The Veep Thread

[Beaker]

Can someone of a conservative bent tell me why McCain would pick Pawlenty?

He's young, that's all I can think of.

I don't think for a second he can deliver Minnesota. Not for a second.

Does anyone think Romney deliver Massachusetts for McCain?

I already said prior to this I think McCain has a solid chance in Mass. I think Romney might push him over the top.

Sorry, Red, but that's just not happening--even with Romney.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Of the three big names USA Today is bandying about (no guarantee of precision, there, BTW), Mc would be most comfortable with Crist, obviously. It would be bad tactics to take him, IMO (Mc's going to win Fla, anyway, most likely . . ), since from a general-elec perspective, the guy's a lightweight . . . but Goldwater picked Miller for equally specious reasons -- and we saw how than turned out.

Jindal's one to watch, on the GOP side. He's so young, but in terms of his basic posture and helpful (youthful) contrast, he's probably wouldn't be a horrible pick.

Romney's the big-money, anything-to-win, hack pick. God help us all, if.

Given the economic picture, none of this likely matters, but, hey . .. knock yourselves out.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

I am not immune to the shiny object view on this one -- McCain has no intent of picking any of them. But having them over the same weekend as he releases his medical records ensures that the med story gets second billing (absent any shocking news, of course)

 

[Beaker]

I know Lieberman has already said he wouldn't accept the veep, I've noticed that he seems to be increasingly joined to McCain's hip.

Mind you, the man has lied before. He said he wouldn't run if he lost the Dem primary in CT, and of course he did anyways.

 

[Tom Petty]

McCain and wife will host Louisiana guv Bobby Jindal and his wife for a weekend meeting in Arizona.
Jindal is like a more approachable Ross Perot.
Not as self-congratulatory as Perot seem(ed) to be a few campaigns ago.
Jindal's got a great mind and, if nothing else, would be able to help balance the budget in one term.
In two, he'd have us back in the black.
Great head on that guy's shoulders.
And he's only 30-something, I do believe.

Jindal is an impressive guy. He probably shouldn't have attended that exorcism, however.

Yeah, it will suck to be a heartbeat away from the presidency...

you are so awesome, dude.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

I know Lieberman has already said he wouldn't accept the veep, I've noticed that he seems to be increasingly joined to McCain's hip.

Mind you, the man has lied before. He said he wouldn't run if he lost the Dem primary in CT, and of course he did anyways.

Not happening, for a lot of reasons. For Mac to tab Joe would be akin to putting all of the GOP's chips on Iraq -- and they really, really don't want to do that, if they actually want to win, this time around.

 

[Beaker]

I know Lieberman has already said he wouldn't accept the veep, I've noticed that he seems to be increasingly joined to McCain's hip.

Mind you, the man has lied before. He said he wouldn't run if he lost the Dem primary in CT, and of course he did anyways.

Not happening, for a lot of reasons. For Mac to tab Joe would be akin to putting all of the GOP's chips on Iraq -- and they really, really don't want to do that, if they actually want to win, this time around.

I guess I'm inclined to agree with you, Ben. Yet for this CT Dem, it's hard not to notice Lieberman hanging onto McCain's coattails.

 

[Oz]

I'm telling you all again, Bredesen has the inside track.

While I can see that, somehow I still think Kathleen Sebelius might get the nod. She might appease Hillary backers who liked the thought of a woman in the White House. She's a governor, so she's not taking away any numbers from Congress. She's Roman Catholic, so she might help Obama with a group some numbers suggest he's struggled to get. She's the daughter of a former Ohio governor, so there are some in-roads to a crucial swing state there, not to mention Plains states.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

If Romney had won the nominee, I would be voting for Obama...

I don't like the guy. But I think he may be the safe pick for McCain. I don't think McCain needs Crist to win Florida and that's really the only reason to pick him.

 

[EStreetJoe]

If Barack Obama came to you and asked you for a list of five people you believe he should consider for veep, who would be on that list?

(not necessarily in this order)
1. Tom Vilsack
2. Gov. Strickland
3. HRC
4. Gov. Napolitano (not Representative Napolitano)
5. Bob Kerrey (I voted for him in '88 after Dukakis clinched the nomination)

 

[Ben_Hecht]

If Romney had won the nominee, I would be voting for Obama...

I don't like the guy. But I think he may be the safe pick for McCain. I don't think McCain needs Crist to win Florida and that's really the only reason to pick him.

Don't think Mac needs Crist, either, as previously noted.

But to take Romney would be to cater to the worst aspects of the GOP's Daddy Warbucks core, and the country's had quite enough of that act, methinks.

 

[Grimace]

McCain and wife will host Louisiana guv Bobby Jindal and his wife for a weekend meeting in Arizona.
Jindal is like a more approachable Ross Perot.
Not as self-congratulatory as Perot seem(ed) to be a few campaigns ago.
Jindal's got a great mind and, if nothing else, would be able to help balance the budget in one term.
In two, he'd have us back in the black.
Great head on that guy's shoulders.
And he's only 30-something, I do believe.

Jindal is an impressive guy. He probably shouldn't have attended that exorcism, however.

Yeah, it will suck to be a heartbeat away from the presidency...

Or, 1/2 heartbeat in McGrandpa's case.