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Dems Have a Problem With a Jewish Vice President
Sunday, August 06, 2000
By Thomas Ferraro
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (Reuters) - Sen. Joseph Lieberman would ''almost be a slam
dunk'' as Al Gore's choice for vice-presidential running mate if he were
Episcopalian rather than Jewish, Ed Rendell, chairman of the National
Democratic Committee, said on Saturday.
``Joe Lieberman would be a bold and courageous choice,'' Rendell said,
calling the Connecticut Democrat ``maybe the finest person in politics'' but
also acknowledging concerns about a possible backlash against his faith.
``I don't think anyone can calculate the effect of having a Jew on the
ticket,'' Rendell told reporters as Gore attended a fund-raiser in East
Hampton, New York. ``If Joe Lieberman was Episcopalian, I think he'd almost
be a slam dunk,'' Rendell added.
Gore intends to name his choice on Tuesday. Lieberman is on the short-list,
along with Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts, John Edwards of North Carolina
and Evan Bayh of Indiana, House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri,
and New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen.
Shaheen and Gephardt have said they are not interested. But only Shaheen has
said she would not accept the No. 2 slot if it was offered.
Gore has also said there is a seventh possible contender, identified only as
a ``wild card.''
Rendell joked that he was for the ``wild card,'' though he added he did not
know the identity of the person. He said that each of the six known
candidates would be a boost but that he was remaining publicly neutral and
would not endorse anyone.
At the same time, he threw out a couple of other names as potential
contenders: Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, a veteran of Vietnam, where he won
the Medal of Honor, and former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, whom Gore
defeated for the Democratic presidential nomination earlier this year.
Rendell said Kerrey's war-hero status could be a boost to Gore, who also
served in Vietnam as an Army journalist. Rendell said that if Gore picked
Bradley, a former Rhodes Scholar and professional basketball player, that
would also trigger excitement.
Asked what Bradley would bring to the ticket, Rendell said, ''Intelligence,
integrity and stature and (the states of) Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware.''
Rendell said Gore might have picked Defense Secretary Bill Cohen as his
running mate -- if Cohen had not said he intended to vote for fellow
Republican George W. Bush for president.
``He'd be dynamite,'' Rendell said of the former Republican senator from
Maine.
Of Lieberman, Rendell said, ``Maybe that is what we ought to do is pick the
finest person in politics -- I think it would be great.''
Asked if Lieberman's faith was enough of a concern to rule him out, Rendell
shrugged and said, ``I'm not sure that the people who would vote against us
because Joe is Jewish aren't going to vote against us anyway.''
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