Obama answers Nader, talks V.P. requirements

By GottaLaff

Barack Obama has plenty to say. First, he wastes no time putting Ralphie in his place:

In an interview with the Rocky Mountain News, Nader accused Obama, who would be the first black president, of ignoring issues affecting the poor and of trying to "talk white."

"First of all, what's clear is Ralph Nader hasn't been paying attention to my speeches. Because all the issues that he talked about, whether it's predatory lending or the housing foreclosures are issues that ... I've devoted multiple speeches, town hall meetings to, throughout this campaign," Obama said.

"He's somebody who is trying to get attention and whose campaign hasn't gotten any traction," Obama said. "So what better way to get some traction than to make an inflammatory statement like the one that he made."

So much for Ralphie. On to vice president pre-requisites. Can you decipher any more clues here?

Obama said first and foremost was the need to find someone ready to step into the Oval Office right away should that be necessary.

"I want somebody who can be a good president if anything happened to me," Obama told a news conference in Chicago. "I want somebody who can be a good adviser and counsel to me and tell me where he or she thinks I'm wrong, not just on national security policy but on domestic policy as well."

My money's on a military guy. I don't think it will be Webb, since he has Confederate and women-in-the-military issues, both problematic, whether legitimate or not. Wesley Clark maybe?

Your turn.