Obama suffers from being a new face on the political scene, but Kerry - warts and all - is well known to the voters, and in 2004, he did draw more votes than any democrat ever has.
And judging from a new anti-smear web site funded by Kerry's political action committee, Kerry would eagerly assume the role of attack dog... Allowing a nominee who prefers to float above the fray to minimize the amount of political hardball he has to play.
One other note: the vice presidential nominee will address the convention on Wednesday night, August 27.
The theme set for that evening - a salute to America's veterans.
Sen. Kerry has also proved unfailingly loyal to Obama since his January 2008 endorsement of the Illinois senator. He is deeply vetted, has no scandals, brings oodles of foreign policy experience, is a genuine war hero, retains a massive fundraising network from his 2004 bid, brings all the lessons of his 2004 loss to assist the 2008 campaign, and though he lost that contest, it's not for nothing that he won every debate with Bush they threw at him. In short, he's a natural vice-president. Obama could do a lot worse.
8/16/2008 6:35 PM
blanch dubois wrote:
nah, just can't see it happening. WAAAAAY too many warts. I had a similar crazy idea recently - Al Gore. Just as likely. Reply to this
8/17/2008 7:29 PM
Mama A wrote:
He could do a lot worse perhaps, but you'd have then two with the elitist tag. I don't think he'd bring in many votes. Reply to this
