Talk:United States Democratic vice presidential candidates, 2008

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1 Hagel
2 John Edwards says he won't be a VP candidate again
3 Somebody explain
4 Future of this article
5 Colin Powell

[edit] Hagel

Chuck Hagel is a Republican. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.185.184.49 (talk) 18:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't mean they can't nominate him. --WizardOfTheCDrive (talk) 01:34, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] John Edwards says he won't be a VP candidate again

Could someone get a link to an article that says that? My internet is screwy. --WizardOfTheCDrive (talk) 01:34, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Somebody explain

How is Al Gore eligible to become VP again? Doesn't he have a term limit also just like Clinton? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.175.146 (talk) 17:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

There appears to be no limit, per Vice President of the United States#Eligibility.--Appraiser (talk) 20:10, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Future of this article

Over the course of the next 2 months, this list could potentially dwindle down to one selected person. As names drop off, I think we should keep them, adding notes about when (and maybe why) they were eliminated as potential candidates - in order to preserve the historical record.--Appraiser (talk) 16:58, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

This article (and it's Republican counterpart) are of an unusual type. Nobody runs for vice president, until he/she is chosen as a running mate by the presidential (presumptive) nominee. GoodDay (talk) 22:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

agreed. But I think it will be interesting to see who was considered 10 or 100 years hence.--Appraiser (talk) 14:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree that after the nominee is selected, we should retain the list of "also-rans" for lack of a better word. E.g., list of United States Democratic vice presidential candidates who didn't get selected, 2008 Aldrich Hanssen (talk) 10:09, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

My guess is, after McCain & Obama make their selections? this article (and it's Republican counter-part) will eventually be deleted. GoodDay (talk) 19:21, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

My hope is that the article be retained with most of the names that are on it now, plus new ones added in the next two months. Renaming may be appropriate though. Wouldn't it be interesting to see a "top 25" list for every historical election? Where else but Wikipedia would this information be retained?--Appraiser (talk) 20:38, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

A top 25 list? It certainly would be a huge undertaking for anyone ambitious enough to create them. GoodDay (talk) 21:55, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Colin Powell

Colin Powell on a Dem. ticket? He is also on McCain's page I removed him. ⁂†Poison the Well†⁂ (talk) 06:35, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

He is just as much a speculated nominee as the other names on here, moreso even than some. -- Fifty7 (talk) 17:37, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Powell is mentioned in the cited source, which is the criterion used in this article. Hopefully the edit war will stop.--Appraiser (talk) 12:49, 12 June 2008 (UTC)