It’s unknown if they were ever on the list, but Democratic Senators Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Kent Conrad of North Dakota cannot be Obama’s running mates. You cannot get a below-market-rate loan from a company that your committee regulates and expect the rest of the world to say, “okay.”

You also cannot, as it appears Conrad has done, seem to forget the ownership of a vacation home on your financial disclosure reports, as Say Anything Blog noted.