Jimm Webb for VP?

An article in The New Republic makes a good case for why Jim Webb would not be a good Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic ticket. Despite some issues which he takes a liberal stance on, if you examine his actions and words it does not appear that he harbors a liberal world view. He has also said many things which many Democrats would find upsetting. The Democratic party has been in dire need of a little more backbone, but there are different ways to be "tough." Webb's tough attitude appears to be based more on resentment than a strong liberal conviction. One illuminating insight from the article:

"There are also his resentments that focus on gender and ethnicity. Why is this troubling? Because worldviews built on resentment are almost always bad news. They are often bad news even when those resentments are deployed on behalf of a minority group with justifiable historical grievances. (See Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan.) But they are really bad news when deployed by a historically dominant group (men, southern whites) that feels its traditional dominance slipping away. Indeed, it is just this sort of resentment that has spawned some of the least liberal developments in American history--from Jim Crow laws to periodic outbursts of anti-immigration sentiment."