I often read Chris Cillizza’s Washington Post column, ‘The Fix’. Here he evaluates 5 Republican and 5 Democratic VP hopefuls:
Friday Veepstakes Line: Crunch Time!
In conversations with a wide variety of sources on both sides of the aisle, we have some sense of the mindset of each man as he approaches one of the most momentous decisions in this campaign.
For Obama, the general sense is that he will opt for a “safe” choice — a known commodity along the lines of either Sen. Joe Biden (Del.) or Sen. Evan Bayh (Ind.).
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For McCain, it’s clear that — all things being equal — he would like to pick someone with whom he has a personal rapport — hence the re-emergence of McCain friends like former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and the decline in buzz around former governor Mitt Romney (Mass.).
Here Chris Cillizza picks the 10 Senate seats most likely to change parties:
Friday Senate Line: Is 62 Democrats’ Magic Number?
…if Democrats really want to be safe in their filibuster-proof majority, they would need to claim 11 pickups in November, a total that would bring them to 62 seats in the upper chamber. And that is a VERY tall order.