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Rumor hath it Bill has a problem keeping his hands to himself.  Not a great rep to bring to the Veep what with the demise of Clinton.  

He'd be better as SecState.

by ATinNM on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:22:39 PM EST
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I've heard that, too.  I have no idea if it's true or not.  We need some potential choices from the West, though.  I'd say Napolitano, but she's in Arizona, and we're not going to win there.  Brian Schweitzer is a possibility from Montana, and he has stupid-high approval ratings (70% last I looked).  I'm not sure what his politics are, though.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:29:37 PM EST
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I've heard Schweitzer is more interested in building the Democratic Party in Montana than a run for the VP.  Perhaps he's looking to run for the Senate - a great gig - the next time 'round (2010?)
by ATinNM on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:34:09 PM EST
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Could be.  He's apparently done a hell of a job there reviving the Dems, and I certainly wouldn't mind picking off another Senate seat next go-'round.  If we can sink McCain this fall, we could come pretty damned close to a filibuster-proof majority, and maybe even get it, looking at some of the unexpectedly competitive seats.

Knocking off Liddy Dole and swinging North Carolina would be a major accomplishment.  I don't know how close we are on Olympia Snowe in Maine, but that'd be a huge pick-up.  I think we get the Virginia seat easily with Warner.  Idaho might not be a half-bad bet with Craig bailing.  Alaska has potential in the race against Stevens.

I think BooMan did a run-down on all the Senate seats a while back, and it looked to me like we had the potential to grab 12-14 if things went well.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:40:05 PM EST
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I appreciate you're a local an' all, but I actually investigated those rumours a year back on behalf of somebody in the UK Dems.

There had been a pretty incendiary thread on dKos where a lot of this stuff got aired and I was able to do a lot of tracking back to real sources from it.

It turns out that the women allegedly mishandled weren't aware of it, the most you could say is that Bill's "charm" can be misread but, judging by what I remember of it, he did not do anything inappropriate.

Also it was obvious that the people (some miffed local dems) who were churning this rumour had personal grudges against him.

The rumours were/are common knowledge around NM and nobody will touch them. Not even the Repugs. If Drudge or Fox thought they could stand it up, they'd have tried before now.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:37:36 PM EST
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Nobody I have talked to here in NM believes them.  My guess is it got started as one of the typical GOP smear jobs that didn't make it to the big leagues.  

I think the whole thing started due to the normal conversation distance of Hispanos is closer than Anglos feel comfortable with.  

by ATinNM on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:53:27 PM EST
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Way I read it, I don't think the GOP had anything to do with it. Looked like a hatchet job from within.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:03:38 PM EST
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Yeah.  I concur the rumors Could have started from the people around wossname the Mayor of Albuquerque.  A Major Slimeball.  I don't hang in those circles so I don't get their back-biting Information (sic).

Anyway, the rumors don't have to be True to be politically effective.  

by ATinNM on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:13:47 PM EST
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