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CNN has a feature up now detailing the possibilities for both the Republican and Democratic vice presidential candidates. Unsurprisingly, their profiles are vastly inferior to our own. They also make the mistake of including Chuck Hagel. I know the media love the idea of a cross-over ticket, but Obama will pick a Republican as his running mate when hell freezes over. They also include Sam Nunn (Fmr. Sen-GA) on their list despite the fact that Nunn basically left politics in disgust twelve years ago. The MSM can do some really weird things sometime.
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This is the eighth entry in our series profiling Barack Obama’s most likely vice presidential candidates. We’ve previously profiled Ted Strickland, John Edwards, Tim Kaine, Kathleen Sebelius, Jim Webb, Wesley Clark, and Ed Rendell. You can view our previous profiles here.
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This is the fourth entry in our week-long series profiling the most likely vice presidential candidates. We’ve previously looked at Sen. Jim Webb, Gov. Ted Strickland, and Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

Today we look at Tim Kaine, Governor of Virginia, another likely candidate for Obama’s short list. Gov. Kaine was one of the first Democrats outside of Illinois to endorse Barack Obama during the earliest days of his candidacy. Kaine was first elected governor in 2005, by a very narrow margin, and his term is set to expire in 2010. Kaine prospects beyond then are dim; Virginia law prevents Kaine from serving consecutive terms, and Sen. Jim Webb’s seat cannot be challenged until 2012, as for Virginia’s other Senate seat, it seems quite likely that Democrat Mark Warner will take over Republican Sen. John Warner’s seat this November. These factors likely make Kaine very open to the possibility of a vice presidential nomination. An immediate problem with selecting Kaine is that it would put Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Republican, in the governor’s mansion, providing him with a leg-up in the 2009 gubernatorial race.
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This is the third in our week-long series profiling the most likely vice presidential candidates. We’ve previously profiled Sen. Jim Webb and Gov. Ted Strickland.

One of the most buzzed about possibilities for the VP slot is Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. Gov. Sebelius is a popular governor of a conservative state. She has a 61% approval rating in a state where Bush bested Kerry by 25 points. That approval rating makes her one of the most popular governors in the country, and there’s no doubt she’d be inclined to consider an offer given that Kansas term limits prevent her for running for governor again (her term expires at the end of 2010). Futhermore, she endorsed Obama, and would act as a salve to those who were hoping to see a woman at the top of the ticket. The ostensible ability to increase Obama’s pull among women is probably her strongest appeal, but this may be negated by the fact that Hillary Clinton is likely to campaign on behalf of Obama following the end of the primary season, and, despite the divide between the two camps now, one would imagine Clinton will be very effective at wooing women to the Democratic ticket.Sebelius_3
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This is as late as I’ll be tracking the results out of Oregon. Right now, with 78% reporting, Obama leads Clinton by 16 points (58-42), and has a net gain of about 90,000 votes. I’ll wait until tomorrow when all the precincts are in to update his lead in the popular vote. Needless to say, CNN has already declared Obama the winner tonight in Oregon. With his firm majority of pledged delegates, you can expect to see a lot of superdelegate endorsements in the coming days.
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CNN lays out the candidates’ fundraising figures for April. Obama brought in a respectable $31 million. He now has $37.3 million for the rest of the primary season, as well as an additional $9.2 million for the general election. Hillary Clinton exceeded expectations, raising $22 million for the month (though the campaign still owes roughly $20 million in outstanding debts). McCain set a new record for him, raising $18.5 million in April.
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This is the second in our week long series profiling the most likely vice presidential candidates. Yesterday we looked at Virginia Senator Jim Webb; tomorrow we will be profiling Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius.

A man bound to be on the short list for Obama’s vice president is Ohio governor Ted Strickland. Not only is Strickland the governor of one of the most important swing states, but Ohio is also a state whose demographics don’t immediately favor Obama. Certainly Sen. Obama will pick up the lion’s share of Clinton supporters in the state, but he’s going to have to fight tooth and nail for conservative Democrats and independents against the so-called maverick, John McCain.Strickland
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John McCain attacks Obama’s judgment and experience saying that Obama’s willingness to engage a dialog with Iran is “reckless.”

“Such a statement betrays the depth of Senator Obama’s inexperience and reckless judgment,” McCain said. “Those are very serious deficiencies for an American president to possess.”
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Raylan Givens gives us our first vice presidential profile today. He takes a look at Jim Webb and finds some weaknesses. I’d also add that Jim Webb running as vice president would needlessly cost us a Senate seat that we might not be able to win again. Of equal importance is the fact that Jim Webb’s current approval rating in Virginia is only 47 percent, far less than Republican senator John Warner who polls at 62 percent. Webb also fails to gain majority approval from virtually every demographic, except for women (51%), 50-64 year olds (51%), and African Americans (57%). Despite his fantastic resume, and popularity among bloggers, it is not immediately apparent that Sen. Webb would help Obama expand his base.Webb_2
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McCain pushes back against his idiotic hundred years comment by imagining how Iraq might look at the end of his first term. Sadly, imagining is all he does.

By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq War has been won. Iraq is a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries of sectarian tension. Violence still occurs, but it is spasmodic and much reduced. Civil war has been prevented; militias disbanded; the Iraqi Security Force is professional and competent; al Qaeda in Iraq has been defeated; and the Government of Iraq is capable of imposing its authority in every province of Iraq and defending the integrity of its borders. The United States maintains a military presence there, but a much smaller one, and it does not play a direct combat role.
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