Dean and ....?

So, Al Gore tossed his support behind Dean today (apparently not bothering to let Lieberman know ahead of time). While this is not necessarily a 'death knoll' for the other campaigns (I wonder what's in those files....), it's certainly a feather in Dean's hat.

Now, while I doubt (though could be surprised) that any of the main players will drop out before any votes are cast, the game people are playing is which of the candidates will Dean grab as VP (if any), assuming he gets the nomination.

The obvious seems Dean and Clark. Clark can help in the south, and will balance off Dean's anti-war stance. And, there's a secondary benefit to this. We'd get to watch a Clark / Cheney debate - which should be a PPV event!

Another interesting choice would be Dean/ Edwards. I've always been sort of an Edwards fan, though I'm not sure why his candidacy hasn't done better than it has. He's smart, articulate, again from the south. No too much help on the 'war' issue, but I think that would be an acceptable loss.

None of the other choices seem very likely to me. Kucinich, while maybe able to help in the Mid West, doesn't offer much in terms of complementing Dean. I've never been a huge fan of Gephardt, and doubt he would be willing to play second fiddle to Dean. Same goes with Lieberman - I don't see him accepting a VP nod, even if it were offered, which it wouldn't be.

***************Update

Kevin at CalPundit, who is way smarter than me, came up with the same top 2. Which, if anything, only means that I'm not completely out to lunch.