What Barack Obama should look for in a vice president:
find his own "Al Gore"

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Obama needs to find his "Al Gore" but take the vice president in an Obama direction. -- Chad

Yesterday, I took a look at who Obama should not pick for a vice president. But since being only negative isn't productive, I want to give Sen. Obama some advice on whom to pick. But the difference is that I won't tell him who to pick, but how to help him decide.

When people ask me who Obama will pick, I tell them simply, "Obama will need to find his Al Gore."

Bill Clinton was revolutionary in that he picked a vice president that didn't help him in geography or age or any other shallow criteria. Clinton picked Gore because he could take over at any time. Most previous presidents had picked someone where they would seem superior: Gore and Clinton were as equal as any president and VP. The pundits had a field day with Clinton picking a fellow Southerner around his age. But Clinton and Gore had the last laugh.
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