The veep Obama chooses needs to be young enough

[ginnyinWI]

to be able to run for President after eight years as VP in an Obama administration. Since the Obama camp is very forward-thinking, they've got to be considering this.

Although I think the world of people like John Kerry, Joe Biden, Chis Dodd, etc., I do hope Obama picks someone young enough to carry his agenda forward in 2016.

The only younger one who comes to mind for me immediately is Bill Richardson. But even he is going to be 61 this November! I think this person should be someone who would still be in their low 60s or younger in 2016. Can anyone name some well-qualified politicians now in their 40s or 50s who would be good veeps?

[BlooInBloo]

1. Uh... there's LOTS of people that young.

[papau]

2. Hmmmm - age 68 seems a good age to run for president

[scheming daemons]

6. It's not going to be her, papau..... I know that'll disappoint you... but it isn't going to happen

[papau]

16. You could be right - and likely are as Dems don't do reruns - but maybe not

[Hard_Work]

3. My personal favorite

would be Russ Feingold.

[goclark]

7. I love Russ Feingold

He would be excellent in my opinion.

[ginnyinWI]

8. yes--Russ is 55 now.

My Senator is a possibility.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Morgan Freeman or Tim Robbins

[blondeatlast]

5. There's a world of up-and-comers in the party from states like AZ, UT,

KS, NM.

There's loads of potential, I see no need to worry.

[high density]

9. Erm... I think Obama has to focus on getting elected in 2008

And not on what the presidential race might look like in 2016. In politics it is impossible to predict what will happen in the upcoming week, let alone the upcoming eight years.

[HereSince1628]

10. A VP succeeding a two term president isn't all that common is it?

I'm not sure the underlying premise about ability succeed after 8 years of Vice Presidency is critical.

[ginnyinWI]

11. I'm setting my sights high.

Just as Gore ran after Bill's two terms, I think Obama's administration will be at least as successful as Bill Clinton's (probably much more so) and his veep will indeed have a good chance at winning.

[populistdriven]

12. Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer

Schweitzer was born in Havre, Montana. He was the fourth of six children born to a German-Russian father, Adam, and an Irish mother, Kay. Schweitzer earned his Bachelor of Science degree in international agronomy from Colorado State University in 1978 and a Master of Science in soil science from Montana State University in 1980. Upon finishing school, he worked as an irrigation developer on projects in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. He spent several years working in Libya <2> and Saudi Arabia and speaks Arabic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Schweitzer

[ginnyinWI]

13. And born in 1955, Cool. n/t

[populistdriven]

14. Here is a long interview with him. He reminds me of Obama in terms of speaking to REALITY

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Brian%20Schweitzer&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#

[populistdriven]

15. He would DEFLATE the NRA factor

[Doctor_J]

18. Not really

the NRA is extremely partisan, and would support a gun-control Repuke over a gun-rights Dem. they're no less hypocritical than the Religious Wrong.

[Doctor_J]

17. He could always replace him/her in 2012

Let's get in the WH first.