With Jim Webb's name floating high as a possible Obama running mate, there has been a left wing ecstasy reminiscent of Michael Moore's dreamy eyed endorsement of Wesley Clark in 04. Wow, we finally have actual General to throw at them, so now who's really tougher?

Like Clark, Webb isn't all guns and roses. Much concern has be expressed about his fitness and potential vulnerabilities. Kathy G stated the case against Webb well yesterday on the Yglesias blog. It's not just his brashness on the campaign trail, or that taking him out of a Red State Senate seat would be strategically stupid, but it's also his "wingnutty" Republican recent past.

The Senate coalition argument strikes me as the strongest. However brash he may be, veeps and running mates play the roll of attach dog (think Cheney and Agnew) in the modern presidential beauty contest, and Webb does this very well. And in a related matter, he gets major points for standing up for our troops while sticking it to McCain, Bush and Co. on the GI Bill.