No. Richardson is the best VP candidate and his strengths happen to be Obama's weaknesses. He has a track record, he's a noted moderate, he has impressive foreign policy experience, he'll pull the Hispanic vote away from McCain, and he knows the Washington players, legislation, and politics almost as well as Hillary.
I was wondering when anyone was going to say this out loud. Red is correct. Regardless of reality, the perception is that Obama is very liberal, and Richardson will help mitigate this. Added to what Red noted above, does anyone really think that such a long time Clinton supporter switched sides for nothing? Likely he will be rewarded, and a cabinet post won't cut it. Added to that, Obama will likely pick a minority(Hispanic, woman, etc.) to continue with his theme of "change". Richardson is popular. This would be the smart move for Obama.
Yes he does, with this bogus Iran crap. I guess we go in Iran under more false pretenses. That would be just fine with you I assume. Also, McCain is the biggest flip flop I have ever seen. I'll debate this point with you all day if you want.
I agree with you and Red. Although, I would like to see Clinton on the ticket, but that probably wont happen.
You are right, it won't happen. At least I sure as hell hope it doesn't. Also, I wouldn't be so quick to write the iran deal off as a hoax. They are nuttier than squirell crap and nothing like iraq. The best option is to choke them out with sanctions and hope that they over-throw this idiot that is in charge there but if not, I see this getting ugly in the future. Just my opinion.
At war with what? Their 2000 Warheads and 300 Fighter Jets? A Cold War with a country that doesnt have the tools to fight a cold war or a real war at this time. A Cold War, thats funny. Because the their president gets up and talks reckless all the time. Is that what you base it on? Show me the evidence of a cold war with Iran?
Cold as ice, in fact. We are no more in a war with Iran that we are in a war with North Korea, Cuba, Myanmar, Somalia or Syria. They are just countries that we have bad relations with. Political adversaries, not military enemies. Blindness is not understanding that third-word dictators talk big, especially muslim dictators to whom a martial rhetoric is more important than actual martial action. They talk a fine war and then crumple the first time they encounter a western military force. Iran will last about 20 minutes in a full-out war with the United States of America. They know it and we now it. The rhetoric is for internal consumption.
