http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/so-much-buzz-about-jack-reed/ News/Arts/Culture/Nightlife/Nonsense/Obscurities Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:12:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/so-much-buzz-about-jack-reed/#comment-6930 Ryan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:44:32 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/so-much-buzz-about-jack-reed/#comment-6930 I think he'd be perfect: solidly liberal, military/foreign policy experience to back up Obama. He was against the war from the start, worried about terrorism before 9/11 and would absolutely wreck whatever hack the republicans choose in the VP debates. I don't think that swing state calculus usually does much, better to have a strong choice who also reassures voters about BHO. Is there any chance the assembly would be able to change the senator replacement rule so that we'd have a special election instead of appointment by the governor? I think he’d be perfect: solidly liberal, military/foreign policy experience to back up Obama. He was against the war from the start, worried about terrorism before 9/11 and would absolutely wreck whatever hack the republicans choose in the VP debates. I don’t think that swing state calculus usually does much, better to have a strong choice who also reassures voters about BHO. Is there any chance the assembly would be able to change the senator replacement rule so that we’d have a special election instead of appointment by the governor?

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