Vice President Reed?
Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed may be on the potential shortlist of VP 
candidates for at least one of the two remaining Democratic candidates for president, Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter speculated in his Tuesday column.
To compensate for the huge gap in national-security experience, Obama might pick retired general Anthony Zinni, Sen. Jack Reed (a decorated Vietnam veteran) or former senator Sam Nunn as his running mate. He would stress homeland security, crushing Al Qaeda and how McCain’s support for the Iraq War has harmed the military and cost trillions that could be better spent at home. The last argument would be used to blunt any GOP attack on the high cost of Obama’s liberal social programs. (The $233 million Alaska “bridge to nowhere” that McCain complains about incessantly is equal to less than 18 hours in Iraq.)
Reed, who made his 11th trip to Iraq last month and has so far remained neutral in the Democratic race for the presidency, has also been mentioned as a possible secretary of defense in a Democratic administration.