Ok, who is going to be McCain's VP?

[elshiva]

Anyone know or have any guesses? :shrug:

[Kali]

1. joe something

Lieberman? I'm not sure. something about some texts :P

[elshiva]

3. I have heard that, if so bring him on...

How can anyone trust LIEberman? How can repukes trust him, especially the super fundies? He ain't a christian and he ran with Gore. Isn't that a little fishy from the repuke point of view?

[AlCzervik]

2. someone awful, a goper right out of goper central casting.

[Lil Missy]

4. Mitt Romney

[elshiva]

7. I hope so because

that would be an awful choice for McCain. The super fundies don't think mormons are christians.

[Lil Missy]

17. I hope so too. Even better would be to pick Cheney.

[elshiva]

19. YES! Cheney again.

[LeftyMom]

5. Huck.

He's weak with the fundies and needs to shore up his right flank. Plus Huck can make populist noises and appeal to centrist middle class types.

[elshiva]

11. This makes the most sense so far, thank you.

[LeftyMom]

12. Honestly, I don't think he has a good pick.

He needs Huck for the fundies, Romney for the money and the Mormon votes (he's also surprisingly weak in the mountain west, and low Mormon turnout could cost him several states) and a likable young centrist for everybody else. He needs a pro-choicer for the moderates and women and a pro-life nutjob for the fundies.

He has no options that don't involve pissing off at least one large 'pub constituency.

[elshiva]

13. Is the mormon vote that important?

:shrug:

[LeftyMom]

14. In the mountain west, yes.

They tend to vote as a bloc, so in states with mormon majorities (Utah, Idaho) or significant minorities (Nevada, Arizona, parts of California... most of the west to some degree) they're a significant factor.

[elshiva]

15. Yes, but isn't McCain being from Arizona and being "pro-life"

help him with the Mormon vote?

[LeftyMom]

16. Well, they're not going to vote Obama. But if he snubs Romney, they might stay home in droves.

Especially if he snubs Romney for Huck (who is a Baptist Preacher by trade) there being some historical ill-will between the two religions.

The Mormons got real used to the idea of Mittens in the White House, and have some prophecies related to the need for a Mormon in the White House at some future national emergency which a lot have interpreted to mean the War on Terra.

[elshiva]

18. Yes, there is some prophecy about a mormon in the

white house. I think Orrin Hatch mentioned it on a radio show when he was running for president. The trouble with that prophecy is some fundies interpret the same prophecy to be some kind of world take over/ anti-christ business on the part of mormons.

[moriah]

23. Yeah, Huck is a much better public speaker than McCain.

I guess that comes from religious training.

I heard that his wife writes a lot of his one-liners. He's reasonably good at soundbytes, and you are right that he would be an appeal to the conservative base -- "Don't worry about Johnny-boy, when he keels over from the stress we'll finally make this God's Country in truth!"

But I'm hopeful that such a move would be seen as obvious pandering.

[trotsky]

28. You are absolutely right.

Huckster is an extremely good speaker. He's the anti-McCain when it comes to speaking. At ease in front of a crowd, eloquent, sincere-appearing, good sense of humor. At least Biden would probably chew him up and spit him out in a VP debate. :)

[Mojambo]

6. Romney. n/t

[Iggo]

8. Colin Powell. (n/t)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. uh-oh...

:popcorn:

[MichiganVote]

9. Seems George Bush thinks it will be Cheney....

[elshiva]

10. BWAHHAAHAHA!

:rofl:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. He'll cave in to the evangelicals and pick Huckabee

I've got to believe that Obama's choice of Biden has effectively killed McCain's ability to run with Romney. He'd get a big chunk of evangelical votes by selecting Huckabee, but the thing to remember here is that there are a significant number of evangelical conservatives who are NOT pro-Huckabee...one of my best friends falls in this category. He thinks Huckabee is a fake and dangerous.

But as the cliche goes, "desperate times call for desperate measures," and that means McCain will do whatever he thinks he needs to do in order to "nullify" a veep as strong as Biden.

That's one reason why Politico is floating the "Colin Powell is on the short list" crap.

:patriot:

[aquaman]

21. Mary Kay's daughter

Heard that McCain's wife is a whore for Mary Kay products.

[Doug.Goodall]

22. Tim "Tool Time" Taylor

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MORE POWER!
MORE POWER!
MORE POWER!

[Orsino]

24. Joe Biden. Same as mine. n/t

[applegrove]

25. Mittens I hope. Two Billionaires. Will be fun.

[Orangepeel]

26. I think that the money in the party will force him to take Romney

I think that's who that faction wants.

[Mutley]

29. Hmmm

[Lindsey]

30. I'm thinkin' Romney n/t

[YDogg]

31. I will call him ... Number 2.