Radar examines potential Democratic VP nominees

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Schweitzer is a popular, chubby Western governor who loves guns and bolo ties. In other words, he's Bill Richardson without the womanizing rumors or the swarthiness.

Obama aides couldn't figure out how they lost Ohio by nearly 10 points, until they saw this video of Strickland's wife singing a campaign song she wrote to the tune of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" during his successful 2006 gubernatorial race.

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Blue-collar whites obviously have a problem warming up to aloof black guys. But give them a New York City Jew billionaire any day and they'll swoon like a pack of smitten schoolgirls with mustaches.

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Remember that Diff'rent Strokes episode where Mr. D forced Kimberly and Willis to go on a double date to help Arnold out with his new girl? It didn't end well.

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Although Richardson frequently defended Clinton during his presidential campaign, he and Obama have grown closer in recent months due to their shared belief that James Carville is a colossal douchebag.

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An obnoxious, loud-mouthed vice president with hair plugs and a Corvette? Yes, please.

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Clark has been making a lot of those unsolicited "just happened to be in the neighborhood" drop-bys at Obama HQ ever since New York magazine published that fictional account of a brokered convention, which cast Obama's selection of Clark as his VP as the decisive move that finally killed Hillary Clinton's candidacy.

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Could an Obama-Edwards ticket give Democrats that Crockett 'n Tubbs vibe American voters are clearly pining for?

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Kaine was a successful Democrat in a Republican-leaning state because he's one of the few Democratic politicians out there who doesn't wear his burning hatred of Jesus on his sleeve. Also, his eyebrows are hypnotic.

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Sebelius underwhelmed many Democrats earlier this year with her boring rebuttal of President Bush's State of the Union speech. This came as a hell of a surprise to Kansans, who are still blown away by the dynamism Sebelius exhibited back during her days as state insurance commissioner.

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To prove he has that fire in the belly needed for a rigorous presidential campaign, Rendell recently made a Rocky-inspired charge up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. And if he hadn't insisted on "carb-loading" with those Geno's cheesesteaks right before, he probably would've made it all the way to the top.

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This press-hungry maverick Republican has confided to top aides that he'd seriously consider killing every last one of them with a rusty bayonet if they don't get him mentioned more frequently as a possible Obama VP.

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The former Missouri congressman brings a lot of experience to the table, but why would he go back on the dole of the U.S. government when the government of Turkey will pay him $100,000 a month just to lobby against some stupid resolution condemning genocide that he strongly supported while in Congress?

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McCaskill hasn't been one of Obama's most outspoken advocates because she's interested in the VP slot or anything. Really, she's actually quite content being the second lowest ranking Democrat on the Senate Special Committee on Aging.

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Bayh, who managed his father's losing senate campaign against Dan Quayle in 1980, prays nightly for the opportunity to finally avenge that grievous defeat by becoming an even better vice president than Quayle was.

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Henry erased lingering doubts about whether or not he was vice presidential timber last year when he declared watermelon the official state vegetable.

This hot-tempered fireplug is a man of many talents. Beyond his extensive military experience, Zinni has also co-authored a novel with Tom Clancy, shilled for an insurance company that ripped off a bunch of soldiers, and delighted many a dinner guest with a spot-on rendition of the Lollipop Guild scene from the Wizard of Oz.

A favorite among progressives, Feingold famously teamed up with Republican nominee John McCain to pass landmark campaign finance reform legislation that so effectively reduced the role of money in politics. That sure solved everything!