You can hear a pin drop during the McCain speech....

[King Glorious]

I already respected McCain before today. I respect him a little bit more after tonight.

I want to ask what may come as a silly question to some but something I'm curious about. What do you think would have happened had McCain offered the vice-president position to Hillary Clinton? There's probably a 99% chance she would have said no. There's probably a 99% chance that McCain would have prayed she would say no. But what would it have done for his public perception to at least have offered it to her? I'm sure a lot of people would have questioned the sincerity of the move and rightfully so. But I believe there are also plenty that would have thought it was a very bold move and it's my belief that it would have brought him more votes than adding Sarah Palin ended up costing him. I know it's something that was probably discussed at length on here but I never ventured to the threads so I don't know what was said but I think that if I was a woman, I would have been insulted when he pulled Palin's name out of nowhere. It was an obvious ploy to get the women voters that were disappointed by Clinton losing to Obama and I think it was an insult to think he could just pick any woman and that would make them happy. But what if he had offered it to Clinton? He would have been reaching across gender and party lines and I think a lot of people would have been impressed that not only was he saying he would work with the other side of the aisle but now he was proving it.

I don't know. Maybe it's just a crazy thought but I wonder what some of you others might have thought about it had he done it?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I already respected McCain before today. I respect him a little bit more after tonight.

I want to ask what may come as a silly question to some but something I'm curious about. What do you think would have happened had McCain offered the vice-president position to Hillary Clinton? There's probably a 99% chance she would have said no. There's probably a 99% chance that McCain would have prayed she would say no. But what would it have done for his public perception to at least have offered it to her? I'm sure a lot of people would have questioned the sincerity of the move and rightfully so. But I believe there are also plenty that would have thought it was a very bold move and it's my belief that it would have brought him more votes than adding Sarah Palin ended up costing him. I know it's something that was probably discussed at length on here but I never ventured to the threads so I don't know what was said but I think that if I was a woman, I would have been insulted when he pulled Palin's name out of nowhere. It was an obvious ploy to get the women voters that were disappointed by Clinton losing to Obama and I think it was an insult to think he could just pick any woman and that would make them happy. But what if he had offered it to Clinton? He would have been reaching across gender and party lines and I think a lot of people would have been impressed that not only was he saying he would work with the other side of the aisle but now he was proving it.

I don't know. Maybe it's just a crazy thought but I wonder what some of you others might have thought about it had he done it?

Same thing as if McCain had agreed to run as Kerry's running mate in the 2004 election. Going bipartisan is what the voters in the middle want and they are the ones who decide the election. So I think either combo would have won but neither combo will ever happen. It is like saying what if the Lakers traded Luke Walton for Lebron James last year.

[Benny Leger]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I already respected McCain before today. I respect him a little bit more after tonight.

I want to ask what may come as a silly question to some but something I'm curious about. What do you think would have happened had McCain offered the vice-president position to Hillary Clinton? There's probably a 99% chance she would have said no. There's probably a 99% chance that McCain would have prayed she would say no. But what would it have done for his public perception to at least have offered it to her? I'm sure a lot of people would have questioned the sincerity of the move and rightfully so. But I believe there are also plenty that would have thought it was a very bold move and it's my belief that it would have brought him more votes than adding Sarah Palin ended up costing him. I know it's something that was probably discussed at length on here but I never ventured to the threads so I don't know what was said but I think that if I was a woman, I would have been insulted when he pulled Palin's name out of nowhere. It was an obvious ploy to get the women voters that were disappointed by Clinton losing to Obama and I think it was an insult to think he could just pick any woman and that would make them happy. But what if he had offered it to Clinton? He would have been reaching across gender and party lines and I think a lot of people would have been impressed that not only was he saying he would work with the other side of the aisle but now he was proving it.

I don't know. Maybe it's just a crazy thought but I wonder what some of you others might have thought about it had he done it?

IMO McCain didn't pick Palin. But had he been allowed to make his selection for VP, and picked HILLARY CLINTON the GOP would have made arrangements for Johnny Mac to get his old room back at the Hanoi Hilton !!!

[Danzig]

of course mccain picked palin. she was one of the ones offered, he saw a chance to appeal to women voters, and took it. thing is, i don't think his folks did as good a job checking her out as they claimed, and it turned out to be a horrible choice.
i know some were very concerned when there was talk of lieberman, but i think he'd have been a good choice, and would have shown mccain was what he claimed to be, middle of the road, bipartisan-a lot of indies would have tilted his way.
but he and his advisers thought they needed to appeal to the far right, and now he's lost partly because of that strategy.

but face it....he mainly lost due to the current financial crisis, and because of the sitting, incredibly unpopular president.

[steve]

McCain does not have a backbone----after that assault Rove and Bush hit him with in SC 8 years ago and not fighting back...,i actually changed party's that year to vote for him in he primaries