Will the winner of the primaries pick a VP from the losing candidates?

[JVS]

I think the last time a primary winner picked a primary loser was when Reagan picked Bush in 1980. I was young then, but I seem to remember that Bush had criticized Reagan for Voodoo Economics. The reason I ask this is that there seems to be a lot of discussion here on which primary loser will be the VP pick, I doubt it will happen. If you know some primary losers who became VP candidates, please share.

So I put to you this poll question: Will the winner of the primaries pick a VP from the losing candidates?

Explanations would be nice too.

[Padraig18]

1. Smart money says 'yes', IMO.

:)

[JVS]

2. Dean/ Kucinich?

[Padraig18]

5. I suspect Dean/Clark.

If not, then probably Dean/Graham or Dean/Edwards.

[Guaranteed]

18. Graham is a definite possibility

simply because Dean needs intelligence connections. He needs to closely ally with the CIA to get more damaging information against Bush.

[YellowDawgDemocrat]

10. Odds on favorite has to be Edwards

We need a southern democrat to balance Dean's northern appeal. If not Edwards, who?

[JVS]

11. A prominent Democrat from the Missouri or Ohio area would be good too

[OhioStateProgressive]

21. i am told a prominent Ohio Democrat is in the race(nt)

[CMT]

3. I honestly don't think so

I think that whoever the nominee is will want to bring some excitement to the ticket by bringing in someone who hasn't been running for president and someone who will take the country by surprise.

[JVS]

9. I'm thinking that it might be electoral pillow talk

comforting the supporters of candidates that are losing with a nice consolation prize. This extends to people making up cabinets consisting of many primary candidates.

[imhotep]

4. No

Why would Dean pick a backstabber?

[Padraig18]

6. Politics makes for strange bedfellows.

:hi:

[arewethereyet]

12. finally someone makes sense, thanks Imhotep

and this dovetails perfectly with why they have all specifically expressed no interest in the 2nd spot.

[CalebHayes]

7. There are so many.... Who is left?

[HereSince1628]

8. My guess is that the candidate will pick someone who helps in

California, Florida, or Texas.

[saltpoint]

13. I've been thinking about --

-- the VP nominee correspondent to the nine announced candidates. Dean might choose so-and-so. Kerry might choose such-and-such. Gephardt might pick this person. Clark might pick that person.

I come up with a lot of good tickets, and I think they'd stand a real good chance of winning back West Virginia and Ohio.

The candidates might want to choose someone they feel would help them the most, but I think it's more likely to be someone other than the eight rivals.

[newyawker99]

20. Hi Ghost Consul!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[elfin]

14. No, will pick Richardson - eom

[AndyTiedye]

16. Life Insurance!

Remember what happened to the last New England Democrat who had a Southerner as as VP.

[TeacherCreature]

15. I predict a Hispanic candidate from Tx

or somewhere else in the midwest.

[texasmom]

17. Really?!

I really hadn't thought about that. Any names come to mind?

[rucky]

22. Too bad Cisneros screwed up

he was on that path.

[OhioStateProgressive]

19. i think it depends on who wins what states

if Dennis does infact win Ohio, then his viability as a VP is pretty good actually

[ozone_man]

23. You need a maybe choice

for fence sitters like me. But if the choice was Dean/Kucinich or Dean/Braun, then I would answer yes. :-)