Peggy Noonan: Obama needs someone like Sam Nunn. Or, actually, Sam Nunn. Or Jim Webb.
Peggy Noonan writes in The Wall Street Journal:
[Obama] doesn't need [Hillary]. He needs a boring white man. Because he's an interesting black man. He needs a sober, experienced, older establishment player who will be respected by the press, the first responders of the political game. They'll set the tone in which the choice is celebrated, or not. He needs someone like Sam Nunn. Or, actually, Sam Nunn. He could throw a wild pass at Jim Webb because he has a real-guy, Southern, semi-working-class persona, and a Scots-Irish grit and chippiness. He is from important Virginia, has Vietnam boots and is moderate.
[Obama] doesn't need [Hillary]. He needs a boring white man. Because he's an interesting black man. He needs a sober, experienced, older establishment player who will be respected by the press, the first responders of the political game. They'll set the tone in which the choice is celebrated, or not. He needs someone like Sam Nunn. Or, actually, Sam Nunn. He could throw a wild pass at Jim Webb because he has a real-guy, Southern, semi-working-class persona, and a Scots-Irish grit and chippiness. He is from important Virginia, has Vietnam boots and is moderate.
posted by Sid Cottingham | 6:17 AM
2 Comments:
I agree. Either Sam Nunn, Jim Webb, or Ted Strickland are the top three in my estimation for VP.
Peggy. How's about Bob Graham? Do they get any more sober, security minded, experienced and white? He was also an early and vocal opponent of the war.
Not to mention his state being slightly important.
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