It has been reported that Obama's vp short list has twenty names on it, and one version of the list being circulated is (in no particular order):

1. Sen. Hillary Clinton

2. Former Sen. John Edwards

3. Gov. Bill Richardson

4. Gov. Kathleen Sibelius

5. Sen. Joe Biden

6. Sen. Chris Dodd

7. Gov. Ted Strickland

8. General Wesley Clarke

9. Former Sen. Sam Nunn

10. Gov. Ed Rendell

11. Sen. Chuck Hagel

12. General James Jones (Marines)

13. Sen. Evan Bayh

14. Sen. Jim Webb

15. Gen. Tony McPeak (Air Force)

16. Former Secretary of Navy Richard Danzig

17. Senator Patty Murray

18. Gov. Mark Warner

19. Senator Jack Reed

20. Senator Bill Nelson

This is no doubt a good list, and gives you the idea that the Obama team might be leaning towards somebody with a military background. All the branches of the military seem to be represented on the list.

But who should he pick? How do you whittle this list down to the chosen one? What should be the criteria? Should anybody be else be added to this list?