Thursday, June 17, 2004 :::
I've been brainstorming for dark horse potential running mates for Kerry.- Richard Holbrooke. If he were chosen, though, Bush-Cheney might do something about the fact that Americans don't know how badly Kosova's been doing in the last year or two under U.N. "control".
- Rep. Harold Ford of Tennessee. A young, moderate, southern Democrat who is a rising star in the House — gave Pelosi a run for minority leader — and is black, which can't but cause excitement.
- Arlen Spector. (We're getting a bit more speculative here — I could just about as well list Janet Reno or Walter Mondale — but the media were infatuated with McCain, which was less plausible.) A natural for the attack-dog role, and apparently invincible in a large swing state.
- I can't really make a good case for Ed Rendell, but Pennsylvania is the largest swing state with a Democratic governor, so I suppose I'll at least mention him. He's corrupt, so adds heft in dealings with the United Nations.
- Jacques Chirac. Apparently Constitutionally ineligible, but I'm sure the Supreme Court can find something in the fourteenth amendment to handle that.
I seem to be out of ideas, don't I.Incidentally, I've only mentioned people I haven't heard mentioned anywhere else. The faint rumblings about Sam Nunn and Bill Cohen merit mention.
::: posted by dWj at 6:57 PM
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