Mike Beebe, the Governor of Arkansas elected in 2006.Who's Beebe?
Mike Beebe would have only been Governor for one year and him accepting Hillary Clinton's offer would be seen as "jumping ship" for a higher office. The Arkansas vice presidential candidate she was considering was retired General Wesley Clark, who would probably work better. Rudy Giuliani selecting Mike Huckabee is a bad move. Huckabee is moderate in economic wise, but a conservative socially. He'll bring the South and the Christian right into play, but there will be backlash from conservatives over his economic stance (where people in OTL called him a RINO) and him being part of the Christian right turns off independents. Giuliani would probably select the more conservative Rick Perry as his Vice Presidential nominee. Giuliani, on the other hand used the September 11th Terrorist Attacks as the focal point of his campaign, which will lead to his eventual downfall when people see he was exploiting the tragedy for press time and media attention. Conservatives would not like Giuliani that much, because of how liberal he is on social issues, such as abortion (he is pro-choice). End Result: Clinton/Clark win big over Giuliani/Huckabee, because of all that was described and the economic recession and financial collapse.Both are New York/Arkansas vs New York/Arkansas. What if the 2 tickets duked it out in 2008?