It had come up a few times during his primary campaign in 2000 that he had little combat experience (though his Wikipedia entry clearly states otherwise, that he was shot four times in Vietnam), and was largely seen by his subordinate general officers that he was a bureaucrat, a Pentagon politician.  I think that one could make similar claims Powell, but those never surfaced, presumable because he never ran for President.

I’m not really too knowledgeable about such that level of Army culture (Pentagon officers vs. officers in the field), but I’m sure we’ll hear a bunch more about that if he is offered the VP slot or a cabinet level position.

Bill has 0 Charisma, and is seen as a traitor to the Clinton people. I can’t see him being on the short list.

Hell, ps, her die-hard constituents are so unhappy about the gender bias in the race, they would probably see it as an insult if she was given the VP slot.

It’s annoying, but it’s a fleeting emotional outrage which will be replaced by a stronger Democratic Party in the Fall. I believe it whole-heartedly.

I think it’s worth consideration, but not before the hard core Hillary-or-Die base is properly assessed in terms of size sized.  At this point, none of us know if it’s just a very vocal minority (as we’ve seen), or a cohesive and growing movement.

You think he should consider Hillary Clinton? Given the fanaticism surrounding her campaign, I’m sure she could convince a huge amount of people that she is all those things in one package.

My only thought is Webb, and I get annoyed when anyone suggests Chuck Hagel or Mike Bloomberg would be good on a ticket. Hagel has voted with George Bush 90% of the time while expressing only moderate discontent. Bloomberg is just too powerful of a figure.

Webb is a hardass, who wins in conservatives areas, is anti-war and pro-veteran. This GI Bill has also added to his publicity, which will familiarize him a lot with the electorate so that we don’t have a, albeit good, VP like Claire McCaskill or Kathy Sibelius who are virtually unknown.

I think Obama has to consider a made-in-America Prius driving, centrist female Jew from either OH or PA with strong economic and foreign policy background and owning a winter home in FLA, and he’ll be a shoe-in.

Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY)
Gov. Janet Napolitano (AZ)
Gov. Kathleen Sibelius (MO)
Gov. Tim Kaine (VA)
Ex-Sen. Sam Nunn (GA)
Sen. Chris Dodd (CT)
Sen. Joe Biden (DE)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO)
Sen. Jim Webb (VA)

Dark horses:
Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Mayor. Mike Bloomberg (R-NYC)
Ex-Sen. Tom Daschle (SD)
Ex-Sen. John Edwards (NC)
Rep. Evan Bayh (IN)

I’d be happy with almost any of them, though I think Nunn might be a bit too old.  He’s been out of politics for decades.  My personal favorites are Sibelius and Webb, for entirely different reasons.

Other thoughts?