Veepstakes: The Democrats

For those of you inclined to gamble, here's my odds on who Barack Obama will choose to share the ticket with him come this November:

US Senator James Webb: 3-2 (The name everyone has been hearing lately)

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: 2-1 (Has done it all, adds foreign policy gravitas)

US Senator Hillary Clinton: 4-1 (Would be most-questioned decision of Obama's life)

Ret. General Wesley Clark: 4-1 (The safest pro-Clinton choice available)

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer: 7-1 (Helps deliver the West, adds white male to ticket)

Former Sen. John Edwards: 7-1 (Would he really say 'no' if Obama asked?)

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius: 9-1 (Big Obama backer, but not a national name)

US Senator Joe Biden: 9-1 (I like his style, but to most he's just another East Coast liberal)

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg: 15-1 (Is there anyone who really likes him?)

US Senator Evan Bayh: 15-1 (The centrist John Edwards, a poor man's Wes Clark for courting Clinton supporters)

US Senator Chuck Hagel: 25-1 (I don't think Far Left would actually allow him on ticket)

Former Va. Gov. Mark Warner: 50-1 (Probably will stick to his US Senate campaign)

Oprah Winfrey: 50-1 (Take pay cut, ship Stedman and/or Gayle to the Naval Observatory?)

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright: 100-1 (No one can resist putting him on the shortlist)