So if reports from late last week are to be believed (I'm skeptical, but since hardly anyone really knows they might be true) John Kerry is to name his running mate "within days". While I was thinking that Kerry might try to shift his campaign to focus more on forgotten Americans and corporate abuses (in which case Tom Vilsack or John Edwards would seem the likely pick), it has looked more and more over the last several weeks like Kerry is most comfortable (and might have his best political issue) in discussing the failures of President Bush on foreign affairs and national security issues. Since he seems particularly interested in branding his campaign around those issues it strikes me that one name on the list of potential vice presidents stands out above the rest -- Gen. Wesley Clark. So I suppose I'm going to predict that he chooses to run with Gen. Clark this year. I'm a fan of Wesley Clark, so I'm fine with that. If not Clark, of the names most often discussed, Sen. Graham of Florida could also fit well on a ticket focusing on security issues.
Posted by armand at June 6, 2004 10:37 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics