Who will be the Republican VP candidate? Predictions here

[Colobo]

I think it'll be Mitt Romney. McCain promises to quit in 2012, and Romney runs for prez then. Conservatives like the guy as well.

[mcctatas]

1. Mittens...

it's gotta be mittens;)

[Colobo]

2. Vote.

[sellitman]

3. LIEberman.

Two flip flopping bush sucks ups.

Obama will clean their clock.

[NC_Nurse]

4. Romney. Has the business/economy background that McLame lacks as well

being a sqeaky-clean religious right kinda guy. :boring:

[saltpoint]

5. God, they're all disgraceful. It's hard to say which completely

unacceptable and marginally human cretin they'll toss onto that ticket.

For the sake of staying in the game, I'll say Jim Talent.

He's still viable, kind of, in Missouri, a swing state. He looks like a harmless white guy. He won't freak out the Puke base. He's reliably dull and undynamic. He'll know who to call to make arrangements if McCain croaks on the trail.

[Joe Bacon]

6. Jeb Bush

I fully expect Mc Cain to pick Jeb to seal the deal he made with the Bush Crime Family!

[cliffordu]

7. Ouch. You may be right.

[mnhtnbb]

33. I'd give that a better than 50% chance.

[DCofVA]

8. You forgot to put in Slim Pickens

[Indiana_Dem]

9. Mittens or that Charlie Crist guy. nt

[Rowdyboy]

10. Rob Portman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Portman

Robert Jones "Rob" Portman (born December 19, 1955) is an American lawyer and a former Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Prior to his previous appointment, Portman was the United States Trade Representative, a post carrying the rank of Ambassador. From 1993 to 2005, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, representing that state's 2nd congressional district (map), which stretches along the Ohio River from the Hamilton County suburbs of Cincinnati east to Scioto County.

He was confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Trade Representative on April 29, 2005, and privately sworn into his new office that day. Later, a public, ceremonial swearing-in was performed by then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card on May 17, 2005, with his friend President Bush in attendance <1>. On April 18, 2006 President Bush nominated him to fill the role of Budget Director; its former director, Joshua B. Bolten, was promoted to White House Chief of Staff.

[saltpoint]

11. Very good guess. Portman has nothing to lose really by accepting

the Pukes' veep nom and the national profile boost he needs to run for Ohio governor and then higher office later maybe would be invaluable.

[Norwood]

12. Either Lieberman or Crist

[tokenlib]

13. Pawlenty--must placate conservative base

Romney has flip-flopped too much..Pawlenty is a youthful looking, conservative governor in a state that republicans think they can get (but won't). Ed Schultz thinks it might be Pawlenty as well. Pawlenty came out early for McCain and his nose has been close to McCain's nether regions.

Because of the hair McCain and Crist would look like two old guys..

And McCain needs a governor too....

[DCofVA]

14. How about the lovable and lovely Katharine Harris

[papapi]

15. Dick Cheney, Puppermaster. (just for laughs).

Crist is out. Rumors of homosexuality, and we know how the repugnantcans hate that.

[Whalestoe]

16. Mitt "I'll bite your ****ing neck just to win" Romney. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

17. Lieberman

[LBJDemocrat]

18. Jindal

Pleases both conservatives with his fanatical Catholicism (which he seems to blatantly be faking in order to compensate for his foreign-ness) and with cosmopolitans because he's ethnically Indian. He's also young and a governor.

[DCofVA]

19. "Gridlock" Stockdale?

But, I think it might be too late. He died a few years ago. I actually liked Stockdale. I never heard a more honest statement then when he said during the debate, "What am I doing here?"

I'm sorry I'm not taking your poll very seriously Katz, it doesn’t really matter who McCain’s VP choice is, he or she is never gonna see the inside of the VP mansion. Obama is gonna wallop McCain.

[Jack Bone]

20. Pawlenty

The GOP Convention's in Minneapolis/St. Paul put a home state guy on the ticket, it also adds potential GOP turnout in Nov. for Minn's Senate race which will be close. McSame's a Senator who knows that a Democratic veto proof Senate will doom the GOP for decades to come. The only "game" they still have is being the "obstructionist/underdog" and trying to ride that wave back into power.

Pawlenty's the VP.

[tokenlib]

21. I'll be surprised if he doesn't get it--rising star in the GOP

He's photogenic and brings a youthful appearance to the ticket..
I wonder where he stands in the offshore betting odds??

[earthlover]

23. I am betting on Pawlenty....he is very good choice for McCain

And a very skillful politician.

[BlueStater]

25. I don't think so

I don't see any indication that he's popular in Minnesota. He was barely re-elected.

I think the only possible choice in that poll is Huckabee. McLame doesn't seem to care for Mittens, Condi isn't popular at all, and the others don't have much political experience so it will kind of destroy McLame's arguement about Obama's inexperience.

[AllentownJake]

22. The Huckster

After all the pastors he's thrown under the bus the past two weeks he'll need someone to talk to the creationist for him.

[Lady-Damai]

24. Hillary Clinton

:popcorn:

[SoxFan]

26. Rob Portman

Bland, inoffensive, acceptable to conservatives, and from Ohio.

Pawlenty: A possibility. McCain seems to like him. But he's a bit of a goofball, and would he really be able to carry Minnesota in what should be a Democratic year?

Crist: Too single. A big problem for RW religious types.

Romney: Adds nothing to ticket, won't carry Mass, basically a flop as a candidate.

Lieberman: Seriously, do you REALLY think that the delegates are going to put up with a pro-choice Jew who was writing gay rights laws back in the late 1970s? As much as he has pissed most of us off, Lieberman's record on domestic issues is quite liberal.

Jindal: Too young.

One of The White Guys From South Carolina: Possible, I suppose

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

27. Well, JoeMentum has been doing some heavy petting with McGoofy.

[SoxFan]

28. Won't be Lieberman

Let's not forget that the guy had a 30+ year record as a pretty mainstream Democrat before going off the deep end this year. He's got a pro-labor record, very good marks from environmental groups, is steadfastly pro-choice, and was one of the first politicians in the country to push for gay rights legislation. Somehow, i don't see that playing real well with the GOP precinct captains in Alabama and Kansas.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

29. Desperation breeds strange bedfellows.

I think it could happen. McCain is trying to steer the repugs back into the mainstream and away from the hard right. As time goes on, and he drops in the polls, he may try to take up the "unity" banner and convince the clueless that there's a need for a marriage of (somewhat) opposites.

I find it plausible.

[lastliberalintexas]

30. I'd guess Romney or Huckabee

I would think Romney would be the choice of the business world, if they can convince the fundies that he is one of them even though Mormon. Otherwise, I guess Huckabee. Either way, I think it's going to be tougher than a lot of other people do, just because the electoral college and the sway it gives to certain states favors the republicans so much.

[L0oniX]

31. Joe (the rat) Lieberman.

[AlinPA]

32. Crist.