Jim Webb Campaigns (Hard) for Vice President
posted by John Nichols on 05/16/2008 @ 3:08pm
In case anyone has missed it, the Jim Webb for Vice President campaign is up and running.
Few candidates actually announce that they are running for the No. 2 spot on their party's presidential ticket, and the Democratic senator from Virginia is keeping with the "Who, me? Running with Barack Obama? Do you really think so?" etiquette that defines vice presidential politics.
But Webb is running... hard.
Ronald Reagan's former Secretary of the Navy's got a new campaign book out -- A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America -- and he is not unaware of the fact that he's currently topping salon.com's "Obama Veepstakes" survey.
But Webb -- whose carefully-nurtured blue-collar credentials are made to order for Democrats who worry about whether their presumptive presidential nominee might come off as a tad too elite -- is not leaving the promotion of his potential candidacy to others.
The Virginia senator's going for maximum face-time as the speculation turns to vice-presidential picks.
Webb's Senate office just circulated a schedule of his upcoming media appearances -- something they have rarely if ever done in the past.
And it's a busy one.
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