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John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, as he is known these days, is “getting together a list of names” of potential running mates and would like to announce his choice sooner than later. “I’d like to get it done as early as possible. I’m aware of enhanced importance of this issue given my age,” said the 71-year-old candidate, adding that the list was in the “embryonic stage” and contained “every name imaginable”— about 20 in all. “If I had a personal preference I’d like to [choose a running mate] before the convention to avoid some of the mistakes that I’ve seen made in the past as you get into a time crunch and maybe sometimes don’t make the announcement right or maybe they have not examined every single candidate.”
If you were John McCain, who would be at the top of your list?
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Politics of fraud
1. Mike Huckabee
2. Alan Keyes
3. Condoleeza Rice
4. Mitt Romney
A bullet to the brain! It’s really a lose/lose situation.
Haley Barbour or J.C. Watts.
Haley Barbour, Mark Sanford
J.C.Watts
1. StuBob
2. Laura Ingraham
3. Ann Coulter
4. Mike Pence
Though I’ve been quiet about it lately, I continue to push behind the scenes for a McCain/StuBob ticket.
1. Ben Stein
2. Mitt Romney
Sarah Palin (Governor of Alaska)
Joe Lieberman
Someone older than him (to make him look younger)
Sarah Palin is pregnant with her fifth child and probably unavailable. On the other hand . . .
Stu Bob
Ann Coulter
Rush Limbaugh
G. Gordon Liddy
Seriously, Duncan Hunter might get me to vote for him.
I second Chas’s Duncan Hunter. Also I’d like J.C. Watts. No to Coulter, Rice, or Romney. I do think the person needs to be 55 or younger, preferably, to avoid a “gray” ticket running against Obama.
Jim Gilmore (former VA governor)
Jim Gillmore is totally regarded as VA worst governor. Which is good because he is also unavailable for the veep nod because he’s busy losing to Mark Warner in the Senate race.
Well the top of my list would be Larry Craig, but my guess is Huckabee. Someone of color wouldn’t surprise me too much, but, assuming Obama is the the Dem, it might interfere with efforts to rally a couple of WMB’s semi-regulars and their fellow travelers.
RE#2,
You left that door wide open Luke. You really shouldn’t….
In the words of Cardinal Richlieau [shouting]; “THAT CAN BE ARRANGED!”
Just kidding of course. I don’t like McCain much more than you do. There’s no one I’d vote for out there that I can tell….
It’s not worth shooting yourself over though…
1) Gov. Tim Pawlenty
2) John Kasich
3) J.C. Watts
“…contained ‘every name imaginable’ — about 20 in all.”
Second response: Huh?
I thought sure there were more names out there than twenty or so.
First response: Somebody tell him that if he chooses me, I’m declining. I’m frying other fish. Thank you.
PS to Chas (entry #34)
Seriously? Mortality is a question here, so that rules out the trophy or balance positions (e.g. JC Watts). This suggests someone not only younger but able to be President.
I think you all need some one with some economic competence (let’s just say this isn’t McCain’s strong suit).
Lastly this is a “new” position — there’s no hierarchy in place, so to speak — so it has to be some one who also possesses serious leadership creds with the GOP.
otoh, if you think it’s a lost cause, then any one will do, right? Huckabee would be a great choice.
At this point, if the WSJ is any indicator (and it may not), let’s say Sanford of SC has the inside track.
1. Victoria - would be a perfect choice. I would invite you all to the Inauguration and all the Gala events and Balls, as my special guest.
2. J. C. Watts
3. Christopher Cox
Newt Gingrich should be the presidential candidate on the right but might be convinced to be the VP.
No one else is even close to Newt.
1. Duncan Hunter
2. Mike Huckabee
3. Mitt Romney
4. Alan Keyes
Who is J.C. Watts?
Mark Roth (#17): Link to #34 (should have been 32.) I retracted my nomination from Luke the Cable Guy to Mark Roth. So, in the interest of consistency, I’m changing my first choice above from StuBob to Mark Roth.
MiM,
I’m not about to shoot myself over a skeleton running for office. It should be McCain’s top choice. He’s got a completely unenthusiastic base to rally and the indie/young people to lure away from Obama. He’s not going to find someone who is going to help him with both, when (despite Harrison prophetic powers) you start talking about McCain’s record.
Ask yourself if the Bush economy/war has been good to you, cause the answer is the same for whether or not you should vote for McCain.
Not a lot of people saying yes to that one in the country today. The VP pick isn’t going to matter.
Re: #16,
I would have suggested Kasich also, but the Columbus Dispatch reported last week that Kasich plans to run for governor of Ohio in 2010.
I’m in agreement with Luke (hey, it happens sometimes) about the VP selection. Luke says it won’t matter, but doesn’t elaborate. I say it doesn’t matter because nobody bases their vote on the VP slot.
Chas–
What would it take to get you to change your mind?
Normally the VP candidate doesn’t matter much, but I think we’ve seen that this year’s election is unpredictable. With all the potential nominees holding similar views on many issues, the VP choices may make a difference.
I would love to see someone like J.C. Watts get the nod, but hasn’t he pulled out of politics? He was determined not to be a career politician.
StuBob,
I can be bought. Not by just anybody, mind you, but I’m willing to consider voting for you.
I do think the VP position matters this year for the Republicans–we have an old man with negatives at the top of the ticket running against people we desperately don’t want to see win. I think there are quite a few of us out here who really can’t vote for McCain unless he gives us a good reason, but we hope he manages to give us a good reason. An excellent VP pick would do it for me; a moderately good one probably wouldn’t. A bad one–nope.
I don’t know how important the VP selection is to most, but it’s important to me. Especially when the man at the top of the ticket is already in his 70s and has had some health concerns. I’m not expecting McCain to die, but his age is something I consider.
Plus, throw in the fact that most VP’s end up at the top of a future ticket.
I’m going to vote for McCain regardless, but I’m really pulling for a solid VP candidate.
Governor Mitt Romney would be the best choice for Veep and then he would be in line to run for President in 2012 [Senator McCain has already said he would like to serve for only one term]. I find it interesting that the AP did not mention Mitt Romney by name, refering only to “former rivals” and “governors.” The media has done everything they can to discredit Governor Romney in this campaign season. Remember - if the liberal media doesn’t like you, it’s a good indication that you are really a conservative!
americaneee - 29
YOU WRITE: ….. “The media has done everything they can to discredit Governor Romney in this campaign season. Remember - if the liberal media doesn’t like you, it’s a good indication that you are really a conservative!”
I’m a conservative Christian, and I wouldn’t think of voting for anyone in a ‘cult’ that is the reason conservatives didn’t vote for him, it didn’t have anything to do with ‘liberal’- The media had little to say about it either, most Believers know the difference.
StuBob #25. Sorry, but a commitment is a commitment. But as others have said, it really doesn’t matter. And I’ve committed all the money I make from my Carbon Credits business to the Ralph Nader campaign.
Victoria, please speak only for yourself. I, too, am a conservative Christian and I not only voted for Mitt Romney, I served on his campaign along with a lot of other conservative Christians. Governor Romney’s LDS faith was a non-issue for us because we had already seen how well he governed Massachusetts. In the primary field he was the only candidate with experience and a truly conservative outlook on not only social concerns but also foreign policy and economic concerns. I’d have voted for a Christian candidate if he or she espoused those same plans. I’d have voted for a secular candidate if he or she espoused those same plans. It would be wonderful if Mitt Romney were a Believer, but I will settle for a candidate who has a clue about how to lead and serve America. John McCain is hardly my first choice in this situation, but if he picks Governor Romney as his Veep, I will actively campaign for him since at least the Second in Charge will have a clue about the economy.
Americaneee and Victroia, remember Jimmy Carter is a committed Christian. It’s his politics that’s wrong.
Chas, I don’t agree with many things Carter has said which don’t line up with the Word of GOD. So it wouldn’t be just his politics that are wrong.
americaneee - 32
Many Conservative Believers did not vote for Romney because of his affiliation with the Mormon Church.
You may have served on Romney’s campaign, you may find a reason to discount the ‘cult’ reason, but there were many more of us who said NO, we won’t discount it, because it DOES COUNT BIG TIME!
Romney flip-flopped on many important issues, one of the biggest being abortion.
Luke (#2) — don’t do it! Bullets are in short supply right now!
Condi Rice, definitely. A stateswoman of incomparable ability.
Mike Huckabee has to be the best nominee for Vice President. The evangelical community split because their leaders supported two candidates that had anything but a social conservative record, one was the Mayor of NYC and the other the Governor of Mass. If the leaders would now strongly support Mike Huckabee for VP it would bring the movement back together. I could then again support Gary Baeur, Tony Perkins and Pat Robertson. Duchan Hunter and J.C. Waytts would also be good VP Picks.
Who ever he picks he should drag it out, keep himself in the news while Hillary and Obama rip each other apart.
The notion that the VP doesn’t really matter or won’t really matter with voters has been effectively put to rest by Mr. Cheney. Moreover, many outside the conservative precincts will look at the VP nominee as an indication of the kind of policy McCain will pursue. Will he be the conservative he actually is (Peter Leavitt earlier today had it right), or will he be suggesting that he is something of an outsider to the present ways of Republicanism?
The latter has more cred with the independent vote, and so more likely to get elected. A McCain presidential campaign that saddled itself with a figure who echoed the present administration policies would only stir up the antipathy of those who already reject Bush (at last count, 65%+). Don’t let me stop you, but if you really want to go into the wilderness, go Righteous and True. Please.
Can the moderators please ban VICTOR555? This is comment spam (posting the Web site address on multiple threads) and I hereby call your attention to it.
Thank you, Chas, for your consistent commitment.
And thank you for not being a “Yes” man by correcting my mistake. You are destined for great things in any future Roth Administration.
The Vice Presidency is spoken for (SteveS, who doesn’t hang out here but should) as is the Ambassadorship to Costa Rica (PeterL, to whom I may have offered the State Secretaryship).
However, given your public display of integrity and loyalty, I think the Justice Department needs you.
StuBob, if PeterL goes to Costa Rica, would you be Secretary of State? (With Chas stedfast in his endorsement of me, you just as well join the winning team, no?)
In the interest of preserving unity, I would consider the post of SecState. However, if McCain calls, particularly at 3AM, you’re all going under the bus!
Look, as an obstetrician, I’m the perfect character for the 3AM commercial. “Who do you want answering that call? Some bleary-eyed old woman who’s been asleep for hours, or a doctor who’s probably up anyway?”
Drill for veep!
Ugh! This is terrible! My first foray into politics and I’ve failed (so far) to energize the base!
Time to go negative on drill….
First it was a tight contest between Mark Roth and StuBob. Then Lynn enters a third party candidate. Maybe Lynn Vincent should be Ralph Nader’s VP.
Mark Roth is no competition. Voters won’t trust a man in a porkpie hat!
I’ll support either Drill or StuBob, but I’m still waiting for, um, reasons. (Not a bribe, you understand, just an incentive.)
“Time to go negative on drill”
10. he inhales
9. McCain-drill bumper sticker looks too similiar to Home Depot ad
8. likely to insist on being called “Spiro Drill”
7. contributes over 50 posts to “Grand Canyon” thread (655 total posts)
6. is married to vindictive heir of ‘Grey Poupon’ mustard fortune
5. slows down slightly between 2nd and 3rd base when he hits a triple
4. gravatarly impaired
3. afraid to play Chinese Checkers with Frank in Phoenix
2. would rather be NFL commissioner
1. prefers Tom Bombadil over Thom Jefferson
Let me just say that I never authorized those (brilliant) comments by Travis Birkenstock. I can’t be held responsible for everything my supporters might say. However, I would add that Drill’s unwillingness to play Chinese Checkers betrays a weakness in foreign policy that America can’t afford in a VP. I’ll play Chinese Checkers with anyone, foreign or domestic.
It’s time to stop the politics of personal destruction.
Cheryl, I’m putting the finishing touches on my autobiography, My Incredible Descent Into Humility and How I Recovered. I’ll need an editor
StuBob has my vote for VP. I want Drill to write the history!