Last week, tongue firmly planted in cheek, the Crystal Ball endeavored to quash all of the much-too-early talk of potential vice presidential candidates with our own extensive list of the top candidates for the number two spot on each party’s presidential ticket in 2008 (read more). Because we are still a year and more out from the election and even the VP candidate selection period, there are really scores of potential candidates who could end up on the ballot next year, and you–our astute readers–did an excellent job pointing out other options and sharing your thoughts on the Crystal Ball’s initial VP analysis. Of course, as we say at the bottom of every newsletter, “He who lives by the crystal ball ends up eating ground glass!”
With March Madness behind us (congrats to all the Gators out there, and condolences to the Buckeyes, Wahoos, and the rest of the teams that didn’t make it all the way this year), the NCAA odds-makers can now turn their attention back to the presidential race–and the NIT odds-makers can focus on the vice presidential contenders. We will surely return to our VP coverage when the appropriate time comes, but for now, with sincere thanks to all who took the time to email us, we offer a sampling of our reader responses from last week’s article.