairies, have before assuming the presidency? Apart from his time in the House?

JBradley, I couldn’t agree more… I totally agree with you…

Obama is a Senator. Not high enough for you?
Kennedy was a Senator for 7 years before he became pres. What is enough?
How high is high? How long is enough?
Your argument is not that solid.
Is it the fact that he is half black that disturbs you? Excuse me for bringing it up, but you have voiced this issue a number of times already. So let’s get it on the table.

casper,
Obama is a senator, yeah, but he only served 145 days approximately…143 days to be exact because the rest of his time was spent on campaigning….geeeezzzz….as an obamanot, you will say whatever it takes to keep up your pagan idol in good stead… everyone knows his actual experience as a senator….

If you look carefully at what Sen. Barack Obama is doing and saying, you can watch his self-image swell to fill the mold being fitted for him. (And hey — the inevitability thing worked SO well in the primaries . . . )

TRUTH IS EVENTUALLY COMING OUT…SLOW BUT SURE….
By Michelle WhiteDove (America’s #1 Psychic and God-fearing Catholic)
What will happen to Obama?
As of today, Obama is over-confident and the power is going to his head. He is buying into his own PR hype. His people are playing up the Christian family man, but we are in the beginning stages of scandal, after scandal. His colorful past will crop up as his opposition is digging for the dirt. In Obama’s younger years he never thought that he would be running for US President. So now the ugly truth will be spoon fed to the American public: marital indiscretions, prejudice, drug use, associations with the wrong people and even money laundering associated with his church. The country’s opinion will turn on him. Unfortunately this will cause Oprah great embarrassment, and will lead to a drop in her ratings.
In the end, Obama’s reputation will be too tarnished for the vice president, Hillary will not want him. I believe that she has already spoken to John Edwards about him jumping back on the ticket as VP. John is the man with ethics, morals, and he’s standing by his wife during her time of crisis. He looks good on paper and he’s not a threat.
-Senator Barack Obama He’s a good person but American is not fully accepting of his vision. He will pull a majority of the African American votes, and will be a strong front runner at first. I see a strong start, weak finish. In the end his party will not support him as their frontrunner on the ballot. Could end up on the ticket as a VP but doubtful.
This prediction remains unchanged.

Thanks Katie,
I now see where I went wrong. The man’s source of ‘information’ appears to have been divinely inspired. Who am I to disagree with the ruminations of a psychic soothsayer? I beg the forgiveness of the ABC News blog et al.

Gale,
Obama needs 3 in 1… 3 knowledge areas in 1 VP. What makes you think he knows well about the american economy?

Neil,
Casper keeps holding you to the fire and you keep shying away. He asked you a question what high office Lincoln held and you still haven’t answered. When you make a statement either support it with facts, man up and apologize for your mistake, or get out of the discussion. Blatantly ignoring a reasonable question reduces your already evaporating credibility.

TO THE STUPID IDIOTS (casper, Katie from Kentucky and Still Waiting)…need I reasearch for you…geeezzzz….
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809–April 15, 1865), the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the Civil War, only to be assassinated less than a week after the war’s end[1]. Before his election as President, Lincoln was a lawyer, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Senate. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States,[2][3] Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his term, he helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which passed Congress before Lincoln’s death and was ratified by the states later in 1865.
Lincoln closely supervised the victorious war effort, especially the selection of top generals, including Ulysses S. Grant. Historians have concluded that he handled the factions of the Republican Party well, bringing leaders of each faction into his cabinet and forcing them to cooperate. Lincoln successfully defused a war scare with the United Kingdom in 1861. Under his leadership, the Union took control of the border slave states at the start of the war. Additionally, he managed his own reelection in the 1864 presidential election.
Opponents of the war (also known as “Copperheads”) criticized him for refusing to compromise on the slavery issue. Conversely, the Radical Republicans, an abolitionist faction of the Republican Party, criticized him for moving too slowly in abolishing slavery. Even with these road blocks, Lincoln successfully rallied public opinion through his rhetoric and speeches; his Gettysburg Address is but one example of this. At the close of the war, Lincoln held a moderate view of Reconstruction, seeking to speedily reunite the nation through a policy of generous reconciliation. His assassination in 1865 was the first presidential assassination in U.S. history and made him a martyr for the ideal of national unity.

Obama is not even the ankle of Lincoln…geeeezzzz…..stupid idiots…..

America be proud; America be bold; America be free; America throw away the mantle of hate. Lead the way; don’t own the way.
Niel. Your copy and paste from Wikipedia did not answer my question. What high office?

I keep seeing emails from Hillary supporters who will not vote for Obama unless Hillary is on the ticket. Well, I’m a Hillary supporter, and I won’t vote for Obama even if Hillary IS on the ticket. I won’t vote for Obama – period! His little stunt at the wall in Jerusalam was more than I can stomach. What kind of man would write a prayer to God, asking Him to help guard against pride among other things, and then give a copy of the prayer to a newspaper beforehand. And before you say that never happened, you stupid Obamabots, a second newspaper in Israel has revealed that they, too, got a copy of Obama’s private prayer before he stuck it into the holy wall in Israel. So it looks like Jesus Obama prayed to God to keep him humble, among other things, and then made sure the entire world knows about it. God help us if this arrogant son of a youknowwhat becomes president.

America be proud; America be bold; America be free; America throw away the mantle of hate. Lead the way; don’t own the way.
Niel. Your copy and paste from Wikipedia did not answer my question. What high office?

casper, you’re a complete moron, that’s why you were not able to read between the lines….

neil, the term is “I couldn’t care less” as in, I care so little about this subject, that it is nearly impossible for me to care less. I have 6th grade students who know the difference, but not all of them. So don’t feel bad.

Who do you think he should ask to be VP?

dl, wrote,
“Neil Obama has years now of foreign policy records, stances, speeches fights….
we know where obama stands on foreign policy…”
Yeah, right. His senate records show otherwise. Obama has days or months but less than a year of foreign policy records, stances, speeched, fights(HUH???? is this included in his resume???….you make me laugh)…Perhaps that’s the Obama Camp’s bloated records and Obama’s bloated resume….

I talk about my dad worked for Polaroid for years and how the company in it’s protectionist mindset went down hill not focusing on the changes they needed to move into the future that some of the younger guys in management would put forward.
The reason the younger guys never could succeed with some of the changes they were trying to implement was because they needed an older member of management to team with them…
Polarois was just like America is now…as my father said…”gotten to be a fat lazy cat” that can’t chase the mouse… and is probably diabetic at this point…
Obama IS the change.
He needs a familiar face that America knows will fight for them all the while reassuring them this guy is not going to make a mistake.
Not that he would but …he needs John McCain in democratic form…
sorry but whether you hate him or not…that’s Joe Biden.

Mr Obama is an opportunist politician that tells us what we want to hear and thinks that we forget that he needs more experience and he is too arrogant to be president he thinks he is our messiah, he is dead wrong mr Mcain will be our president, he has experience, he is humble I just trusth him totally.
Thanks Carmen

markymark,
You are an idiot and so is Hillary and so are 18 million Americans that voted for her. It has been nice to have the Nations air purified of the Clinton stench once and for all. She is toast and has no place in the White House, ever.
Tim

Why doesn’t barack just choose one of his 12 disciples? Jon, Paul, Peter maybe? Definately not Judas(HIllary i am looking in your direction)

All you have to do is look at the electoral map and see that Obama has a very good chance of winning. As far as VP it would be a mistake to have Hillary. Obama is for change and Hillary is far from it. Who wants more of the Clinton Bush dynasties in the white house. And I seriously doubt Kaine will be his running mate.

There is a perception that the race for the Whitehouse will be determined by the VP selections. I am glad to see that the creepy Clintons are all but off the list. Hagel seems to be in some constant identity crisis. Sebelius seems to have fallen off the radar screen – a shame as she is qualified and not a screamer. I wonder if we should be looking for someone from the business world.

also, erin,
REMEMBER, BEFORE THE 2004 GENERAL ELECTION, THE GALLUP POLLS WERE CONSISTENTLY UP FOR KERRY BY 14% -15% OVER BUSH. AFTER THE ELECTION ITSELF, KERRY HAD DOUBLE-DIGIT (88%) ADVANTAGE ON BLACK VOTES OVER BUSH (11%). GUESS WHO EVENTUALLY WON? DID THE BLACK VOTE MATTERED? WE HAVE 85% WHITES OVER 15% BLACK POPULATION IN US ALONE. THIS 85% HAS NOT COME OUT YET FROM THEIR SHELL AND THIS 85% MAY BRING THE BEST IN MCCAIN COME THIS FALL THEY’RE NOT AS VOCAL ABOUT IT AS THE BLACKS. MAJORITY OF THOSE 85% ARE THINKING…WEIGHING…AND NOT PLAYING THE RACE CARD.
I DON’T BELIEVE THE GALLUP POLLS RIGHT NOW WHERE OBAMA HAS A LEAD. THAT LEAD WILL VANISH SOON BECAUSE WHEREVER I GO, WHOMEVER I MEET PERSONALLY OR ONLINE, I NEVER HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT OBAMA OTHER THAN THOSE POSTED BY THE OBAMANOTS .ONLY A FEW OF THEM ARE OBAMANOTS IN ALL BLOGS THAT I WENT INTO. THEY ARE FAR OUTNUMBERED BY SO MANY BLOGGERS WHO DON’T JUST SIMPLY FORGET OBAMA SCANDALS AND ISSUES IN THE PAST RECENT MONTHS AND HIS FLIP-FLOPPINGS…WHO DON’T JUST SIMPLY FORGET THE UNDERESTIMATION AND CHEATINGS ON MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA… WHO DON’T JUST SIMPLY FORGET HOW HILLARY WAS DEMORALIZED BY THE OBAMA CAMP, MEDIA, ETC.

We can’t go back to the 90′s and Hillary is not Bill, unless of course you think that Bill would be running the white house for a 3rd term. In any event, Hillary is out of the picture so it’s a moot point. Time to move towards the future.

HILLARY IS THE BEST…MCCAIN IS BETTER…OBAMA IS WORST OF ALL….
AMERICA IS SAFER WITH EITHER HILLARY OR MCCAIN…HILLARY AND MCCAIN ARE BOTH CENTRISTS AND CAN WORK WELL WITH BOTH SIDES….OBAMA SPELLS DISASTER FOR THIS COUNTRY…..
VOTE FOR TRUTH THIS NOVEMBER….

Neil I don’t believe in the day to day polls. I am looking at the electoral map which shows Obama 292 vs McCain 195. And if you want to talk about flip flops, McCain of 2000 is nothing like McCain of 2008. He has changed on so many issues. And let’s not get started on Fl and Mi again. Hillary was in agreement until it didn’t suit her, dead issue. I am not against Hillary, in fact I would have voted for her.

erin,
Hillary is more intelligent than Bill. They are 2 sides of the same coin. I’ve been hearing in the 90′s before that the good results from White House are from the wife as a personal adviser. The Clintons as far as I remember had the best economic record ever in the history of the United States. That’s not too bad, as far as the rest, the petty matters…? I’m not too concerned with them. Barack Obama (BO as in Bad Odor)is going to have serious problems without the Clintons. personally, I would advise Hillary to let BO (Bad Odor) fall on his own. So that she can comeback and run again 2012. John McCain is in a statistical tie for the White House.

disambiguates,
You cannot isolate US from the world…fact is it’s free trade and free competition…that’s why we have world trade center… it’s how the President lays down the right policies to maneuver it…it just so happens that the Bush Administration didn’t know teh ins and outs of trades on which the Clintons are well-versed. Hillary once said, nafta was not handled teh right way….

Kaine is another inexperienced guy. If he joins Obama, we’d have 2!!! I sure would hate to vote for McCain but Neither of these guys should be running! Hillary – revamp the campaign and take it to the convention!!!!

It should have been
obama
biden VP
Clinton sec of state (so she can sheer up some real foreign policy cred outside the Bill clinton first lad yyears)
sec of defense Gates
homeland security – hagel
sec of treasury buffet if he could get him
sec of energy schwarzenegger (Gore as a czar or envoy)
attorney general edwards (to clean up the mess)
but no …lets pick Obama’s friend from Harvard/Kansas…that gives us a slight bump in a state that is a toss up no matter what…ugh…and ostricizes much of Obama’s base.

I’m still waiting on you Neil…

disambiguates,
The clintons supporters are not die hard just for the sake of idolatry like the obama camp has been with the BO (Bad Odor). They just happen to know that Obama is UNDERQUALIFIED for too high a position.

Oh man, I hope it is not Bayh. America does not need cute – Bayh is a smirking kid.

Bayh is a member of the creepy Clinton camp of insiders. That probably carries some weight with some.

dl,
Let’s wait and see. Soon, you will eat your words and you will stop lying to yourself….yes, you’re a cookoo…in fact more than that….a psycho….

Don’t bother arguing with Neil. It’s obvious once you made a point that he retreats and refuses to acknowledge you. He’s clearly insecure. Engaging him in conversation is a waste of time.

Still Waiting ,
Actually, the obamanot arguments are the most complete wastage of time. I can listen to a McCain argument on critical issues but Obama is a close topic…no one listens to him…excpe of course the obamanots. I never listen to his ideas because they’re not his own anyway. That’s what he does in his entire life…lie, copy, lie, copy, lie….

What is the positive send up on Bayh? I have not been following him as much as I should. What does Bayh bring to the table?

i don’t know much about him

jim, LOL… God Help America… where and when did he say that? I remember that before but I don’t recall where and when.

jim,
Obama is a complete stupid psycopathic idiot. He has all the negative adjectives lined up on him. He will say anything to self-qualify himself.

Lars,
If Obama lost, too many people around the world could continue to believe that if only America got out of whatever it is in, everything would be better.
If Obama wins and fails (which is HIGHLY LIKELY) to satisy his unrealistic supporters, Obama may be broken. The daydream will never be broken. HE WILL GO BACK TO KENYA, AFRICA and will forever hide his ugly face.

Like John Kerry, I think Obama should make motions to John McCain for vice president. Can’t lose ticket!

twb0392, wrote,
“Being a vet doesn’t help you know how to fix this terrible economy. ”
You are not suggesting the other way around – being an amateurish and inexperienced somehow would help you know how to fix this terrible economy…you scare the hell out of me, pal…

Thankfully Obama is still only the preumptive nominee of the Dem. Party, even though he thinks he has already been elected. But, probably not much chance the super delegates will come to their senses before the convention, particularly since they chose Obama in spite of the fact that Hillary got more votes than he did. Looks like he has to pick a woman Veep candiidate just to get elected and when we point out that she is more qualified than he is, we can expect his usual articulate ih, ih, eh, eh, uh, uh whenever faced with a tough question! BTW, why does Obama take off his sun glasses after coming out of a building? Oh yeah, there was that charming picture of JFK wearing sun glasses. Maybe some one will clue Obama that JFK was outside at the beach at the time.

hmmm…, William J. Fallon – not a screamer – sounds good.

Obama should just choose Cynthia McKinney. She is in line with what has been taught at his church that he attended for the last twenty years.

Shiloh,
not only that…his pending cases with rezko, donald young and larry sinclair are also up in the air…Some people in high places are just covering up Obama so he can, in turn, help these crooks when he becomes…God Forbid…the President…

Obama – Kaine would be a great ticket if you think a man who has been Governor for less then four years and an Accidental Senator who has been a in the Senate for only four years and spent two of those four years running for President. Sure it would be great.
Obama has no real experience, while in the IL State Senate he voted present more times then “yes” or “no” on bills. He voted against giving gang members the death penalty when they commit horrific crimes. This guy will be a real gem against the Terrorists.
Gov. Kaine the man can’t get a simple transportation project done like butting rail to Dulles how is he going to get anything done in Washington. If you ask me neither are qualified, if it weren’t for his personal handlers at MSNBC H. R. Clinton would be the nominee. It is sad when Clinton herself and Terry McAuliffe say that Fox was fairer then CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS or NBC for matter. I urge all Clintonites to Vote for John McCain he is more a Democrat then republican anyways.
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Gencox, you are just on here posting things that you flat know are not true. But Neil, you are a little more dangerous because I don’t think you can actually comprehend the issues well enough to know how ridiculous you sound. Either you are an overpaid McCain staffer, terribly uneducated or intellectually dishonest.

don’t even care who he picks for VP
BO not getting my vote

Erin, I respect your opinion. You’re teh sanest obamanot, so far.

I’m i NOBAMANOT

Obama has to choose a Govenor or someone from the private sector. Two U.S. Senators will never be elected on the same ticket.
Won’t happen.

ever action has an equal and opposite reaction…
Obama’s VPlist gets smaller while Obama’s hubris gets larger.

I hope and pray that it is Kaine — what a loser. He couldn’t manage things as Richmond’s mayor. Please, BO, pick Kaine.

passing on Hillary will be seen as enormous arrogance.

McCain is a good manbut he does not want toget dirty because he knows his closet is dirtier when it comes right down to it…
the whole marriage and keating stuff is REALLY messy and dirty…
and America really doesn’t want that toward their own candidates…
If McCain gets dirty… then the whole thing would blow up in his face…

dl,
obama has been playing dirty since the start of his career in Chicago…everything about him at face value is now dubious…everyone knows….

I’d personally like to see Hagel as Obama’s VP as well. Kaine is a strong pick, but isn’t very well known outside of Virginia. Edwards probably imploded with his affair scandal, whether it’s true or not. Hillary comes with a lot of baggage that could hurt him with independents and Republican cross-overs. She would help with Democrats, but Obama is polling extremely well amongst Democrats. I also like Bill Richardson and Joe Biden quite a bit (in that order). Hagel would send a HUGE message though. It would really show that Obama is about putting party politics to the side and picking the most qualified people. We really have to move on as a nation from the bitter partisan bickering. The only way to remain the top superpower is to be united. The stakes are too high. There are too many major issues our country is facing. We need to stop this mentality that people from the other party are our enemies. We’re all Americans. We all want a strong and prosperous America.

Obama…143 days’ actual senate experience….for President?….are you kidding me?!?!!!!!

Obama…community organizer turned senator overnight…143 days’ actual senate experience…the only political career days of experience in high office….for President?….are you kidding me?!?!!!!!
NO WONDER NO ONE TAKES HIM SO SERIOUSLY NOWADAYS…A COMPLETE LAUGHING STOCK…GEEEEZZZZZ……

How many of you know that the mainstream media decided to not inform us that before the well hyped speech by Obama in Berlin that his campaign provided a free concert by two wildly popular rock performances by reggae artist Patrice and rock band Reamonn? The Obama campaign also provided free pizza, bratwurst and even beer during the three hour concert that took place before his speech. Come to find out this same thing happened months ago when the media reported huge crowds came out to see him in Oregon. The media also did not tell us that the Obama campaign provided free food, alcohol and entertainment at this event too. My question is why does he feel the need to persuade people to be at his speaking engagements by giving them free food, drinks and entertainment? Did Kennedy, Reagan or Clinton have to do this when they spoke in Berlin? The answer is “No” because they had something of more substance to talk about. He tours around Europe and the Middle East for a week and now he is an expert on foreign policy. This kind of reminds me of those Holiday Inn commercials where the guy is performing an operation on a patient and he leans over and says, “Great Job Doctor”, then he replies, “Oh I’m not a doctor but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.” dohhhh….

Hey Neil. Guess who McCain names as his favorite President and his role model as a politician? Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt was only 42 years old when he first became President. He had almost no political experience. He was briefly Assistant Sec of the Navy, then less than 2 years as Governor, then only 6 months as Vice President before he had to take over after McKinley’s assasination.
Funny how McCain talks of Obama’s lack of experience, yet McCain’s favorite President was the youngest President ever who had the least experience!
Years in politics does not make you a wise leader. In fact, most people want term limits because they know the longer you stay in Washington, the more likely you are to be corrupted. That describes John McCain completely. He was part of the Keating Five Scandal. He was caught handing out tobacco lobbyist money on the floor of Congress. He gave up his campaign finance reform completely, and won’t even mention it anymore. He flipped on his own immigration reform bill when lobbyists got to him. He now claims to support Bush’s tax cuts he twice voted against.
One of the reasons I like Obama is the very fact that he hasn’t been in Washington long enough to be corrupted.
Now, stop spamming the board. It makes you look desperate.

Larry,
Obama has “143 days” actual days of senate experience…143 days…you are comparing days with years…obama supporters are claimin that Hillary this Hillary that…she has a lot og baggage…well, tell me about it…Obama has lot more serious baggage with him…pending cases…dirty politics in Chicago…church…his associations with bad people…his muslim heritage….geeeezzzzz….he has a lot more baggage than any of the candidates and presidents in the american history…and to think, he’s just a candidate….imgine those scandals….

Yes, Obama chose Evan Bayh, please. We need to get rid of this phoney and it would add credibility to your ticket since you have none. Then when you and Evan are in DC. (Which will never happen.) Gov Daniels can replace Bayh with a real Republican. Take Bayh please. He screwed us with a big deficit in this state that has taken years to recover from. Only Evan must resign from the senate to be your running mate, now.

A sure bet for Obama would be to pick (former)Sen. Edwards for VP. Edwards’ overall image and relatively high ethics can only help Obama who suffers somewhat in the perceived morals department. It would be a mistake to believe the lies of The Enquirer about Edwards having a lover while his wife was struggling with cancer. That bit about a “love child” is hardly believable either. History will vindicate Edwards, unless, of course, it turns out to be true.
Anyway, an Obama-Edwards ticket would go a long ways towards making August less boring.

Kevin wrote: “Obama has to choose a Govenor or someone from the private sector. Two U.S. Senators will never be elected on the same ticket.
Won’t happen.”
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A huge part of Evan Bayh’s appeal, and the reason Obama would short-list him, is that before getting elected to the Senate in ’98, Bayh was a very popular two-term Governor in Indiana; and a popular Democrat in what has always been a strong Republican State.
Thus, Bayh would bring that seemingly important “executive experience”. He’s pro-choice, but supported the ban on partial-birth abortions; and while Governor, he was praised for his fiscal conservatism.
Bayh could well help Obama carry Indiana, (a State which has not gone for a Democratic Presidential candidate since Johnson in ’64).
Do not underestimate the popularity back home of Senator Bayh! Likewise, with Bayh on the ticket, Indiana’s Democratic candidate for Governor, Jill Long-Thompson, just MIGHT ride BAYH’s coat-tails to win against the Republican incumbant, Mitch Daniels.
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Regarding Lincoln: several have commented here about Lincoln’s political resume before the Presidency. Lincoln in fact served several terms in the Illinois State Legislature, and then one single two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives. So, Lincoln’s experience in Federal office was limited to that one two-year term, and that was in the 1840′s. He had been long out of office by the time he ran for the Presidency in 1860; after losing a race for U.S. Senate in 1858.

The more I hear about Kaine benig the VP choice the more it sounds like a decoy.

It may sound lame and nitpicky, but I think Kaine may be a liability when it comes to the energy issue. He outright championed the coal plant that is now being built in SW virginia, and one wonders how this could effect Obama’s credibility if he makes promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the campaign trail.

Obama/Kaine – sounds like the ointment that makes you numb. Yeah, that’s pretty much what America would feel like after realizing the mistake they made electing these two.

Floridian, if you think Hilary is going to get the VP spot, that is an error. Get ready to vote Republican for President

RPhillips
Virginia will go for McCain even with Kaine if Mccain picks ridge.
and Kaine is supposedly somewhere “travelling” today…
If obama picks Kaine (anti gay, borderline anti-choice, anti stem cell,,,and no foreign policy…heck no help on any national issue uigh)
I will vote McCain…and I have put a year and a half into Obama now…
it is so sad.

Good thing Tim Kaine married my daughter, huh? Could net him the vice presidency! Let’s hope he hasn’t gotten any “nude massages” like Chuck Robb!

Sooo…can I give Barry a fist bump yet? Keep up the support for my husband — I’m this close to being proud of my country! (holds fingers inches apart).

If Obama does not select Hillary Clintonas his running mate, his chances of winning the presidency will become a dog fight. Remember how Regean selected George Bush to energize his base? Obama should do the same.
It is very sad to see that no woman is being given serious consideration as a VP. Think about that Obama.

As a native Richmonder I watched Tim Kaine preside as mayor over one of the most corrupt and inept administrations this city has ever seen. As a Virginian it took him a total of 13 days as governor before he broke his promise not to raise taxes. He most recently raised our vehicle registration fees by a whopping 33%.
I hereby proclaim Tim Kaine as fit and prepared to carry on Democratic traditions at the national level. Please pick him.

MCAIN MEANS 4 MORE YEARS OF THE BUSH ECONOMY.
Obama needs to choose Hagel.

Yeah the list is shorter. John Edwards just eliminated himself by being caught (allegedy per the L.A. Times) with his girlfriend.

Kaine? Isn’t he the completely befuddled looking, inept speaker that did the rebuttal to the State of the Union address? Even if I was for Obama, I wouldn’t be if he makes that choice.

MDK is right on, but,, which one would be, “big dummy”?

I refuse to vote for anyone who’s ever graduated from Yale (see last 20 years) or anyone who has a “ranch”.

Obama is too liberal, acts like a racist (Rev. Wright protege), and is no different than Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, or other liberal egomaniacs. Please folks, look at the reality here. Tax and spend, tax and spend. McCain is much more of a moderate, and much more likely to deliver true change and real reform. Not Obama. Or you can expect 4 years of gradually worsening domestic and international status for the USA.
Go ahead, dream on. He’s full of empty promises. He’s in it for the power!

Great, The reason to pick a Veep according to 2 Obama Supporters is more Weak Madison Ave phrases.
OK (Obama and Kaine) and Yes We Kaine.
Well enough said for a totally non substantive candidate.

On the plus side, an Obama-Kaine ticket would get Kaine out of Virginia. You can’t place a value on that. Of the Virginia contingent on the Democrat side, Mark Warner would have made a much better running mate. Seems John Warner’s Senate seat suits him a little better though.

McCain is unbeatable even without a VP. Obama could choose the real Messiah and he still wouldn’t win.

The back and forth is all great reading, but maybe someone could educate me as to this:
1. Identify the legislative accomplishments that Obama has initiated.
2. Name the issues on which he has been a leader in the Senate, regardless of whether the legislation passed.
3. Does anyone have a link that shows the analysis of his tax plan and economic plan?

Gasper – Kennedy had 14 years experience in the House and Senate…so there is no Obama experience in comparison…besides his father was an ambassador
As for Kaine…I can see it now,
Kaine is Able!

It blows me away that there are so many differing opinions concerning this race. What the heck does it matter? At the level that both Obama and McCain are nothing that they say is sincere. I am convinced that politicians are all exactly the same. They will say whatever it takes to get elected. They have no conviction at all. They want power period. All that they want from us is 1. Our money and 2. our vote. Don’t kid yourself we haven’t a clue what either of these clowns have in mind. No president in years (maybe ever) has done what they promised and yet we are all so anxious to have an identity that we post with anger on sites like this, call each other names and swear that what we believe is factual. No one except the very small circle around these guys know what they really are like. Quit being so foolish as to act like you know what they’ll do. Ridiculous!

Obama is too smart to pick Hillary as a running mate. Check the Clinton graveyard from Arkansas and Washington. Lee Hamilton would be perfect. An astute , honest politician, with plenty of knowledge of the international stage. And low key enough,so as not to clash with Barack, personality wise.

“Kaine is Able” makes a nice campaign slogan, taken right off a dump truck. Sounds like a winner to me.

McCain by 10% in the fall – doesn’t matter who the Veep is for Obama – he is toast. Americans are stupid, yes, but not THAT stupid to elect a man with no experience in foreign affiars, the economy, or indeed common sense, plus his choice of friends and mentors over the years will be rehashed ad nauseum! McCain is not my choice to save us either, but between him and Obama, well there is NO option for anyone who doesn’t want to see the USA slide off into 3rd world status over the next 20 years. Even two years of Obama’s policies, with a Dem Congress, led by the worst fools in the history of the institution, would cause more damage to our country than could be quickly reversed by big swings in the electorate in 2010. There is no need to jump off a cliff in 2008 just because people seek “change”. When they see what the change would be, all hell would break loose – we can do better than this and will in Nov 2008 with a McCain landslide in the electoral college and popular vote.

Joe LIE-berman cost AL Gore the presidency, lets not repeat that mistake.

Everything Obama does puts McCain one step closer to winning. I am sure this was one Rovian plot to get rid of Hillary, the best candidate and the worst threat to McCain. Well, now ya got Obama. Doesn’t matter who he picks.

Given the complexity of the job and the issues that accompany it, no one person is really experienced enough to be president. The vice president alone cannot close the gap. What’s needed is an intelligent person who exhibits leadership, diplomatic skills, sound judgment, reasonable temperament, and the analytical skill to visualize pros and cons for a wide range of policy options. We haven’t had those characteristics in a president for a long, long, time. A careful selection of cabinet members, White House staff, program directors, and other advisors –based on their expertise (and not cronyism or blind loyalty) — is what will make a difference. Obama fits the bill, and is the right candidate for the job.

I am horrified by the mindless hatred evinced in these comments. Such bigotry and hostility about Barack Obama, who has more brains in his pinky than John Hero McCain has in his head. McCain the War hero doesn’t make him automatically capable of leading our nation in a complex world.
If Abama loses, I won’t be surprised, having read comments as disgusting as the ones above.