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Clinton Veepstakes

 Should the former presumptive front-runner beat the odds and secure the Democratic nomination, which veep candidate is her key to the Oval Office?

May. 08, 2008 | In a galaxy far, far away, populated exclusively by zombie superdelegates, there's a chance that Hillary Clinton might be the Democratic nominee for president come fall.

Should she beat the odds, she will need a running mate, and there's probably a rule somewhere that says she can't be married to him. Take the following quiz and decide which of 15 prominent Americans is best suited to make coffee for Bill -- I mean serve as Hillary's vice president.

After you have answered the 13 questions and pressed "Vote," the names and faces of the three candidates that best fit your responses will pop up on Page 2. You can then contrast your picks with those of other voters by looking at the cumulative results on Page 3.

The list of potential running mates overlaps with, but is not identical to, the roster of could-be candidates in our previously published pick-a-veep-for-Obama quiz. The questions, however, are identical, and as previously noted, they're as much about electability as ideology or governing chops. The test is designed to pick a vice-presidential candidate, not a vice president.

  1. The running mate should be a:
  2. The running mate should be from the:
  3. The running mate should be:
  4. The running mate should be:
  5. How old should the running mate be?
  6. Should the running mate have served in the military?
  7. Should the running mate have supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq?
  8. Should the running mate support universal health care?
  9. Has the running mate endorsed:
  10. Has the running mate admitted using drugs as a youth?
  11. Does the running mate support gay marriage?
  12. What is the running mate's position on capital punishment?
  13. How does the running mate part his or her hair?

On the Ballot: 15 vice-presidential possibilities for Hillary Clinton

CandidatePercentage of reader vote
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.)  21%
Gen. Wesley Clark  21%
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kan.)  12%
Gov. Ted Strickland (D-Ohio)  6%
Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.)  6%
Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.)  6%
Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.)  5%
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)  5%
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.)  3%
Former Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-Iowa)  2%
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)  2%
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)  1%
Gov. Phil Bredesen (D-Tenn.)  1%
Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Penn.)  1%
Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) 0%

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