gadad

Obama and Edwards are both one-term Senators. I think Obama needs someone with some age, some name recognition, some long-term political credibility, and some foreign policy credentials to balance the public's perceptions about his youth and recent emergence. I second Sam Nunn, who would also be the more impressive and accomplished senior citizen when AAPR magazine profiles both him and McCain.

gadad

. . . sorry, that's AARP (way to blow a punch line.)

epiphany

Obama/Biden sounds better. (More mellifluous)

Biden's also more currently in the public eye, also can therefore bring in more party regulars than Nunn can.

teriwtt

Looks like Clinton is a long shot for more reasons than mentioned previously.

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Michelle Vetoes Hillary

epiphany

Damn, that Edwards is cute. Way too cute.

epiphany

Biden's like 3 yrs younger than Nunn, and more dynamic, more engaging. Yes, one has to look at balance, but you don't want the bottom of the ticket to cancel out the top, but rather to provide some harmony in there, too. I don't think Nunn with Obama "works," but who's to tell? It's early yet.

poetsheart

Obama-Nunn---now that sounds like a charismatic ticket...

NOT!

vicariousparent

There is a lot going for Jim Webb, except that he hasn't endorsed Obama...yet.

epiphany

And it's not REQUIRED for the top of the ticket to select a boring mate. What's wrong with a Dynamic Duo?

mini

Re: Biden - why would he want someone who not only supported the Iraq War, but supported war with Iraq as early as 1998?

Sounds like "canceling out the ticket" to me.

FarmDad

“Bill seems to have lost his abilities - I refer to his performance in the primaries while supporting his wife. Scuffling with a reporter in PA, putting a ridiculous spin on the Bosnia lie, the Jesse Jackson comment after SC.”

momofnewP,

Be easy on Bill. He may indeed have lost some of his abilities! In September 2004, he underwent a four-hour quadruple cardiac bypass surgery. There is evidence that some individuals who undergo cardiac bypass surgery develop lasting cognitive impairment. Could this be why he appears off his game and a little loopy at times out there on the campaign trail?

NEJM -- Longitudinal Assessment of Neurocognitive Function after Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery

momofnewP

FarmDad - could be any of those reasons. The campaign perhaps should have better assessed his possibly diminished capabilities and put him in a less visible position earlier. They seemed to do this in N Carolina. No press, no question and answer session.

He often seems to be wagging his finger about. To me looks silly. Just my opinion.

Farm I also wonder sometimes if being under anesthesia for any type of surgery for a prolonged period of time creates some cognitive changes.

FarmDad

I believe that the risk for anesthetic related post-operative changes is higher for those with pre-operative risk factors(e.g., age, prior cognitive impairment), but my understanding is that the problems that can occur following coronory-artery bypass surgery have less to do with the anesthesia and more to do with the release of air emboli material to the brain when the blood vessels are clamped and circulation is being controlled by a pump rather than the heart. Some anesthesiologists call it "pump-head syndrome." There are some ways of mitigating this during the surgery, and I assume that all would be availed to a former president, but who knows?

poetsheart

Or maybe he's just "lost his bearings"---LOL!

Alia

I agree with the Ed Rendell suggestion. He would bring Pennsylvania for sure, and probably Ohio as well -- that blue-collar, white voter pool Hillary says Obama can't win. He's also very likeable.