Jason Zengerle has your entrypoint to Ross's talk on Webb, which also pulls in Daniel and I think was started by Noah some time ago. Peter Lawler has the best take on the veep drama:
Jonah G suggests that McCain pick Sam Nunn for his VP nominee. David Brooks, among others, made that suggestion to Obama. They could both pick him, I guess, adding needed stability to our political system.Now that's a nightmare ticket. Though Daniel is surely talking sense when he argues that Webb shows everyone exactly why and how Obama isn't 'electable', I'm not sure that point does as much work as Daniel may be claiming. Voters simply may not care or be thinking that hard. Media-influenced public opinion always has its impact, but certainly Tom Daschle, for instance, would be a far worse pick than Webb, judging simply by standing the two up side by side. That said, I think Daniel's valid criticisms of Webb don't apply at all to John Edwards; but then again I've always thought that if Edwards were the Democratic nominee for President in 2004, Bush would have lost. It's possible that Edwards thinks this too. I can't think of a better pick for Obama...but then again I still haven't been sold on an Romney alternative for McCain.
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