The Democratic VP Nominee Lottery Begins
From CBS News:Most election numbers-crunchers expect the basic dynamics of the electoral vote map this year to be very similar to 2000. There is no sign yet the country isn’t just as closely divided as it was four years ago. President Bush did break an iron law of modern election cycles by leading his party to congressional gains in the 2002 elections. Still, it appears that the states that were close in 2000 will be close in 2004.
If you buy that, the big targets for the Democratic nominee are Florida, of course, and Ohio, a state with 20 electoral votes that Gore lost by just 3.5 percentage points. Unfortunately, for the Democrats, Ohio is currently devoid of Democratic stars and Florida is not much better off. The other hot spots from Bush’s 2000 column are Tennessee, New Hampshire and Missouri.
The states Democrats will have to guard most carefully from Republican poaching are New Mexico, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
So the map points more to a Rust Belt guy than a Sun Belt dude. But the map – I know, I know – is just one factor, an old-fashioned one at that.
Matt's Chat
The list is pretty comprehensive and hits all the names I've heard thrown around, plus a few I haven't.It really doesn't matter to me who they pick, but it is fun to watch...
Mark's Remarks
Either Richardson, Edwards, or Clark. Clinton if she feels roped in. However, I think her and Don Clintonioni are plotting behind the scenes to sabotage this campaign. They really DO NOT want their Dim friends to win, because then Hillary would have to run in the primaries against an incumbent, and who would want to do that? Rather, she would rather Bush win and she could have an open field to become the first Shrew Presidential Candidate.
It does not matter. We will reveal the taxing appeasers for the party of the elitists that they are, part of the Blame America first group, that is all these types of people are, people who would destroy our foundations in the sake of political expediency. It does not matter who gets the VP slot, we cannot let them win. We must stand firm for our future and the future of our children.
