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June 12, 2008

My dream ticket: Obama/Graham

Former Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) compliments Barack Obama in several key ways.

As Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee when the Bush/Cheney cabal were beating the drums of warn Sen. Graham was not only as "in the loop" as anyone on The Hill, but he was unconvinced and wasn't shy about saying so. Which lends his "no" vote on the Iraq authorization that much more compelling.

We all know that Florida is a key electoral state in any presidential election. By all accounts Sen. Graham remains very popular in Florida. Indeed, prior to dropping out of the 2004 Presidential Primary race he had never lost an election - technically he still hasn't. Whereas Obama is struggling against McCain in recent polling, trailing McCain 40% to 47%.

As Sen. John McCain continues to try to paint Obama as naive and inexperienced on national security, Graham would put an emphatic exclamation point on McCain's own apparent national security naivety since he voted for authorization and has been running as a war hawk.

Also, between Jeff Merkley's solid creds on WMD & foreign policy and Gordon Smith's unstinting support for McCain's bid to provide us with a 3rd Bush term, an Obama/Graham ticket would also provide great coattails for Merkley's bid to send Smith back to Pendleton.

Posted by Kevin at June 12, 2008 10:34 AM