Playing the Veepstakes
As John McCain and Barack Obama turn their attention to their next big decision, choosing a running mate, TIME.com looks at some of each party's top contenders and dark horses
The popular Ohio governor and onetime Methodist minister would increase Obama's chances in the key swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and even help in Kentucky, where Clinton routed him. Strickland's roots in rural southern Ohio make him popular with white working-class voters, and his record of cutting taxes and the cost of education get him surprisingly high marks among both liberals and conservatives. But the former Congressman is a blank slate on foreign policy and national security, and as a first-term governor, he has barely more executive experience than Obama.
by Massimo Calabresi, with reporting by James Downie/Washington View the full list for "Playing the Veepstakes"Latest Lists
Most Popular »
- The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time
- Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge
- In Italy, A Sex Scandal to Rival Berlusconi's
- Satyam Computer Fraud Grows to $2.5 Billion
- Black Friday
- Workers of the World vs. China Inc.
- The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
- Pie
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell
- Is Gene Therapy Finally Ready for Prime Time?
- The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
- How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time
- Workers of the World vs. China Inc.
- Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge
- In Italy, A Sex Scandal to Rival Berlusconi's
- Dearborn's Muslims Fear a Fort Hood Backlash
- Satyam Computer Fraud Grows to $2.5 Billion
RSS