Who do you think McCain will select to be his Vice Presidential Nominee

[grantcart]

Poll question: Who do you think McCain will select to be his Vice Presidential Nominee

It's interesting that the media doesn't seem particularly interested in the subject.

Let's see how close DU can come to predict the nominee who will, hopefully, be joining Rep. Miller in ignonimity

Leaving these folks off the list for the following reasons

* Bobby Jindal because he's too young and the Republicans are not going to accept him in four years as the nominee
* Mel Martinez because he was born in Cuba and thus is ineligible to be President.
* Jeb Bush, because there's no way McCain would even consider another Bush.
* Michael Steele because he hasn't won a big election.
* Richard Burr, because I am not sure what he would add to the ticket that others couldn't provide more of.
* Phil Gramm, because he has terrible presence on TV
* Newt Gingrich, because I think he would have too much baggage.
* David Petraeus & Tommy Franks, because they would add little to the ticket of a man like McCain, who has military experience.

My guess Fiorina- Articulate - woman and dramatically improves his economic credentials - reinforces his 'claim' that he is a

maverick and gives him a platform to argue that he intends to be the 'real change candidate' by opening up the executive branch

to non politicians.


On Edit adding these links to articles on lists for Republican Vice Presidents

Right Wing News
http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/02/john_mccains_top_22_potential.php

USNews and World Report
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/05/13/who-will-be-mccains-vice-presidential-candidate.html

The Caucuse
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/mccain-considering-vice-presidential-picks/

Reuter
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN0340850520080608

[IndianaGreen]

1. Josef Mengele

Doctor Death will suit McDeath very well.

[saltpoint]

30. Too progressive for McCain.

[blueinindiana]

2. Jerry Falwell's Corpse

[blonndee]

3. Other: Kay Bailey Hutchison

R-Texas. :puke:

[cliffordu]

29. Actually, you could be right.

Man, that would FRY Hillary, particularly if Obama doesn't chose her.....

[blonndee]

31. I saw her briefly this morning on TV and got the feeling she's been "consulted"

about it. I have to admit, that would be a scary ticket. A LOT of repukes really like her. And she could be very attractive to former Hillary supporters.

ETA: It could also present difficulties if Obama chooses a veep like Webb. He wouldn't be able to lay the smack down like he's so good at because it would be played in the media as though he were bullying her. Wouldn't play well.

[cliffordu]

44. Rated at 7% by NARAL

Just because she's a woman doesn't mean she's not a Neanderthal

[Stop Cornyn]

34. Agreed. It'll be Kay Bailey Hutchison

[lastliberalintexas]

50. POssibly, but she has some of the same "negatives" as McCain

She is perceived as being too liberal by the fundies, and was even booed by some repubs at the state convention a few years ago because she is seen as "pro-choice" even though she's not. She doesn't really help him with the repub demo he's had problems with.

I'd say Romney or Huckabee. But I'm leaning more and more towards Romney, since he has Wall Street as well as the fundies.

[Yupster]

63. She's my guess too

She's about the only acceptable woman they have.

[truebrit71]

71. Isn't she even older than McCain? Holy crap GOP '08 = Geriatric Old Pratts

...That ticket will be lucky not to get SLAUGHTERED at the polls...

[sellitman]

4. I think it will be Romney

Maybe

[femmocrat]

5. My money is on Romney.

Only because he looks like an acceptable "heir apparent" for 2012.

[al bupp]

18. More like a "Hair Apparent", if you ask me

But I agree, he's the obvious "safe" choice for the Pugs.

[Blondiegrrl]

54. *snicker* He reminds me of a used-car salesman.

Slick. Very slick.

[Muttocracy]

56. cross between that and Guy Smiley on Sesame St nt

[MadBadger]

6. Pawlenty.

[mcctatas]

7. My money's on this guy....

But then again, that would leave him with another frail looking old white guy as his running mate, those two would look positively sickly next to Obama and pretty much anyone.

[FrenchieCat]

8. A Woman.....like New Jersey's former Governor

Christine Todd Whitman.

McCain has no base, and this is how he is planning on gaining one. This will give the Hillary supporters someone to vote for. Conservative Republicans will stay at home, however, and if Hillary supporters don't bite, Democrats win.

[Olney Blue]

16. She was not a loyal Bushie- she spoke out eventually about the

atrocities of the administration in regard to the EPA. I will be surprised if he chooses her.

[rzemanfl]

17. The ground zero lies are the skeleton in her closet. n/t

[Sparkly]

9. I honestly don't know the Republican field well enough to say.

And I'm not sure the GOP calculates much of a boost with a woman or minority VP. Wonder if Liddy Dole is a possibility, though... Hm...

[grantcart]

13. I have added links so you can see what they are saying about them

Dole is up for re election and it has gotten suprisingly tight. If she is chosen there is a very good chance that they will lose her seat in the Senate.

[H2O Man]

10. I think a likely choice

is Williard "Mitt" Romney.

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[grantcart]

22. and above the remnants of a one post pizza?

[H2O Man]

25. Thanks to the moderators!

Where do these people come from?

[TahitiNut]

41. Well, they get bored ...

[HCE SuiGeneris]

11. It will be someone that is willing to be branded with this:

[newmajority]

14. There's no question he's looking at governors

Mittens seems the obvious choice, if only because he can keep the Money 'Pukes on board.

[AlinPA]

15. Sarah Palin, Gov of Alaska. Young, w/5 children, 90% approval in AK,

aimed at getting some angered women Clinton supporters to vote for a woman.

[FrenchieCat]

20. I don't think that she will be able to come out and campaign.....

Her last child was just born prematurely in late April, and has Down Syndrome.


Alaska governor gives birth to son with Down’s Syndrome

Anchorage, Apr 24, 2008 / 03:42 am (CNA).- Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin on Friday gave birth to her fifth child, a son who has Down’s Syndrome. She said that she and her family had been “truly blessed.”

Governor Palin’s labor began while she was in Texas at the Governors’ Energy Conference where she gave the keynote luncheon address. She was able to fly back to Alaska in time to deliver her son, Trig Paxon Van Palin, at 6:30 a.m. He was born one month early and weighed six pounds, two ounces.

Testing during early pregnancy revealed the baby had Down’s Syndrome. Governor Palin said she was sad at first, but her family now feels blessed that God chose them.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12445

[truebrit71]

72. And perfect at ignoring the voter's wishes....ie PERFECT republican..

...

[NewHampshireDem]

19. Someone who solidifies his base

I'm hoping for Mittens or Huckleberry, but I'm not holding my breath--I think either would be the final nail in his campaign's coffin. He needs a Newt or some other far-right-wing whackjob to convince the base that he's really one of them. Anything less and he's toast. He can't win by running toward the middle.

[Breeze54]

21. ANYONE that can read a teleprompter!

:P

[BklynChick]

23. I'm thinking Romney too; McCain is no maverick he will go with the obvious choice.

[ruggerson]

24. Pawlenty

he's a gov, he's got conservative cred for the nutjob wing and they think he could put Minnesota in play (which I doubt.)

[earthlover]

37. Pawlenty would be their best choice...maybe that's why he is listed TWICE in the POLL!!!!>?

[scarface2004]

26. please let it be huckabee!

then we can debate evolution theory for six months and why barack is genetically inferior to the white man!!!

[Major Hogwash]

27. Huckabee is too folksy, so I'm going with Romney because he thinks he has business cred.

McCain needs the right-wing Christian fundamentalists, but they may reject him even with Huckabee on the ticket, so because McCain has already done everything he could do to lose, he'll pick Mitt.

[cliffordu]

28. BIll O'reilly

[Mezzo]

32. Condoleezza Rice nt

[saltpoint]

33. Hi, grantcart. Agree with your analysis about those particular Republicans'

chances for the veep slot.

I wonder if Fiorina would upstage McCain. As disagreeable as her ideology is, she does sound pretty good on her feet. McCain might need to go with someone who has a little less charisma and coherence than he does.

Possibly Terry Schiavo.

Seriously, I wonder if McCain's handlers will wait to see if Obama chooses a woman, or Bill Richardson, or a white male, or what, and then try to counter with something demographically strategic.

Ah! Obama chose Sebelius, so I'll just choose Kay Baily. So there!

Ah! Obama picked Chafee, so I'll show him -- I'll pick Lieberman! Nyah nyah nyah!

Etc.

[grantcart]

35. A dead Gerbil would upstage McCain - they need somebody that can hold the stage

It is a good point. McCain's speech last Tuesday was so unbelievably bad and totally panned (with the exception of the idiot Ford) that I believe that they will be willing to take more of a risk in getting somebody that will add some spark to the ticket.

[saltpoint]

39. That could be their strategy. McCain certainly needs something.

Maybe his events could be begun with a volley of lottery tickets and a revue of naked dancers.

Rob Portman might be an option for McCain. He's pretty young and from a swing state, with discernible experience in government and likely a bright future ahead of him.

[recoveringdittohed]

36. Jim Bunning

So McCain will seem like a young whipper snapper by comparison.

[saltpoint]

38. Jim Bunning. Has it even been determined that Jim Bunning is a

sentient being?

That's not to say I would have gladly stepped into the batter's box against him 50 years ago, but of late he seems, how do you say in your country, in a permanent vegetative state?

[Swamp Rat]

60. LOL!

He makes john McCain seem youthful.

:hi:

[saltpoint]

61. Hey there. Howdy do. Happy June.

[Swamp Rat]

65. Happy hurricane season!

:hide:

Bunning's brain is more ancient than McCain. I voted Lieberman in the poll, but Romney might be a better choice, 'youth-wise'.

[saltpoint]

66. I love the picture. It's got the nostaliga of horror and the zing of politics both.

Romney is standing the strongest of all the Puke candidates from early this year, and the one who looked "inevitable" -- Giuliani -- is marginalized.

It's a strange world.

[goclark]

40. For some reason I think McCain will drop out

and Mitt will get the nomination.

[saltpoint]

42. Entirely possible. I'm sure McCain is in it at all against medical advice.

"But Senator, you can't withstand the rigors of the campaign trail. You're legally DEAD!"

[grantcart]

47. I agree that it is very likely but some how they will have to get McCain to agree

One problem is that in doing so they will almost certainly lose AZ. A year ago when no one knew him Obama tied Romney in AZ.

[goclark]

58. Bring it on!

:bounce:

[NC_Nurse]

43. Mitt - he's got the money to fund his own travel.

And economic cred. ;-)

[saltpoint]

45. At the point when you typed "...his own travel," the Romney family dog

zoomed out the pet latch into the back yard, heading for the hills.

He's been there and done that.

[StevieM]

46. Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska seems like a possibility. Romney could help raise money

but he is going with federal funding. But maybe it would inspire people to donate to 527s.

Steve

[grantcart]

49. see # 20 above

[Carrieyazel]

48. Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska. Will help him in getting more of the female vote.

You don't pick a VP to help you win a state, since that hasn't happened since Kennedy/Johnson. You pick one who doesn't harm your ticket, and helps you bring out your message.

[papapi]

51. McCain/Romney - Paper and Plastic -dried and wrinkled+slick and artifical...

the perfect match. McShame won't be a maverick on this decision.

[Muttocracy]

52. no Guiliani?

Mr. noun, verb, 9/11

:rofl:

I wonder if he realized at some point he could make more $$ as a TERROR!!!11 consultant.

[Muttocracy]

53. help me out - wasn't Fiorina kicked out of HP? or do I have that wrong? nt

[grantcart]

55. Yes and there was controversy surrounding her trying to investigate

execs there. I think it is basically old news.

[nsd]

67. Fiorina was incompetent as CEO at HP.

McCain would be a fool to pick her -- too much baggage. If he wants a woman running mate (which he might well), he'll probably pick Hutchinson.

[FlyingSquirrel]

57. Other: Olympia Snowe

It will definitely be a female VP for him - he'll be trying to get some Clinton supporters away from Obama and he knows Obama can probably not afford to choose a female running mate. Obama's already breaking enough ground with race, and needs someone to shore up his foreign policy creds - it's too risky for him to also choose a female VP, but McCain can only win by doing so.

[Swamp Rat]

59. Lieberman

[ccharles000]

62. I voted Charlie Crist...

because he would be a big help in Florida.

[Joe Bacon]

64. Jeb Bush

I fully expect McKeating® to Seal the Deal he made with the Bush Crime Family and pick Jeb as his running mate.

[Orangepeel]

68. If I were advising him, I'd say Jodi Rell (Governor of Connecticut). But he'll pick Romney

Or, rather, Romney will be picked for him. :tinfoilhat:

[grantcart]

69. Morning kick

[Starbucks Anarchist]

70. Huckabee.

This way, he can throw a bone to the fundies.

Plus, Huckabee's personality is much more agreeable than McCain's.

[terrya]

73. It will be Romney.

Nice hair, "young" (although at 52, I'm a kid compared to John McCain).