Reply #9: I don't trust the MSM for the GE -- we Dems need to aim for MAXIMUM support for Obama in Nov [View All]

[cloudythescribbler]

One thing I think will help is for Obama to pick a woman running mate, NOT Hillary Clinton, but someone VERY popular and likeable, and without her baggage -- and a long strong record including on foreign policy to boot.

Barbara Boxer fills these requirements. I also think that a REALLY HEAVY bread-and-butter emphasis is what will win (back to "It's the economy, stupid" as in 92). (Of course, the war is very big, especially as it ties into the economy, and so does energy policy -- so there's an overall picture of two different directions for the majority to pick greener energy, more energy independence, saving the fortunes McCain wants to spend on Iraq and investing them creating good jobs at home -- including eco-industrialization.

That sounds like a majority-appeal focus for 08 to me.