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Post by Roland of Gilead on Aug 25, 2008 20:53:25 GMT -5
I predict he's going with Mitt Romney. The two dislike each other, but McSame has to keep the right wing happy, and they all want Mitt. He's the strongest pick, I think.
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Post by davidlee on Aug 26, 2008 11:03:13 GMT -5
Rick, that would be my pick. Probably our best chance in November. Actually, I voted for him in the primary and thought he dropped out too soon. I think you are being a little biased with the whole right wing thing though. I personally don't think either of the two actually appeal to the fringe kook conservatives. As a matter of fact this is probably the closest candidate to the center that we have had in a very long time. Thus your "McSame" moniker is a bit of a non-starter IMO.
Romney has some great ideas for the economy and has done some great things in Massachusetts which is a very liberal state.
I think it would be a great match! He's got that John Kennedy look which the ladies love. Hehe
We shall see.....I see the best competition for Obama and Obiden from these two.
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Post by Roland of Gilead on Aug 26, 2008 12:17:29 GMT -5
As I said, McCain and Romney don't like each other too much, but they can probably work together. I still think Obama's best pick would have been Hillary for the sake of unity, and the same is true with McCain and Romney. I only say he's a favorite of the right, because I do occasionally tune in to the far-right talk show hosts, like Mark Levin and Mark Cunningham, and they're both pushing Romney and threatening to stay home if he isn't on the ticket.
Whatever ill feelings exist between McCain and Romney, or between Obama & Clinton pale by comparison to the loathing that existed between JFK and LBJ, yet they managed to come together. Even though I was only 12 at the time, I paid pretty close attention to the process, and I remember a lot about how it all came down. I had an unnatural fascination with politics as a child, even going back to when I was 8 in the 1956 election which is why I've toyed with the idea that I must have some past-life connection.
If you read what I posted in another thread, I actually voted in place of my dad for JFK when I was 12, in a manner very similar to what's portrayed in the movie, "Swing Vote," where a Kevin Costner's 12-year-old daughter voted in his place. I think I can admit it publically now, since it's far past any statute of limitations for any voter fraud prosecution! ;D
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Chernobyl
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Post by Chernobyl on Aug 26, 2008 20:25:31 GMT -5
Romney, aye!
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Post by davidlee on Aug 27, 2008 9:33:29 GMT -5
Still feel that way after her speech last nite? Re: the voting thing LOL! My lips are sealed!!!!
RE: McCain VP; I guess we shall find out by this weekend.
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Post by Roland of Gilead on Aug 28, 2008 5:04:35 GMT -5
I'd still bet on Romney, but he may make a play for Kate Baily-Hutchinson so as to lure Clinton supporters, although she wants to run for Governor of Texas in 2 years.
Charlie Crist is rumored to be planning on breaking off his engagement if he is not chosen.
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Post by davidlee on Aug 28, 2008 8:20:27 GMT -5
Re; Crist......I wouldn't be surprised as I have always thought he was gay anyway. Looks like Tomorrow morning is the announcement day.
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Post by Roland of Gilead on Aug 28, 2008 11:57:27 GMT -5
Re; Crist......I wouldn't be surprised as I have always thought he was gay anyway. Looks like Tomorrow morning is the announcement day. I dunno how much time you've spent in South Florida, but in the area I lived, Crist was well-known to frequent gay clubs in Coconut Grove. One of his drinking buddies was Mark Foley, that Congressman who got busted soliciting young paiges in e-mail communications. Crist is a good guy, and he has every right to remain closeted so long is his sexuality doesn't affect his job. But, I think McCain would have to understand that picking Crist would seriously undermine his campaign should his private life become public. A little arm candy wouldn't be enough to cover things up under a national microscope.
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Post by Roland of Gilead on Aug 28, 2008 17:16:48 GMT -5
McCain's campaign hinted that the name of his VP pick would begin to "leak" around 6PM EST, and would be confirmed at 8PM EST. This is the first leak I've found, and it looks like we've all been fooled if it holds true. It's Pawlenty. _____________________ McCain makes decision on VP running mate By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 29 minutes ago
DENVER - Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided on a running mate early Thursday, and one top prospect, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, abruptly canceled numerous public appearances. The Arizona senator will appear with his No. 2 at an Ohio rally on Friday, aides said, though they provided no details on who McCain had picked.
Without explanation, Pawlenty called off an Associated Press interview at the last minute, as well as other media interviews in Denver, site of the Democratic National Convention.
Others believed to be in contention for the No. 2 slot on the GOP ticket included former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who was meeting with donors throughout California, and Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who was vacationing on New York's Long Island.
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, too, was still a possibility, as was the idea that McCain would choose a dark horse from any number of names that have circulated.
Fueling speculation that McCain would choose either Pawlenty or Romney or another conservative Republican, two GOP officials said they believed McCain had picked a traditional candidate. They based their conclusion on the fact that the campaign, which once had put the party on notice to prepare for the possibility of an unconventional candidate, does not have preparations in place to curb the fallout from a right flank that certainly would revolt if Ridge, an abortion-rights backer, or Lieberman, a former Democrat, was on the ticket.
McCain, for his part, was uncharacteristically silent.
As he and his wife, Cindy, boarded a plane in Phoenix bound for Dayton, Ohio, reporters shouted a barrage of questions at the senator about whether he'd made up his mind. McCain wasn't biting. He flashed a double thumbs-up and boarded the plane.
Earlier, he played coy.
In an interview aired Thursday morning, McCain said he still hadn't made up his mind. Far from quieting speculation, this only fueled it as he sought to siphon attention from Democrat Barack Obama's acceptance of the presidential nomination in Denver.
He told KDKA NewsRadio in Pittsburgh in an interview taped Wednesday: "I haven't decided yet so I can't tell you."
McCain, who spoke with the radio station from his home in Arizona, told people late Wednesday that he wasn't going to make a final decision until after he talked with his wife. She has been in the country of Georgia this week and returned sometime at nightfall.
With both the eventual pick and the effort to keep buzz alive beforehand, McCain's campaign hopes curb any uptick in polling that Obama might get from his convention and to create momentum heading into the gathering of GOP delegates for McCain next week in St. Paul, Minn.
Pawlenty, in Denver to criticize Democrats on McCain's behalf, canceled without explanation an afternoon roundtable interview with the AP as well as other media interviews. Questioned about the vice presidential selection earlier, Pawlenty would only say that he is to be in Minnesota on Friday for the state fair. He had cautioned during a series of morning TV interviews that while speculation might be fun, "most of it turns out to be inaccurate."
Romney, who had played the GOP attack-dog role earlier in the week at the Democratic convention, left his beachfront San Diego home Thursday morning with an overnight bag. His son, Matt, said Romney was headed to an unspecified location in the state. Asked about being vice president, the elder Romney said: "I don't have anything for you right now."
Ridge was at his suburban Washington, D.C., home. Asked by an AP photographer as he took out the trash if he had any travel plans for the day, Ridge smiled and said he didn't.
One Lieberman aide said there has been no indication he is the choice. For instance, no staff have been called to join him at his vacation site.
For months, McCain's vice presidential search process has been kept closely held by a small group of his advisers. But details have been trickling out this week.
This includes word from two Republicans that McCain met with his senior advisers in Arizona on Wednesday to discuss the pick, conflicting information about whether or not he had settled on a choice, and the campaign's announcement it would air a one-evening-only TV ad in battleground states around when Obama will be giving his prime-time acceptance speech.
Turns out the ad has nothing to do with the vice presidential choice, bearing only a simple message for Barack Obama: "Job well done."
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