Political Snapshot

Obama Should Pick A Vice-President

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(Via OpenLeft.)

Naming a Vice-President is particularly key, as it would accomplish many goals at once. First, obviously, it would make him look like the presumptive nominee. Second, it would provide him with a powerful new surrogate on the campaign trail, one who could possibly match Bill Clinton. Third, the right vice-presidential choice could actually secure a large number of the currently uncommitted superdelegates. For example, and I am just throwing out a name here, but choosing Nancy Pelosi would almost certainly lock down enough superdelegates, especially California supers and U.S. House supers, to end the nomination campaign pretty quickly. And hey, while Pelosi does not have the world’s highest favorability rating, not many people would doubt her ability to be President (she is already third in line) and she was a member of the progressive caucus before she had to leave in order to become leader (the leader should not be in any of the ideological caucuses).