McCain’s Final 3 VP Choices…
Written by YellowJacket on July 28th, 2008According to NBC which I am currently watching, the field is narrowed down to Mitt Romney, Rob Portman, and Tim Pawlenty.
Sam has predicted Romney. I have predicted Pawlenty. We’ll see which one of us is right, or if he goes with the dark horse pick of Portman.
[UPDATE]: Jim Geraghty is hearing that it is Pawlenty, and HotAir puts that and other clues together to make a compelling argument for this being the case. Stay tuned…
[UPDATE - Tues. Morning]: I am flipping news channels this morning over my morning joe (the drink, not the show) and on MSNBC they are currently talking about this. According to MSNBC the McCain VP “shortlist” includes Jindal, Pawlenty, Portman, Lieberman, Romney, and Ridge. MSNBC is also saying that the buzz is suggesting that Pawlenty may be the one. As for Obama’s pick, apparently VA Gov. Tim Kaine is very high in consideration, among others such as Dodd, Bayh, Clinton, and Biden.
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Put me down for Romney.
No women left in the mix, eh? Interesting.
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Out of those three I hope it is Pawlenty but I believe it is more likely to be Romney in the end.
While Pawlenty is no my first choice he is not unacceptable like Huckabee, Ridge, Lieberman, and Crist. At the same time Republicans are not wasting our ’seed corn’ on McCain’s VP.
On the other hand, if Romney is VP at least this destroys his creditability along with any chance of his being the nominee in 2012. How conservatives can embrace Romney simply because he is to the right of McCain is beyond me.
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Dustin, I think it comes down to the least worst option all the way around. And when you consider all the factors that have to be taken into account this year, I think that’s Romney.
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It would have been nice if conservatives would have rallied around Fred Thompson then. I can understand ignoring Paul, Hunter, and Tancredo. No candidate is perfect but F. Thompson had far less flaws than Romney or McCain, Guiliani, or Huckabee for that matter.
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Yah, but the problem with Fred was that he made it so painfully obvious that he didn’t actually, you know, want to be running for office. Not exactly inspiring.
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I don’t think Thompson ran a good campaign.
So, will Minnesota be close enough that Pawlenty could give McCain a bump and win the state?
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Thanks for the love guys. Are we seriously still talking about this six months later?
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Alex, it is all about “What could have been”
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Heaven forbid a candidate doesn’t foam at the mouth at the prospect of gaining office.
That’s all I have to say about that.
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Now you guys are just making me sad and nostalgic
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YellowJacket, there’s a difference between “not foaming at the mouth” and continually showing visible disdain for every aspect of the campaign process. Even if you aren’t running because you want to, but for the greater good, at least your desire to serve the greater good should come across at some point. With Fred all I ever saw was “jeez I *so* don’t want to be here.”
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If McCain is going to pick a former congressmen from Ohio, I think it should be Kasich not Portman.
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I agree Chris, Kasich would be a more solid fiscal-conservative choice. But I think Portman would be a good choice given his non-partisan (somewhat, at least) and sobering (hopefully) experience as director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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Media. Public perception. Changing the story. Inspiring the electorate. Good convention. Stealing some of Obama’s thunder.
All of these are being ignored.
McCain needs to make a BOLD choice that will inspire and invigorate.
None of these guys would do that.
Senator, please!: DO SOMETHING OUT OF THE BOX.
Think Alaska. Think Sarah Palin. Maybe she could do the trick.
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At the beginning of 2008, I predicted McCain/Pawlenty, so I can’t very well go back on that now!
But Paul is right. Pawlenty, who isn’t even guaranteed to carry Minnesota, is a snoozer. McCain has been catatonic since the got the nomination, and now he needs to throw a longball.