The Sunshine Empire

Now that Senator Obama is the nominee of the Democratic party, the Veepstakes have begun. Also, Veep is a fucking annoying phrase, but on we go. I had honestly not dedicated any amount of time on deciding who I would want the Democratic nominee to have as a running mate. All of those who are convinced that Senator John Edwards will be the nominee are wrong. He’ll be Attorney General in any possible Obama administration in some fantasy world where he won.

In reality the person that Obama picks cannot be Mrs. Clinton herself, but it has to be one of her people. I had thought for a long time that the natural choice would be Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio. He’s a Clinton loyalist and he’s in charge of the state that decided the 2004 General Election. But I have to say that it was a BBC News article that had me occur on the best choice for Barack Obama to run with in the fall. Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell. Rendell is the perfect choice that would bring together the person that can appeal to white working class voters, solidify a swing state, and bring in the Clinton people. This blog is a huge fan of Governor Rendell and he is a former DNC Chairman. The choice makes perfect sense.

As for Senator McCain I have gone back and forth between Gov. Crist and Gov. Huckabee. Crist is a young and popular Governor of a large state, but Florida is going to go for McCain in the fall despite the best efforts of our home operations in Duval. Crist brings nothing to the ticket and has some political skeletons back here in the Sunshine State that he may not want uncovered. This is a tragedy for TSE, as it pains us to think that we would have to vote against a man that lived in The Sunshine Empire and a Governor of Florida. The only offset to this would be the obscure blogger I read today that suggested former Florida Governor and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Bob Graham as an Obama running mate. Huckabee shores up the secretly sagging support among Christian conservatives, but he’s also bat-shit fucking insane. Judging by McCain’s innovative Kenner speech, he’ll probably choose the thrilling Rob Portman.

Huzzah!