Comments on: Speculation Over Veep Picks Intensifies

Ohio Politicians Among Those Seen As Potential Running Mates For Nominees

[antoniof123]

You obviously don''''t know the history of this country well as it was the Republicans that were most supporti ve of civil rights in this country . . . not the democrats.

Posted by joule3 at 11:53 PM : Feb 27, 2008

Joule3 you need to check your histroy LINCOLN was a liberatarian not a conservative. Now look at what has happen to the group in the Republican party. And yes up until the 60''s the South voted Democrat then they left to vote for Republicans.

But the Republican party will never be the same because the neo cons religious wing nuts took it over.

[jjp735i]

"McCain needs a younger conservative to offset concerns about his age - 71 - and about his appeal to the party''s staunch right-wingers"

Lord help us if McCain picks someone as a running mate to suck up to the right. They would be the ones that pray McCain drops over dead early so their man would take his place as soon as possible. That is the only reason the far right would vote for McCain.

If McCain wins we are going to suffer even more under the morals police. It will be like living in Saudi Arabia for crying out loud. You think your watched now, just wait and see.

[juwboy]

ontheleft is right. The states of the Confederacy were solidly Democrat until the 1968 election, the first after the passage of Civil Rights laws.

On election night, I clearly remember Walter Cronkite and Eric Sevareid, in their pre-results forecasts, predicting that, as always, the South could be written off by the Republicans as it was sure to vote Democrat.

They were only partly right. In 1968, some, but not all, Southern states defected to the Republican party for the first time.

[jowand]

It was the Democratic party in the 1960s who pushed for civil rights, not the Republicans. It was that fact that drove a lot of southern Democrats into the Republican party.

Posted by ontheleft at 12:02 AM : Feb 28, 2008

Republicans votes for LBJs Civil Rights Act not the Democrats

[ontheleft]

''You obviously don''''t know the history of this country well as it was the Republicans that were most supporti ve of civil rights in this country . . . not the democrats.

Posted by joule3 at 11:53 PM''

You might want to brush up on history yourself. Many moons ago, the Republican party was the party of the North. No longer. The Republican party is not the same party it was back when Abraham Lincoln was president. It was the Democratic party in the 1960s who pushed for civil rights, not the Republicans. It was that fact that drove a lot of southern Democrats into the Republican party.

[pilgrimsway-2009]

Did ya know?
The Delaware Constitution 1776
As well as Vermont & Pennsylvania%u2019s in similarity!

%u201CEvery person appointed to public office shall say I do profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His only son, and in the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed for evermore; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the old and new testament to be given by divine inspiration.%u2019 %u201C
An acknowledgement of Christian belief was a requirement for holding public office during the years of the founding fathers.
You had to understand God%u2019s principles!

[pilgrimsway-2009]

Dr. William James
The father of modern psychology
%u201CThere is nothing so absurd but that if you repeat it often enough people will believe it.%u201D

[frb01]

Bill Richardson should be given serious consideration for VP, his experience would be an asset to either of the choices for the Dem nomination. McCain needs to find someone younger than he is, he may end up choosing a woman simply to counter Obama''s base.

[kansas1946]

Right, Obama would choose a female VP. Be serious. For a black man to have even a remote chance of winning in this country is bizarre enough. Why throw away even that remote possibility by choosing a woman running mate, which would destroy his candidacy with 100% certainty?


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Posted by bobgee_1999 at 05:52 PM : Feb 27, 2008
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You aren''t giving American''s much credit. Anyone who supports Obama will support him with a woman VP and that is a LOT of Americans. I personally like Jim Webb for VP, but I think I saw him on a short list also. It will be interesting at any rate. I am really proud of Americans, and least independents and Democrats, for fully supporting both a black American and a woman.
It is Republicans that seem to be a little behind the curve. They need to move into the 20th century, (I know it is the 21st century, but we can''t expect miracles!)

[sjc_1]

It is not just the VP, but the cabinet and advisers that are so important. You do not always get an idea of who those would be, but you can look at who they have in their campaign. I am much more comfortable with the people in the Clinton campaign than the Obama group.