Over at progressive blog OpenLeft, Chris Bowers starts a (premature) discussion about Barack Obama's potential vice presidential picks, and suggests Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana and Senator Jim Webb of Virginia as fitting the bill. Of those, he most likes the look of Sherrod Brown:
Surveying the field, I think that Sherrod Brown appears to be the strongest pick.... Brown works well as a reinforcing pick, as suiting the needs of the ticket in the 2008 election, and as a successor who can build the progressive movement in the decade to come.
Brown would be a pretty good choice, he's a feisty campaigner and Ohio is a must-win for Democrats in November, although he is perhaps too liberal to balance the ticket for the general election. Having said that, since Hillary Clinton could easily win both Texas and Ohio on Tuesday according to the latest polls, it's way too soon to be counting any chickens.
Update: The American Prospect has its own take on the VP stakes for both Clinton and Obama, and namecheck Webb, Sebelius and Schweitzer as likely choices, along with Governor Janet Napolitano of Arizona, Senator Joe Biden of mighty Delaware, Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado and Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio.
