Is it wrong that an Obama/John Edwards ticket makes us think of Tubbs and Crockett?

Obama’s first-place finish in Iowa and a second-place finish in New Hampshire got us thinking. And talking. Even before Iowa, I was discussing the President Obama possibility with DG super-friend Julie, and we started running down the list of potential vice-presidential running mates. And from there it was a short step to the realization that they all look a lot like some of our favoritest black-guy white-guy buddy movies. And Julie, who knows a little something something about these movies, compiled the following list.

Obama/Edwards: Miami Vice (Jamie Foxx/Colin Farrell)
Edwards is a pretty boy with great hair who teams up with Obama’s street-smart black man to get rough on crime in no-wrinkle suits. But politically Edwards would be worse than casting Colin Farrell in Don Johnson’s role.

Obama/Dean: ­­ Lethal Weapon (Danny Glover/Mel Gibson)
Dean, similarly, lives up to the wild-eyed Mel Gibson role. Odds Obama thinks at some point during the campaign: “I’m getting too old for this shit”? 5 to 2. Less likely: the twosome live up to the Lethal Weapon moniker.

Obama/Richardson: ­­Boat Trip (Cuba Gooding Jr./Horatio Sanz)
Richardson, the happy-go-lucky jokester, is the Horatio Sanz to Obama’s Cuba Gooding Jr. Sounds like a party!

Obama/Lieberman: ­ The Man (Samuel L. Jackson/Eugene Levy)
Was there ever any doubt? Lieberman is the Jew-y, neurotic Eugene Levy character who’s so weak and smarmy people actually think Obama could pass off Sam Jackson’s loose cannon delivery.

Obama/Kucinich: Men In Black (Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones)
Let’s see … aliens? Check. And while we’re on the topic of Will Smith …

Obama/Colin Powell: Bad Boys (Will Smith/Martin Lawrence)
Another loose cannon paired with the model of reservation form the baddest twosome of brothers from another mother in American politics ever. The two could switch places for an appearance on CNN and Lou Dobbs would never catch on.

Obama/McCain: Die Hard (Sam Jackson/Bruce Willis)
Is John McClane a John McCain man? The old vet could teach the upstart Obama a thing or two about a take-no-prisoners election. And then they could laugh a lot at the end.

Obama/Romney: ­­Pulp Fiction (John Travola/Samuel L. Jackson)
Romney reprises John Travolta’s Vincent Vega character. Why Romney? 1) The slicked-back black hair and 2) Mormons and Scientologists are pretty interchangeable.

Obama/Thompson: The Bucket List (Morgan Freeman/Jack Nicholson)
Thompson is the aging, womanizing Jack Nicholson: He thinks he’s a lot more funny, charismatic, and sexy than he really is ­­and still manages to bag women half his age.

Obama/Huckabee: Bulletproof (Damon Wayans/Adam Sandler)
Could Huckabee be anything other than the deadweight Sandler posing as a funny man?

Obama/Guiliani: 48 Hours (Nick Nolte/Eddie Murphy)
Mouthy, big-city cop? A little bit crazy? One-note performance? Guiliani, meet Nick Nolte. I bet their mug shots would even look similar.

Obama/Clinton: ­­­­White Chicks (Marlon Wayans/Shawn Wayans)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Two black men pose as wealthy white women in this postmodern minstrel show. And the movie ain’t that bad either. Or …

Driving Miss Daisy (Morgan Freeman/Jessica Tandy)
… maybe it’s more like Driving Miss Daisy: Obama as an
uppity house negro to Clinton’s bitchy demanding white lady.
But in the end, the two realize they need each other more than they’ll ever know.