It seems Democratic Governor Bill Ritter caught a case of foot in mouth disease yesterday while on the Mike Rosen show. Ritter had been rumored to be on the short list as a potential Vice President for Barack Obama, although after yesterdays performance, I think we can safely say he is no longer in consideration. Michelle Malkin has the transcript:

Rosen: “Why don’t you think you’d be a good choice?”

Ritter: “Well, just because, I think there are a lot of things that he has to take into consideration. I’ve been governor for 18 months. My experience before that was as a district attorney. I loved being a district attorney…but I don’t think that’s what Barack Obama’s looking for in a vice president. I’ve been governor for 18 months. It’s been a great experience. But it’s just 18 months…Obama has to think about experience…levels of experience…”

[Ritter then discusses other VP possibilities…Tim Kaine, Evan Bayh…praises their experience, foreign policy creds…Joe Biden/chair of Senate Foreign Relations committee…”Any of those three would make sense to me”…Kathleen Sibelius is a great woman…]

An astute caller picked up on this and offers a follow up question for Ritter;

Caller Richard from Windsor: “Governor, you said 18 months’ experience wasn’t enough experience as governor to be the vice president. Would you want to contrast that with the 143 days’ experience Obama as senator before he decided he had enough experience to be president.”

Ritter: All I can tell ya is I am a fan of Barack Obama’s. Met him in 2004 during his campaign for Senate…You meet him and discover there’s something very different about him. That’s all I’ll say.

In truth, Ritter’s 18 months of gubernatorial experience makes him slightly more qualified than Obama, as he has had experience at the executive level, as opposed to the legislative level of government. Ritter overlooks this and simply states that he is “a fan” of Obama’s, ironically making McCain’s “Celeb” ad even more meaningful.

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