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<< This Explains a Lot About Ann Coulter | Main | Fake Market Propaganda for HMOs >> March 05, 2004Who Will NOT be VPLet me give you a list of Democrats who will not be the VP nominee-- those supporting Bush on tax cuts. Baucus (D-MT) These were the Democrats who voted yes on the 2001 Tax Cuts. (Carnahan and Torricelli voted yes as well, but I don't think either is likely to show up even in the VP mentions). In 2003, Evan Bayh, Nelson (NE), and Zell Miller were the only Democrats to support Bush on his second round of insane tax cuts. A basic rule is that if the centerpiece of Kerry's campaign is criticizing Bush's tax cuts, he can't have a VP who supported them, since "if your VP supported me, how misguided could the policy be." Bush is already facing problems hitting Kerry that hard on gay marriage, since people can point out that Dick Cheney basically supports Kerry's position of letting the states decided themselves. Note that Bob Graham and the other Nelson (Fl), despite their somewhat moderate reputations, did not join in the fiscal insanity of Bush tax cuts, so should definitely be considered viable contenders in the Veepstakes. Bayh had avoided that insanity in 2001, but then unaccountably went with the tiny group that voted for the second round of tax cuts in 2003 in the first Senate vote, although he then flipped and voted against final passage-- a twisted pattern that maybe he can explain well enough to make him useful as a running mate. Posted by Nathan at March 5, 2004 02:15 AM Related posts:
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsZell Miller is out of the running? I'm crushed. Posted by: J. J. Gass at March 5, 2004 01:34 PM Oh, I don't know about that. Bush Sr. called supply side economics "voodoo economics" and managed to get picked as VP anyway. Politicians have an uncanny ability to change their stripes when opportunity knocks. Posted by: Kevin Drum at March 5, 2004 02:00 PM Another important bellweather vote was to rescind the ergonomics standard. Five of the Democrats who voted with the Republicans are already on your list. The only one not there is Ernest Hollings. Posted by: Jordan Barab at March 5, 2004 02:11 PM Kevin-- It's not that I think any of the folks mentioned would turn down the offer; it's that I think their presence would undercut Kerry's message that Bush's policy was wrong-headed. The example of Reagan is slightly different, since Bush was not an advocate of Carter's economic or tax policy; he essentially differed from both Carter and Reagan, which didn't help with his "voodoo economics" comments, but is not as devastating as having a VP who literally had endorsed the opposition candidates policy. Posted by: Nathan Newman at March 5, 2004 03:42 PM Ricky, I can see how you earned your last name. Back to your cave, troll. Posted by: Kevin Block-Schwenk at March 7, 2004 11:03 PM Ricky et all: You sad ass Republicans, stay off our sites. Get a F*&k-ing life! Posted by: Aimie at March 8, 2004 11:52 PM Does this rule McCain out as well? Posted by: Chad Peterson at March 11, 2004 09:10 AM I think Nancy Pelosi would be a great choice. It does not have to be a senator. Posted by: bakho at March 11, 2004 03:04 PM Post a comment
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