mccain's vp
 

i'll go with a longshot and say he takes lieberman to blunt the bush 3rd term arguement.

downside is he offends social conservative wing again but it's not like they rush to vote for obama in november. lieberman is no risk to ever be presidential nominee on his own so the right wing can sharpen their knives for the fight in 2012 or 2016. they won't be as pissed as they would if he picked ridge.

and lieberman may give him a better shot to win than either pawlenty or romney.

not a chance.

not a great chance.

but i'd make a bet at 20-1.

doubt dunbar wanders down here to tell us what the odds actually are.

it would be the alltime biggest political blunder,
personally i think he's a fool if he doesn't go with Romney, but i have a feeling he might not.

If it was my pick, it would be Eric Cantor.....he's conservative,good voting record, can talk without a cue card and well....you get the picture.....

He should pick Chuck Norris.

Well..there's that!

I say Dave Winfield.

Jeb Bush would be available....

Aaaaaaahnold

sure.....let's do on a national level what he's done for California...NOT

Interesting choices here.

The most interesting thing would be a Republican ticket with a Jewish or Mormon VP candidate trying to sell to the Christian right wing.

LOL...even better would be picking Condy Rice (I would actually consider voting for her, but only at the top of the ticket)....having a vendor booth outside the Republican convention selling white sheets would be a goldmine!:eek:

He's just going to pick Ronald Reagan and it will be like Weekend at Bernies and McCain will win in a landslide

The rumor is Pawlenty is the likely choice.

I hope it's not Pawlenty. How the hell does a 6-year in office governor of Minnesota rate being VP? It's not as if Minnesota doesn't let pretty much anyone be governor; Hell, Jesse the Body got elected with 3/8 of the vote.

I just think the guy is probably not ruthless enough to be VP and, maybe, president, especially with McCain's life expectancy being shorter than 8 years with his cancer history.

People like McCain, Obama, Biden, both Clintons, Ridge and even Romney have been around long enough and done enough to make you pretty certain they have succcessfully twisted the knife in many others' backs.

If it's Lieberman, I may just shoot myself. I do not think he even remembers 1/2 of the things he says.

Is that better or worse than a guy who has been a Senator for less than 4 years getting the nomination for President?

Not true...Real Age is 63 year.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/138621/output/print

Well said.:tro:

I love it..you are in DC for many years and you are an "Insider" but if you are new, whether Repub or Dem and you are too inexperienced

I always prefer to vote for a governor (either party) than a member of Congress. At least I have an idea of how he or she ran a state. Unfortuneately both candidates are senators. I don't care for either of them but in my opinion, McCain has the experience edge. Obama is too far left for my tastes. I also don't care for the too far right.

It really wasn't directed at your post, I just think the "this candidate sucks", "both candidates suck", "he's been in DC too long"..etc gets funny because has there ever been an ideal candidate? I guess I am in the minority, but I think these are the best two candidates from both parties I've seen in a while. For politicians, they are both honest, intelligent guys who I trust with our country. McCain is too right for me, Obama is too left for others but I won't wake up feeling like sh8t like I did after Bush won and I don't think many righties will give me the "I'm scared for my country" speech like they did after Clinton won.

Well...yeah..they will..

No problem.:) I just feel Congress is as much a problem as Bush and voting for one of them for president kills me.

Pawlenty and Romney now supposedly not going to be there? OMG:eek:

we may see the "maverick" in action today with some kind of surprise play.

Good stuff on CNN about it

Sarah Palin Alaska

He should bring Elizabeth Dole:tro:

I love the lady from Alaska

if he goes that way, she better be the greatest talent in history, because it really won't make sense for him to say Obama is too inexperienced if he goes with a first term governor from Alaska.

:$: :$: :$:

she is terrific, but is she read to be president?

apparently one term in a higher office is all it takes....obama can't really attack someone else for lack of experience.
it's funny tho...he decries the washington elite who've been there forever, and that we need change...and picks joe biden as running mate.
it was also amusing back when bill clinton was bashing obama for his youth-exactly what they said about bill in his day.

I dont know if she is, but I like her as a VP, and I think it will bring a lot of those who liked Hillary and hate Obama

Her ability to bring in the women vote will far outweigh the cry that she is not qualified.

Besides how can you say you want to be the "party of change" and then select Biden?

One other thing...I haven't heard much about Obama's speech this AM..the airwaves are filled with this VP choice..brilliant!

i know this, i would rather have her than some of the others mentioned like Lieberman. it would be a bold pick and would inject some pizzazz on the repub side. The VP debate could be sold as pay-per-view there would be so much interest.

i agree with this. Obama is now off the air. no opportunity to bask in the afterglow of last night.

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Breaking news...

McCain selects his VP choice...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM2QQf7Jixc

whats it say...cant get youtube at work

It's a video of Obama....but have a look when you get home.