If Palin gets bumped from the ticket, Who can McCain go to?

[Perky]

Lieberman is the logical choice but I don't think it buys him a darn thing electorally

He is going to have to make a play for Pennsylvania with Tom Ridge... or try and keep Florida with Crist IMHO

[fifthoffive]

1. Giuliani

He's the only one who might actually sign on to this train wreck.

[Jackpine Radical]

21. The Ghoul would be the kiss of death right now.

His firm is helping Wall Street position themselves to make windfall profits out of the bailout. Think what kinda ad that would make!

[krawhitham]

33. a Noun, a Verb & 911 on the same ticket as a Noun, a Verb, & POW

please do it

[Buzz Clik]

2. Palin isn't going anywhere.

[LiberalArkie]

3. Anybody in the DLC

[jacksonian]

4. the big question is

who will tie themselves to his sack of shit?

[cdb]

5. Mittens, I bet

but palin isn't going anywhere. It would make McLame look REALLY bad to switch veeps

[Perky]

12. He may have nothing to lose.

If she handles the debate like she handles interview.. We may be talking about an electoral landslide,

[anigbrowl]

22. Mittens would probably say no

He's a shoo-in for 2012 at this point. They must be killing themselves that they didn't pick someone with economic experience and an ability to speak coherently.

[iiibbb]

6. Change now is doom for his campaign... doom.

It's probably already doomed... but this would absolutely ice it.

[WeDidIt]

7. It's too late to bump her from the ticket and they cannot bump her under GOP rules

She has to resign.

And it's too late to alter the ballot line in several states already.

[nomaco-10]

20. Beautiful. We need her on the ticket. She's a gift. n/t

[iiibbb]

8. Crist... because people might confuse it with Christ.

[CrispyQ]

17. Priceless!

:rofl:

[LibDemAlways]

9. A Ridge choice wouldn't sit well with the single issue

anti-abortion voters, who'd be mighty pissed if Palin was shown the door. I think McCain is stuck with her.

[SuperTrouper]

10. Lieberman, he has nothing to lose

[invictus]

11. I don't think anyone else would accept the VP nomination now. But I believe McCain now wishes ...

... that he picked Romney.

[Buck Laser]

13. Gotta be Lieberman: he's always at McCain's elbow.

[NoPasaran]

14. I say he's stuck with Palin

If he dumped her, that would piss off the rightwing fundie base and they would stay home in droves.

And for everyone else, playing musical veeps would make him look even more insane and out of control than this week's stunts have already done.

[demokatgurrl]

15. PLEASE STOOOOOOPPPPP with the

"Palin off the ticket" meme. She is NOT going anywhere!!!!!
Neither candidate is going to change their running mates. Not going to do it. No.

[City Lights]

16. My money is on the Mittster. nt

[crossroads]

18. Me! I'm ready to serve...lol

[Captiosus]

19. See post 7...

If she were to step down, the GOP couldn't put anyone else. The McCain-Palin ticket is already being voted on in several states. It would end up being Obama-Biden vs. McCain-Undisclosed, but all the tickets would still say McCain-Palin.

Voting has begun. Rules have attached.
If Palin "steps down" then the GOP won't have a VP unless McCain wins and then picks. Frankly I think that would throw the GOP into even more disarray, would throw the campaign into even more of a tailspin, and would be a stupid move. They're going to lose either way, but if Palin drops they might as well stop covering the election because McCain will lose a lot of the base and pundits all over the place would be spending every day repeating the "WTF is wrong with the McCain campaign"... oh, wait...

[Renew Deal]

23. Alan Keyes

:evilgrin:

[bushisanidiot]

35. Bwahahahaha!

we can only hope!

[ncteechur]

24. Elizabeth Hasselbecik

[bushisanidiot]

36. If she was old enough, they'd probably ask her to do it!

.

[RedEarth]

25. Pickles

[WA98296]

26. Lieberman never leaves his side.

[ncteechur]

30. He's like an ass-boil. Please, would someone lance him?

[Spike89]

27. Romney gives him a huge economy boost

True, it is only appearance, but the media would buy into it--"bringing in the budget expert" would be everywhere. It would squelch the fundie excitement, but maybe help with moderate undecideds.

[WheelWalker]

28. Cheney

[onenote]

29. who is going to bump her, and how?

Her departure from the ticket would cause the fundie base to abandon mccain. She may be costing them votes by staying on the ticket, but throwing her off (which would require convincing her to step down) would cost him even more votes.

Not. Going. To. Happen.

[BlooInBloo]

31. I don't know, but I bet somebody that Palin wouldn't make it on the ticket...

Thru election day. I'm still feeling good about the bet.

Now if only I could remember who I bet. :cry:

[MyNameGoesHere]

32. Reagen's dead, stinking, and drooling corpse. n/t

[Marsala]

37. Bad idea - McCain would be overshadowed

Even more than Palin overshadows him, maybe.

[Ioo]

34. Who cares, the next ad will be about judgment, and it will be over NT

[Guava Jelly]

38. Lieberman

He will be so embarrassed over the Palin mistake and his numbers will be suffering so bad, that he will pick Loserman and call it a Unity ticket...

[grantcart]

39. As the Eagleton affair showed - nobody of stature will accept a used second position

It would be humiliating to any politician to accept a position as a PALIN replacement it means that they are less well considered than Palin was.

That is why McGovern had to go with Shriver - he was a non politician.


It would have to be somebody who basically was not a politician or intending to quit politics anyway.

[krabigirl]

40. Palin won't be going anyway, but if he was smart, he'd choose Romney.

I'm glad he didn't in the first place, though.