Who I want for Vice President: somebody I've never heard of.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

Nobody heard of Barack Obama 4 years ago. And now he's going to be the next President of the United States of America.

And, keeping with his theme of kicking the bums out, I want his VP and the rest of his cabinet to be people I've never heard of.

People who got the job becuase they were the best person for the job.

And not because they were somebody's son. Or spouse. Or ran for the job before. Or because they've been in Washington 40 years and figure they deserve it.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I want someone with administrative experience

That's why a governor would be good--or a person who has run a large organization. I lean towards Clark or Richardson because of this. Their names are slightly known, but not that much outside their own group of supporters.

[niyad]

2. we had basically never heard of der chimpenfuhrer before he stole the 2000 election

(well, except for the people in texas and the stockholders in the companies he ruined)

I want people with experience and talent.

[skipos]

3. Uh... "we?" Please exclude me from your group, as it includes people who don't

pay any attention. I knew who Bush was. But hey, I can also find Iraq on a map. Guess that makes me "elite."

[VotesForWomen]

21. the point is legit. we don't need another style-over-substance lightweight in the oval office.

[skipos]

22. Who is style over substance?

None of the VPs I have heard mentioned are anything like that.

Regardless, there are plenty of people who have loads of experience (Rumsfled, Cheney, GHW Bush) that suck. We best be looking at the big picture. Personally, intelligence and decision making skill are very important to me. I would have voted for Lincoln and Washington back in the day using that metric. They certainly would have flunked the political experience metric.

[tokenlib]

4. I am quickly warming to the idea of Gov. Schweitzer from Montana

Appeals to the West. Apparently he is familiar with the Middle East and can speak Arabic. He has worked with republicans successfully. There have been posts from others here on DU that can tell his background better than I can.

The more I hear the more intrigued I get...

[redqueen]

6. Hah... you too?

I've been keen on him since havocmom first mentioned him. :)

[tokenlib]

7. Actually Schweitzer deserves his own thread---

---maybe someone who has more details than I can start one sometime... He has experience and talent--different and unique experience...

[redqueen]

9. Yeah... I was trying to get havocmom to start one...

she seems the most knowledgeable about his background & qualifications.

[calmblueocean]

11. I'm a Schweitzer fan, too. Is there any chance he'd do it?

It'd be a kickass ticket.

[progdog]

23. Schweitzer is a very interesting idea.

There's a good Salon.com article about him I found when I googled him. It's titled "Life of the Party". Sorry I don't know how to post a link or I would. Maybe someone who knows how can find it and post it. It's from a couple of years ago.

[redqueen]

5. Brian Schweitzer!

[SoCalDem]

8. Janet Napolitano

Make the women PROVE they really want a woman in the White House... Janet would be 58 after 2 terms and perfectly poised to be the 1st female president..and we might pick up AZ, out from under Mccain :evilgrin:

Napolitano is a REAL feminist role model..not one created from her husband's cobbled-together resume (no husband at all)

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJanet_Napolitano&ei=KKEoSKjtMaXopgTTwYGzCw&usg=AFQjCNGr0ktVbNQZL_4yoiSgp4uiO1temQ&sig2=gwgU8BOso966ep3ssRYuhg

[PBS Poll-435]

14. If there are tabloid whispers about Hillary Clinton, can you imagine what you would see with Janet?

[SoCalDem]

15. AZ is pretty conservative, & they LOVE her

:)

[PBS Poll-435]

17. I know they do.

But...

[SoCalDem]

18. There's always a "but"...for every candidate

:)

I just hope he does NOT choose Hillary

[PBS Poll-435]

20. If it truly is over*

Then I pray that he does!

;-)

[MessiahRp]

19. This is true

A friend of mine (who is an elected constable no less) says that there is real talk in the AZ Dem Party that she could run against McCain for his seat next time it comes up and there's a good chance she'd win that seat big. Also there is talk that McCain might lose AZ even without her on the ticket. Either way she'd definitely be a good choice in helping with AZ and the Southwest. Personally I like Richardson but he needs help with either constituency (hispanic or women) and they would both help in their respective geographic regions.

Rp

[Bucky]

10. What about Maria Shriver?

:hide:

[sfam]

12. My cousin George would make a good choice - I bet you've never heard of him...

Then again, he has no political training whatsoever...so, um, maybe we want someone that "some" of us have heard of, ey?

EDIT: And NO, George is not the George from Texas and his middle name doesn't start with a "W".

[smalll]

13. In my opinion, Obama shouldn't try to make inexperience a campaign theme.

You're falling into the "year zero" Pol Pot-style theory of Change. Not that I think Obama supporters like yourself are about to start piling up the skulls, but the error in reasoning is the same.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. You think so?

Not that I think nepotistic crybabies are going to like it, but I still think it's a good idea.