What are McCain's VP options?

[Qutzupalotl]

I don't see any good options for him. Consider:

McCain/Romney -- McCain laughed in his face at a debate, calling him the candidate of changing positions. They hate each other. This ticket is a non-starter, although his money's green. How many mansions between them?

McCain/Jindal -- Who? Oh, it's the "see-we-got-a-minority-too" ticket. That'll work.

McCain/Giuliani -- The bachelor party ticket. The morals & values voters would have a hard time swallowing their numerous affairs. Never forget the lessons of 9/11, that John McCain was a POW who wanted to invade the wrong country and doesn't remember where he lives.

McCain/Huckabee -- What does he bring, God policy experience? If people were intimidated by Obama's skinny frame, how would they feel about a guy who wrote a book about why we should all lose weight? Does this running mate make me look fat? Yes.

McCain/Lieberman -- The old droopy whiny crank ticket. McCain would be a heartbeat away from giving the presidency to a Democrat (of sorts). Not gonna fly with his base, and the Democrats don't see Joe as one of their own anymore, so no net gain.

McCain/Ridge -- The all-liar ticket? Ridge has admitted he played up the terror threats in '04 to help Bush. Besides, he's pro-choice, so his base is already opposed to this.

McCain/Jeb Bush -- The last thing McCain needs is to remind his base who he's running from. He-who-must-not-be-named shouldn't have a brother on the ticket.


Am I missing anyone?


On edit: McCain/Swindle. Truth in advertising!

[CTD]

1. Rob Portman - the guy currently rumored to be getting the nod

Fortunately he has FAIL written all over him.

[Hugin]

2. McSame/Rice

I betcha.

[smoogatz]

5. I don't think he can pick anyone associated w/ Bushco.

Besides, she looks like a complete idiot in the wake of the whole Russia/Georgia debacle. Add it to the list of stuff she couldn't have anticipated.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Right -- like she admitted learning there would be a "regular" highjacking

but not a flying into buildings highjacking.

Well, what the HELL did you do to stop a REGULAR highjacking. (Amazingly,no one asked this
question.)

If those guys never got on the plane (due to hyped up security) there would have never been
a 9-11

[Qutzupalotl]

6. That would be promoting an incompetent person to a position of greater power.

Unthinkable. :sarcasm:

One who ignored the terror warnings before 9/11 and went to see "Spamalot" during the Katrina crisis.

But then, it's par for the Bush/McCain course.

[Gato Moteado]

3. crist?

the name looks like christ, and the fundy base might see it as a sign.

[Qutzupalotl]

9. Gay, though.

So I've heard. Probably wouldn't appeal to his base if that got out.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. lol. but he doesn't need FL help - he's got the remnants of the

fraud machine hooked up there. Besides the guy is one hell of a bore.

[smoogatz]

4. Well, he said he'd have picked Cheney, too--

so how about McCain/Cheney? And a lot of wingnuts were pushing for Condi Rice as VP as early as 2006; McCain/Rice? Oh, wait--guess not.

You make a good point: there are no great options. How about McCain/Thompson? The only running-mate in the country who makes McCain look young in comparison? Or Tim "falling bridges" Pawlenty, maybe?

[Stop Cornyn]

7. McCain/Biden? A ticket MBNA and the whole lending industry would swoon for!

[democrat2thecore]

14. AFL-CIO Senate Ratings - Biden:100%..'07...85% Lifetime -- McCain:0%..'07...16% Lifetime

Your anti-Biden message is a bit ridiculous.

[Khaotic]

8. It's Portman

Rob "The Quitter" Portman

[saltpoint]

12. I think McCain is strapped to the runaway circus elephant of the

far-right fundies, meaning his pool of picks is small.

I think Cantor, Huckabee, Pawlenty, Sam Brownback, and Franklin Graham, as sorry as that group certainly is, constitutes McCain's shortlist.

Lieberman and Ridge, IMO, are out cold because they're pro-choice.

Portman is a possibility because Ohio is a battleground, but IMO Obama carries Ohio whether Portman's around or not. John Kasich -- same result. McCain loses Ohio.

If McCain cannot hold Virginia, and Virginia is projected for Obama fairly early in the evening while Western voters have yet to vote, it won't take much for them to figure that if Obama has defeated McCain in red Virginia, then Obama has won the election.

I look for a far-right fundie in Eastern Time for McCain, with Cantor heading up the list.

[nsd]

13. I agree with the people who say Portman.

[Independent_Voice]

15. You forgot Palin

Assuming the Alaska scandal doesn't do her in.