Comments on: Obama-Webb 2008

By: Maritza

Maritza — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:38:29 +0000

I think that an Obama/Webb ticket could not only help with Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia but it may even put such states as Montana, West Virginia, etc in play.

No other possible Vice Presidential candidate will help with Reagan Democrats the way that Webb could.

I just don't think Richardson adds anything to the ticket. The only state that Richardson helps that Obama may have more difficulty with is New Mexico. Webb would add so much more.

By: A.F. Cook

A.F. Cook — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:19:13 +0000

Obama-Webb is THE ticket. I live in Virginia, a bellwether red-state-going-purple, and bet Webb would help not just Obama but Dems as a whole put space between themselves and McCain. Check out my interviews on http://www.redzonepolitics.com with white male Independents, crossover Republicans and military men at an Obama town hall meeting in Alexandria just before the "Chesapeake Primary" (he won VA by a landslide). If the "real men" of Virginia like Obama, the "real men" in other states will be hard-pressed not to jump on his bandwagon with VP-nominee Webb aboard.

By: The “Romantic” Case for Obama-Webb « John Bracken

The “Romantic” Case for Obama-Webb « John Bracken — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:36:49 +0000

[...] 1, 2008 Alex Massie (via OTB) makes the case for Jim Webb. After citing Webb’s 1990 speech at the Confederate War Memorial [...]

By: Jim Addison

Jim Addison — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:33:54 +0000

Great! A ticket of two guys who have NEVER successfully run ANYTHING, and who have a combined . . . 4-5 years in the US Senate. Both of whom have demonstrated mental problems - Obama being unable to remember anything from the past clearly, and Webb being a borderline psychotic. Yeah, that's the ticket, all right.

Don't mind Beldar. People from Remulak always screw up trackbacks.

By: chsw

chsw — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:28:58 +0000

If Obama wins the nomination, he would have to firm up Dem support in the South and Midwest, as well as someone from the less leftist wing of the party. Nelson, Nunn, Richardson and Bredesen come to mind. He could also try for the angry feminist crowd by picking Feinstein or Boxer from CA, but CA is already Democratic, as are most Jews.

My guess would be Bredesen of TN.

chsw

By: Beldar

Beldar — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:52:10 +0000

I think my trackback got hung in your filter, Dr. Joyner, because I'd originally mangled the link to this post, but my bemused reaction is here.

By: BeldarBlog

BeldarBlog — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:37:47 +0000

Webb as Obama's Veep choice?...

James Joyner (h/t InstaPundit) speculates about the possibility that Barack Obama might choose a fellow first-termer, Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA), as his running mate. That prospect tickles my funny bone, so I'll republish here (with modifications and additi...

By: Josh Drescher

Josh Drescher — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:25:34 +0000

[...] this would be the perfect compliment to a McCain/Lieberman [...]

By: GK

GK — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:11:10 +0000

The very best choice for Obama would be Bill Richardson.

By: Bill Adams

Bill Adams — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:47:37 +0000

Aside from Iraq, Webb is a conservative Republican (who named his son after Robert E. Lee, for instance). Would Obama's left-liberal constituency really not notice this? And if they didn't, and the ticket did succeed, it would just take one guy with a sniperscope to essentially reverse the election. I don't think Obama will go for that, and I don't blame him.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:36:06 +0000

Webb has a fair bit of experience before being a senator, no?

But yeah, I've been hoping for a Webb VP slot for some time -- he's the good ol' boy George Allen fantasized about being, with his Confederacy fetish & all.

By: Sean Hackbarth

Sean Hackbarth — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:09:51 +0000

I take the Karl Rove approach to VPs: they can't win you an election, but they can hurt you. Webb would be a solid choice. He puts Virginia in play, a must-win for McCain; and he helps keep Reagan Democrats out of McCain's grasp. Webb also gives Obama gravitas--yes, we're back to using that again.

The real question is how Clinton-supporting women would react.