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Running mate guessing game
Even though it’s way too early to begin the running mate guessing game, that didn’t stop the Washington Times from speculating just a little about who might land the spot on the Republican side.
Assuming John McCain gets the Republican Party’s nomination, then analysts reason he’ll need someone solidly conservative, someone with fresh perspective from outside the Washington circle–and someone who’s a lot younger. Possibilities circulating include: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, newly elected Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal–as well Mike Huckabee and even Mitt Romney.
Who do you think would make a good match?
Topic: Campaign 2008, WorldMagBlog
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As much as I would have preferred either to McCain, I’m wondering if Huckebee and Romney haven’t been too badly soiled by the campaign. Then again it’s already out there. A new person might present a whole new set of unpleasant surprises.
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I’m still rootin’ for Huck for President, call me crazy! I’m reminded of the story of Gideon, how the Lord made him send away so much of his army so that it was clear the victory was the Lord’s. If God wants Huckabee for our next President, you can rest assured He’ll make a way no matter what the media and polls say. I’m praying for, and not giving up on, Huckabee until the day he is either sworn in, or “officially” loses.
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And if God doesn’t want Huck, this too will come to pass.
McCain, I think does not have the temperment to choose either Huckabee or Romney. I’d look for a moderate to conservative southern gov. Maybe a Haley Barbour sort.
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The other night I was watching all the campaign stuff and it struck me that it would be ingenious (sp?) if the Republican party chooses a black woman to run for vice president. Not Condoleeza Rice, but someone of her caliber.
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I’m going to take this opportunity to announce that I, StuBob, am open to being Mr. McCain’s running mate. I’m the right age (46 tomorrow), I have southern connections and midwestern roots, I’m solidly pro-life and pro-second amendment, I’m a Presbyterian, which sounds a lot less scary than Baptist, and I have no baggage.
John! Call me!!!
Barring that, I’d settle for Mike Pence.
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You’re assuming that he needs the conservative vote. His strategy may be to pick another moderate and go for the independents and disgruntled Democrats.
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While Bobby Jindal would seem like a brilliant choice in some ways, I think that he is not a natural born citizen, therefore ineligible to become president in case of McCain dying. Imagining hearing the phrase “President Pelosi” is frightening.
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Dr. Condilezza Rice. She could help in the campaign of course by being the calm reason to balance out the Dems’ over-emphasis on McCain’s hot temper. And then if they made it she could certainly use the vacation the office of the vice-president affords.
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Okay MomofFour, I’ll call you “crazy” (for the fun of it). And that’s okay! You’re pregnant, you can say and do what you want! Yeah!
I don’t think it would be wise to choose Romney. It’s obvious that people are against his Mormonism, and I don’t see why they would accept it in the heartbeat-away VP position.
Provided they remain civil, and I think they can, Gov. Huckabee would make a good choice. I see Dave Matre’s point, but think of the landslide if he picks up the independents, disgruntled Dems AND the conservatives!
I, of course, cast my ballot for StuBob. I’d be more hopeful about the judicial nominations that way.
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The problem with StuBob’s running is he’d have to tell us his real name. Let’s see what we already know in addition to what he said above. OB/GYN, father of TomBob. Is he too young to be Frist? Or Ron Paul?
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McCain needs to pick a conservative southerner if he is going to get past the “not conservative enough” label. Fred Thompson, imho, would be a good choice. I like Mark Sanford too (I voted for him as governor when we lived in SC). He is probably one of the most fiscally responsible Congressmen of our day (when he served as Rep.).
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Thompson’s too old. Anybody familar with Bob Riley?
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What makes you think a true conservative would be willing to run with McCain?
BTW, Romney and Huckabee “soiled” by the campaign–I didn’t understand this statement. In what way?
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#13. There was some mudslinging. Some people who would have voted for them didn’t because of it. This is more true of Huckabee than Romney.
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Michael Steele, former Lt Governor of Maryland
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S.C. Governor Sanford is someone some of the people in the RNC are hoping will run in 4 or 8 years (depending on who becomes President). He is conservative both socially and economically and is a good governor. He could be a good choice except for name recognition.
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Vice President StuBob has a real ring to it, Michelle!
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McCain-StuBob ‘08
It might even cause me to vote for him.
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McCain will make his choice based primarily on who would garner the most votes. I personally think this will lead him away from picking a conservative. In the past he has chosen to court moderate democrats instead of conservative Republicans. Now, especially, conservatives have no where else to go to keep the White House out of Democratic hands. That’s the world we live in.
Whoever it is, it will be someone who is young. I don’t think he will go the Cheney route.
In the next few months he will make everyone think their favorite guy is on the short list. That way he can make everyone feel good for free. The most useless press in an election year is the VP speculation fed by the candidates.
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Ihave heard Sanford mentioned frequently. Pawlenty might be good too (but there may well be a desire to go with a more southern conservative sort).
I like Jindal a lot (he is native born, by the way, his parents were in Baton Rouge, LA for grad school when he arrived), but I don’t think he will be picked this time around.
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StuBob has that Southern sound to it. Of course, won’t that mean he would have to forgo joining us here? As for name recognition, who cares? How many of us can name many of the Veeps who did not become President? I can only name the ones in my lifetime and one or two others because they were famous for something else.
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Not to put a morbid face on it, but as McCain is 72 years old, he needs to pick someone who actually can step right into the presidency.
So, StuBob, is your health good enough to be ready to take over at a moment’s notice?
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How about Kay Coles James?
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How about Frances Rice?
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Actually, McCain should pick which ever conservative he wants and needs to win and then resign – immediately after his inaugural ball of course.
Sadly, McCain would thing Joe Lieberman or Komrad Koward Kerry is a conservative.
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KV — I’m in excellent health, and I just went to the dentist today.
I know that NJL a) used to clerk for a judge and b) is in the midst of a job change. I’m planning on putting her name out for the first Supreme Court vacancy of the McCain-StuBob administration. Of course, I’d have to know her name first….
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Huckabee-StuBob has a better ring to it. Sounds like a couple of country bumkins.
McCain needs star power. Obama is filling stadiums. He is pulling in a million dollars a day. Independents and democrats and even some republicans are excited by him.
McCain won’t achieve that with anyone less than amazing. In short, McCain will lose no matter who he picks.
Huckabee is a big minus. So is Romney. Neither will bring in enough votes or energize enough voters. If they can’t even compete with McCain, they can’t provide much of a benefit.
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It’s a moot point. It does’t matter who the GOP running mate is. If it’s Hillary, the Dems win, in something of a squeaker. If it’s Obama, the GOP walks away with it. You can take that to the bank.
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After the aforementioned Michael Steele and Condilezza Rice my recommendations would be for John Kasich or Joe Scarborough.
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Night train,
Are you even seeing the turnout of voters for Obama? Obama could win against both Hillary and McCain. His turnout is phenomenal. He is getting more votes than all of the Republican candidates combined even with Hillary running. This will be a blowout for the democrats. Especially, when Obama wins. At this point it is statistically improbably that Hillary will win. Obama is crushing her in the popular vote and the superdelegates won’t likely overturn the will of the popular vote.
He won’t likely pick her as VP either. She is too divisive. He knows he can win more easily with a less abrasive personality as his running mate.
McCain isn’t likely to win no matter who he picks. After calling the Christian leaders to be agents of intolerance, McCain will struggle to get voters to the polls. Only Clinton Hatred could save McCain. Combined with Democratic Apathy is their popularly chosen candidate is overruled by superdelegates.
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Are you even seeing the turnout of voters for Obama?
Yes, of course I’m seeing it. It’s a mile broad and an inch deep. Much of it is fueled by White Guilt ridden liberals who are just dying for the chance to vote for a black man for prez. Much of it is driven by the media hype. Much of his success is due to the caucus system used by Dems in so many states , which, being more time consuming and complicated, tend to attract the the hard core activists, which in the Dem’s case means the hard core liberals. Of course the Dem primaries are attracting more voters than GOP ones. You’ve got two historic firsts on the Dem side, a black and a woman, and many people want to be a part of history. On top of that, people are disgusted with Bush and the GOP. Throw in a lackluster GOP field and the numbers are no surprise. But that doesn’t translate to success in November. Dem primary voters and caucus attendees are more liberal than the average voter, and they lie to pollsters about their enthusiasm for Obama. There’s about a 10-15% gap between those who say they’re going to vote for Obama and those who actually do. That phenomenon will only worsen among middle of the road voters. On top of that, you’ve got the problem of Obama calling a racist white hating preacher his hero and one of his best friends, and attending his racist white hating church. Hillary is afraid to touch that, but third party GOP types will make hay of it and spend million of dollars in TV ads to tell people about it. That’ll go over real big.
And the Dems know all this stuff, the power brokers behind the scenes. They’re a lot more frank about things in private, and they know Barack Hussein Obama, whose hero gives Lifetime Achievement awards to Farrakhan, hasn’t got a chance in a general election. Trust me, they’re making plans to deal with this right now, if they’re not already phoning the super delegates and having a come to Jesus talk. I imagine the MI and FL delegates will be seated, too. The powers that be in the Democrat party are not going to allow Obama to be the nominee. It’s just not going to happen.
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I won’t be surprised if some scandalous news about Obama comes out in the next few weeks. If it does, the leak will have been orchestrated by the Democratic National Committee.
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I should probably not say “it’s just not going to happen.” But I’ll be very, very surprised if the people who run the DNC allow Obama to get it. I will say that f they do, I’d bet my house that he loses.
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