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John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 01 2008 07:28 AM

Why wait? Let's pair 'em up. Obama + Biden?? Hillary + Obama?? McCain + Obama???? Romney + ?? It might be cool for Bam to go with a woman, but not with Hilary; or Hilary to go with a black guy but not Obama. Or Hilary to launch an all-chick attack. Your thoughts...

seawolf17 Feb 01 2008 07:39 AM

I'm voting for an Obama + Seawolf ticket. VP would be a sweet job.

themetfairy Feb 01 2008 07:45 AM

Huckabee and Colbert

AG/DC Feb 01 2008 07:46 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 01 2008 07:54 AM

I've actually had a sneak peek at the short lists. I'm not supposed to tell so don't let anybody else know. Seriously, don't tell. Barack Obama and Harry Reid Hillary Clinton and Wesley Clark Mitt Romney and Michael Bloomberg John McCain and Joan Jett

metirish Feb 01 2008 07:49 AM

I can see Clinton + Biden, they are tight. McCain + Obama would be a no go I think, their views on the war are so different. Romney + I have no idea.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 01 2008 07:56 AM

I have a feeling that Clinton would pick Bill Richardson. And I've also thought about Obama-Biden, to add some gravitas to the ticket. And I wonder if McCain would consider hooking up with Joe Lieberman. Probably not, but I don't have any sense of who he'd pick. And something tells me that Romney might go for Huckabee.

metirish Feb 01 2008 08:02 AM

Yeah Richardson has long been talked about as V.P. to Clinton. Whatever happens I would like to see Biden in the new Democrat administration, I think he would be wasted as a V.P. though, foreign affairs would be a good gig for him, do we have a foreign secretary?

Valadius Feb 01 2008 08:07 AM

Joe Lieberman ruled out running with McCain the other day.

DocTee Feb 01 2008 08:07 AM

Obama- Edwards McCain-Guiliani

sharpie Feb 01 2008 08:09 AM

McCain has got to go with someone to the right of him to shore up his creds with that part of the party.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 01 2008 08:10 AM

metirish wrote: Do we have a foreign secretary? That would be the Secretary of State. I can't see McCain picking Guiliani. Rudy still has all of the baggage that he had during his presidential campaign. He probably wouldn't pass the vetting process.

RealityChuck Feb 01 2008 08:16 AM

metirish wrote: McCain + Obama would be a no go I think, their views on the war are so different. And the fact that they're from different parties isn't an issue? Even if they agreed on the war, that's what makes it impossible.

seawolf17 Feb 01 2008 08:16 AM

Romney and Huckabee are too close; I don't think they'd be a fit.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 01 2008 08:20 AM

I figure having Huckabee on the ticket would help Romney's Jesus credentials.

AG/DC Feb 01 2008 08:43 AM

Romney and Huckabee are too close? Romney isn't really "close" to anything. He aligned himself with the party platform and that would make him the perfect candidate if he hadn't previously aligned himself with the positions it took to get elected in Massachusetts. He has the perfect positions and none of the credibility.

TransMonk Feb 01 2008 08:57 AM

On the GOP side, I've heard Kay Bailey Hutchison's name mentioned more than once. She's a senator from Texas. I wouldn't rule out Condi Rice or Tom Ridge either. The Dems have more obvious choices like Biden, Richardson and Edwards. But there is also Bob Menendez. I like Edgy's Clark nod above as well.

AG/DC Feb 01 2008 09:09 AM

I can just picture some stupid crap in a smokey committee room. "What we need to do here, people, is sew a big pair of balls onto Hilary. Clark's our man." Tom Ridge helped build the Departmenet of Homeland Security. McCain might as well make Katrina a running mate.

Willets Point Feb 01 2008 10:19 AM

There's got to be a place for Elizabeth Kucinich somewhere in our government.

Nymr83 Feb 01 2008 11:07 AM

they could make her press secretary, then she'd be doing what she's good at- giving us what to stare at on camera alot

AG/DC Feb 09 2008 09:57 PM

I've looked into the future and decided that Joan Jett will decline the invitation to be John McCain's running mate. The oracle tells me his runing mate will be Colorado Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave. You heard it here first. It's an all mountain-time ticket.

Nymr83 Feb 09 2008 11:05 PM

]I've looked into the future and decided that Joan Jett will decline the invitation to be John McCain's running mate. The oracle tells me his runing mate will be Colorado Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave. You heard it here first. It's an all mountain-time ticket. I think Colorado is solidly enough Republican, no? McCain would be likely to pick someone from a state that could go either way, and hopefully one with alot of electoral votes like Florida. How about Mel Martinez?

AG/DC Feb 09 2008 11:44 PM

Sure, that's a strategic way to go. But the oracle reminded me of the success of the "Double Bubba" ticket. Martinez is a former Cabinet member (HUD), former chairman, swing-stater, man of color, immigrant, and other things that might help the ticket. On the down side, the Terry Schiavo case would return. And, not being a "Natural Born Citizen," he'd be ineligible to serve as president, and --- according to some scholars --- what makes you ineligible to serve as president makes you ineligible to serve as vice president. Assuming that doesn't hold up, how do you energize the Republican base with the idea of Nancy Pelosi being a heartbeat away from the presidency while a septugenarian has the big chair? While on paper he could help counter the (rather silly, I think) outcry that McCain isn't conservative enough, he wasn't a popular choice for party leader, and certainly won't help with the notion that McCain isn't anti-immigration enough. So, the oracle says Musgrave

Nymr83 Feb 10 2008 12:19 AM

you make several good points against Martinez. The strongest of which is putting Pelosi 2nd in line for the presidency which I had not considered. How about Charlie Crist? he is, from what i hear, insanely popular in Florida. He's only 51 years old and is fairly conservative though not a Huckabee/Thompson. Giving up the Florida governorship could be a big deal though. A great candidate would have been Florida's last governor, its too bad he can't change his last name without anyone knowing.

Willets Point Feb 10 2008 08:04 AM

Nymr83 wrote: A great candidate would have been Florida's last governor, its too bad he can't change his last name without anyone knowing. He'd have to change his name to Clinton because according to the terms of the Bush/Clinton conspiracy the two families agreed to alternate power. The schedule for now is: 2008-Hillary Clinton 2016-Jeb Bush 2024-Chelsea Clinton 2032-Jenna Bush

MFS62 Feb 10 2008 08:42 AM

Do you really think Jenna will be off alcohol by then? It took her dad into his 50's. Later

Benjamin Grimm Feb 10 2008 10:57 AM

MFS62 wrote: Do you really think Jenna will be off alcohol by then? It took her dad into his 50's. Later And do you still think that Jenna will be in her 20's 24 years from now?

metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2008 06:06 PM

McCain's running mate (after newsroom speculation): Anne Northrup. A 10-year congresswoman from Kentucky. Sat on the powerful appropriations committee, was a Reagan volunteer. Lost, barely, in 2006 in the Dem. uprising. Last I heard she was considering a run for governor. Clinton is very tight with Sen. Evan Bayh (sp?)

Nymr83 Feb 10 2008 07:09 PM

I've never heard of Northrup. I'm not sure if zero name recognition is good or bad for a VP candidate.

AG/DC Feb 10 2008 07:16 PM

I think it's good for a favorite. Not for a dawg.

Mendoza Line Feb 24 2008 12:08 PM

[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/us/politics/23richardson.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=bill+richardson&st=nyt&oref=slogin]Bill Richardson - good candidate, ugly couch[/url]

AG/DC Feb 24 2008 12:11 PM

I think it is was Barbra.

MFS62 Feb 24 2008 12:52 PM

One of the possible running mates mentioned for McCain is current CT. Governor Jodi Rell. Her kids went to the school my wife used to teach in, and they have met several times (including in some of the local Danbury stores). And, of course, we met her when she welcomed home the CT. National Guard soldiers returning from Afghanistan. LAter

A Boy Named Seo Feb 24 2008 12:52 PM

="Mendoza Line"][url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/us/politics/23richardson.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=bill+richardson&st=nyt&oref=slogin]Bill Richardson - good candidate, ugly couch[/url] Seriously. And Clinton looks like he lost a bet to Richardson and thusly had to wear the designated hideous couch-matching sweater. And what's with all the kitsch? Sports team throw rugs, cartoon character statuettes, and is that an American flag blanket?? Bravo needs to send a team of gay designers to Richardson's office NOW!!!

Kong76 Feb 24 2008 01:05 PM

Willy mumbles to himself, "god I hate when she does that double jointed trick in public."

metsguyinmichigan Feb 25 2008 12:56 PM

="KC"] Willy mumbles to himself, "god I hate when she does that double jointed trick in public." The hell with the couch, what's with that dog with the remote control statue on the end table? You know that Bill either brought that as a gift, or took it with him!

AG/DC Mar 19 2008 08:51 AM

It's a brave candidate who picks me for a running mate.

Willets Point Mar 19 2008 10:12 AM

AG/DC wrote: It's a brave candidate who picks me for a running mate. Yeah, Idaho's 4 electoral votes are not much of a draw. Note: The above is an exercise in being deliberately obtuse.