Could picking Gephardt and thereby giving the proverbial finger to Dean, anti-war Americans, and the blogosphere be Kerry's "Sister Souljah Moment"?
(For those who weren't around in 1992, or who have suppressed the memories, Clinton criticized black rapper Sister Souljah for saying that blacks usually kill other blacks but one day should kill whites instead; Clinton's criticism was viewed as an attempt to shed the beholden-to-blacks reputation of Democrats.)
I would have thought no -- in part because Kerry doesn't obviously have the package to have a Sister Souljah Moment -- but the vicious blogosphere reaction could wind its way into news reports that actually make Gephardt seem like a dynamic, potentially risky choice. I.e., "Kerry picks Gephardt, outrages elitist left-wingers who blog and/or rabid anti-war types, shows leadership by aligning self with blue collar union types and other 'real Americans.'"
What do you folks think?