It won't be Nunn. That would completely undermine four years of damning Dick Cheney as a "evil corporate member".
Smart money is on Gephardt, he literally has nothing to lose, brings a faux Union endorsement, and plays well with all sides within the Democratic Party.
Nunn's membership on various boards, as detailed above, would drive a significant portion of the Dem base to Nader, beyond whats already gone there, in my opinion.
Kinda hard to slam the Bush Administration as "Big Bad Oil Men" when Nunn is on Chevron's board.....
It would be a huge hit among the chattering classes and might help Kerry w/ some swing voters but it would be at the peril of driving away the left wingers who would have serious issues w/ Nunn's corporate work and his voting record. The GOP should be preparing the commercials now --
We welcome Sen. Kerry's choice of his runningmate, Sen. Nunn. He has served his nation well over several decades and since leaving the Senate he has served quite ably on boards of some of the largest multinational companies in the world, including Chevron.
We also welcome the choice of Sen. Nunn as a validation of Pres. Bush's policies as there is very little to distinguish Sen. Nunn's views and those of the President's regard a strong US foreign policy.
Nawww. Unless he has ties to Halliburton or Enron, he's safe. Kerry will just focus on associations with those two companies.
But DemoRat hypocrisy knows no bounds...