THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET "AHA" MOMENT

Jack Reed, a Democrat, and Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel will be joining Obama on his upcoming trip to European capitals and U.S. battlefronts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although both have been mentioned as potential Obama vice presidential running mates, Senator Reed has all of the requirements, plus. His only downfall is the state he hails from, Rhode Island, which has all the meaning of winning the Guam primary earlier in the year. He is however, a New Englander, which should be helpful. Take a look at his accomplishments so far, and tell me we aren't staring at the Obama Veep selection (as soon as he assuages the Clinton / PUMA (Party Unity My Ass) sore losers (including me).

Jack Reed, 58 years old. Received his B.S. from West Point, and a Masters from Harvard (JFK school of government, which will definately give barack a "chubby"). He served in the military as an army ranger, a paratrooper, served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Infantry Platoon leader in the 325th Infantry Regiment, a Company Commander, and a Battalion Staff Officer.

He came back and attended Harvard Law, joined two different law firms, then went back to West Point as an Associate Professor. He served 3 terms as a Rhode Island state Senator, one term in the House of Representatives, and two terms in the Senate, where he currently is a member of the Senate Armed Forces committee, the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee, as well as the Senate Appropriations committee.

He is a Roman Catholic (again, pleasing to JFK crazed Obama), with an extremely liberal voting record, although not quite as liberal as Obama. He married professional Senate staffer Julia Hart in a Roman Catholic ceremony in the Catholic chapel on the United States Military Academy campus on April 16, 2005. On January 5, 2007, Mrs. Reed gave birth to a daughter, Emily (devout family man).

What else do you need? Experience, a veteran, serves on the three most powerful committees in the Senate, attended Harvard, a former educator, extremely liberal to calm down the Obama critics that he is merging towards the center, a devout family man, and a person of faith. Add to this the not so obvious (and continuing) JFK comparisons, and we have our man. The only thing he hasn't done is get captured while commanding a PT boat. And now, he travels to Iraq with Obama, and coincidence (?), he did the George Stephanopolis show today. SLAM DUNK!! It's Obama / Reed 2008. Here is the video....http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5316923