A Journal for Walking Over Fallen Fences

So here is my guess for Obama’s VP. My logic is as follows:

1) The VP must be a governor. Governors are an executive office, which is more closely alligned with presidency than Senators or Congressmen. Since Obama is a senator, the ticket needs balanced out.
2) Governor can’t be first term and must be older. The VP needs experience to balance out Obama’s freshness.
3) Must be from a state that typically votes Republican. This will help the ticket gain extra red states.
4) Has not already endorsed Clinton. Clinton backers lose the game. Sorry. That’s how it works.
5) Must be a white man. Sorry, as great as it would be, the ticket can’t have another minority or a women.

Here is a list of all 28 Democratic Governors to choose from:

Arizona - Governor Janet Napolitano
Arkansas - Governor Mike Beebe
Colorado - Governor Bill Ritter
Delaware - Governor Ruth Ann Minner
Illinois - Governor Rod Blagojevich
Iowa - Governor Chet Culver
Kansas - Governor Kathleen Sebelius
Kentucky - Governor Steve Beshear
Maine - Governor John Baldacci
Maryland - Governor Martin O’Malley
Massachusetts - Governor Deval Patrick
Michigan - Governor Jennifer Granholm
Montana - Governor Brian Schweitzer
New Hampshire - Governor John Lynch
New Jersey - Governor Jon Corzine
New Mexico - Governor Bill Richardson
New York - Governor Eliot Spitzer
North Carolina - Governor Mike Easley
Ohio - Governor Ted Strickland
Oklahoma - Governor Brad Henry
Oregon - Governor Ted Kulongoski
Pennsylvania - Governor Edward G. Rendell
Tennessee - Governor Phil Bredesen
Virginia - Governor Tim Kaine
Washington - Governor Chris Gregoire
West Virginia - Governor Joe Manchin III
Wisconsin - Governor Jim Doyle
Wyoming - Governor Dave Freudenthal

After eliminating Governors who aren’t in South or Midwest typically red states from these, we are left with 15:
Arizona - Governor Janet Napolitano
Arkansas - Governor Mike Beebe
Colorado - Governor Bill Ritter
Iowa - Governor Chet Culver
Kansas - Governor Kathleen Sebelius
Kentucky - Governor Steve Beshear
Montana - Governor Brian Schweitzer
New Mexico - Governor Bill Richardson
North Carolina - Governor Mike Easley
Ohio - Governor Ted Strickland
Oklahoma - Governor Brad Henry
Oregon - Governor Ted Kulongoski
Tennessee - Governor Phil Bredesen
Virginia - Governor Tim Kaine
West Virginia - Governor Joe Manchin III

After eliminating women and non-whites from these, we are left with 12:
Arkansas - Governor Mike Beebe
Colorado - Governor Bill Ritter
Iowa - Governor Chet Culver
Kentucky - Governor Steve Beshear
Montana - Governor Brian Schweitzer
North Carolina - Governor Mike Easley
Ohio - Governor Ted Strickland
Oklahoma - Governor Brad Henry
Oregon - Governor Ted Kulongoski
Tennessee - Governor Phil Bredesen
Virginia - Governor Tim Kaine
West Virginia - Governor Joe Manchin III

After eliminating Clinton backers (as of 2-22-08) from these, we are left with 9:
Colorado - Governor Bill Ritter
Iowa - Governor Chet Culver
Kentucky - Governor Steve Beshear
Montana - Governor Brian Schweitzer
North Carolina - Governor Mike Easley
Oklahoma - Governor Brad Henry
Tennessee - Governor Phil Bredesen
Virginia - Governor Tim Kaine
West Virginia - Governor Joe Manchin III

After eliminating first terms Governors from these, we are left with 3:
North Carolina - Governor Mike Easley
Oklahoma - Governor Brad Henry
Tennessee - Governor Phil Bredesen

Of these,
North Carolina - Governor Mike Easley - Born 1950 - Elected Gov 2000 - History as a lawyer beforehand.
Oklahoma - Governor Brad Henry - Born 1963 - Younger than Obama. Disqualified.
Tennessee - Governor Phil Bredesen - Born 1943 - Gov since 2003, Mayor since 1991, Started own Health Care company. Health Care, folks! And he looks so nice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Bredesen

Yes–Phil Bredesen… next VP!

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