I don’t know who Barack Obama would pick for his vice president. I would hope that it’s not Michael Bloomberg, but my guess is today’s press slathering from the Beltway Blogs is groundless.

I hope that Obama makes his decision by what we can call The Spitzer Principle, which is, knowing that the Republicans will seek to destroy a successful progressive leader, the selection of the second ranking official should tend towards someone who is a progressive who can continue on the policies of the first official if he or she is force to resign.

I am engaging in wishful thinking, though, at least as far as it comes to Obama. I’m expecting a red state, moderate governor to be Obama’s VP pick.