Obama Considers GOP Running Mate

Politico.com ^ | July 26, 2008 | Amie Parnes and Ben Smith

[Paige]

Barack Obama's vice presidential search team has floated the name of a member of President Bush's first-term Cabinet, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, as Obama's running mate. The search committee, now led by Caroline Kennedy and Eric Holder, raised Veneman's name — among others — in discussions with members of Congress, two Democrats familiar with the conversations said.

[Paige]

The News Media is getting concerned and are now playing games.

[tips up]

Fat chance he would pick her. Trial balloon by the drive by’s...

[Dutch Boy]

Is Obama starting to act like Stuart from Madtv? “Hey, look what I can do...”

[Diana in Wisconsin]

You put it much more politely than I would have. I was thinking more along the lines of, “throw it against the wall and see what sticks,” LOL!

[Misschuck]

Apparently he needs constant attention. But her name makes me wonder just how much of our money he intends to send to Africa.

[2nd Amendment]

Too bad Goebbels, Himmler, Speer, etc. aren’t available!

[A.A. Cunningham]

[KevinDavis]

Who???

[Always Right]

Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.

[ovrtaxt]

Why would he choose a woman? That would only give hillary one more excuse to assassinate him, and he just doesn’t need to dangle that kind oif carrot in her face.

[ovrtaxt]

Just sayin.

[rawhide]

I agree, fat chance, iow, no chance.

[MuttTheHoople]

Barry the Sock Puppet is incapable of independent thought....or at least independent thought that isn’t either 3rd World Marxism or written on a teleprompter. His whole “moving beyond politics” is such a scam. ALL his influences and mentors have been radical leftists, not one even moderate in the bunch. You really think he’ll nominate an unknown Republican?

[sobieski]

She is even less qualified than he is.

Maybe the point to the story is that the Hillbots are so mad that he needs to choose a woman. But since he won’t take HRC, he can’t take a Dem so that leaves him grasping for a GOP-woman. As you can see from this trial baloon, he’s literally take ‘any GOP woman, anyone at all;

[CindyDawg]

This just come out today? Wikipedia has a big bio on her , and mentions several times that she might be his running mate.

[Senator_Blutarski]

Ann Veneman

Yep, that will fix his "gravitas" issue.

[tsmith130]

Why would they think she’d be interested in being a Dems VP? The article mentions several times that she clashed with democrats and environmentalists during her tenure.

[VOR78]

At this point, so many Dems have turned him down, he probably has no choice but to look to the GOP. Pretty soon, he'll be calling up the local dog catcher to be his VP. Seriously, though, this is potentially a dumb move by Obama. Why? Aside from the obvious fact that it'll further anger both Hillary supporters and his left-wing loony base, the GOP probably knows every single skeleton that this woman has in her closet.

[Crawdad]

You can’t have Veneman without “enema”.

[ken21]

al obama is not going to chose a female.

[mkjessup]

Oh I can see it now, for some reason Obama isn't able to serve as President, and President Ann Veneman will step up to the plate and reassure America and the world that the fate of our Nation is just like Allstate, "we're in good hands"...

*CRASH* !!!!

[mkjessup]

Although in all fairness, Annie is easier on the eyes than Hiliarly or the Michelleanator:

[SERKIT]

Yet another “jump the shark” moment of incredulity.

[sarasota]

And I’m the Easter bunny.

[tanknetter]

“The West Wing” was good for some things. In the last couple episodes, with the Vice President-elect having assumed room temperature on election day, the Jimmy Smits President Elect character asks his GOP opponant (Alan Alda) whether he’d “consider” being appointed to the Vice Presidency.

Alan Alda’s character goes on a nice little rant (yes, Alan Alda can also be useful for some things) about the whole “consideration” thing being just so much political/PR horsesh ... pies, and lays out exactly WHY.

[ASA Vet]

[CindyDawg]

He’s probably looking at her because of UNICEP

[jincarolina]

why would he do that I thought repubs were a dying breed, maybe not.

[LSUfan]

I hate to say this, but the fact that this lady is even under consideration is testimony to the fact that President Bush has unfortunately made some attrocious appointments.

Also, the fact that this woman is employed by the UN is very telling.

As an aside, I would be devastated if General Jones was Obama’s running mate. I hope he is not an Obama supporter. I know he is on the board of the US Chamber of Commerce, a group that has not been supportive of US national security interests.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Ms. Veneman is a California Lawyer technocrat without substantial GOP recognition. If Obama is worried about California, he must be in BAD shape.

[STONEWALLS]

...the biggest part of the USDA’s efforts these days is food stamps...maybe that would be part of any Obama interest...you know if he gets in we’ll see a huge increase in government programs.

[KevinDavis]

I think so too.. What we are not seeing the internals and they are not good for Obama..

[PhiKapMom]

Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.

You have nailed it! I detest Obama more then any other candidate for President ever and I didn't think that was possible.

[Tanniker Smith]

It would make sense. There isn't a Democrat good enough for the job . . .

Besides, being an empty suit, Obama cannot pick anyone that won't overshadow him, so if he picks a Republican, the press can feel free to rip her a new one.

On the other hand, it might tick off the Dem women that he couldn't find a Dem woman to put on the ticket.

[E. Cartman]

You have nailed it! I detest Obama more then any other candidate for President ever and I didn't think that was possible.

Mega-dittoes! He is the most detestable candidate (except for John MacCain) we've ever had run for The Presidency.

Just when you thought we couldn't get a worse pair of opponents than Poppy Bush and Mike Dukakis, both parties pull out these clowns.

[Prime Mover]

You can’t have Veneman without “enema”. Hahaha! For this reason alone, I hope Obama picks her.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

More proof that the GOP is about as conservative as the DNC.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Sebelius is also from the Midwest, a woman, a Democrat and not ugly. I don’t know why Obama wouldn’t just pick her.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Ooops, Ann is from California. Still, she gives off a midwest vibe.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

oh hell yeah!

[mkjessup]

Sebelius is also from the Midwest, a woman, a Democrat and not ugly. I don’t know why Obama wouldn’t just pick her.

Because Sebelius is in the pocket of the infamous abortionist George 'The Killer' Tiller along with a whole bunch of other political figures which is why Tiller always seems to escape any judicial punishment for his crimes.

Obama-lama-ding-dong does not need his own pro-death record on abortion highlighted anymore than it already is.

[gitmo]

I was expecting it to be McCain.

[Mr. K]

If he picks a woman you can put a fork in this election- it is done.

Especially if he does it before McLame picks someone.

Anything he does afterthat will be seen as lame or copycat.

The ONLY think that could save him is if he picks a staunch conservative (black or white, male or female) to bring us back into the fold.

[Hildy]

It would be a huge mistake for him to choose someone that nobody knows.

[oprahstheantichrist]

Oh, that’s brilliant. I”d love to see about ten billboards in each major city with that. I’ve been saying for months that a grassroots organization just needs to print up thousands of pressure sensitive “S”s, similar in font and color to the “B”s in the Obama printings. Then whenever someone sees a bumper sticker or yard sign, we just cover the “B” with an “S.”

[DemonDeac]

“Ann Veneman”

The reaction of the American people would be “who?”