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McCain's Running Mate

Willets Point Mar 06 2008 03:34 PM

Who's it going to be? Get yer predictions in here for your chance to win great prizes.* * Prizes may not meet a standard definition of "great". They may not even be prizes.

Valadius Mar 06 2008 04:24 PM

Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida would be a no-brainer except for all of the rumors flying around that he's gay. It would likely lead to a lot of front-page stories about how he used to frequent gay bars and could possibly lead to an effort by social conservatives to replace him on the ticket.

metirish Mar 06 2008 05:06 PM

Lieberman .

Benjamin Grimm Mar 06 2008 05:17 PM

Larry Craig.

Kong76 Mar 06 2008 05:31 PM

A McCain/Rice vs. Obama/Clinton race would make for an interesting summer.

smg58 Mar 06 2008 07:01 PM

I'm going with Mike Huckabee.

AG/DC Mar 06 2008 07:21 PM

The other thread says Marilyn Musgrave. I'm sticking with it.

Nymr83 Mar 06 2008 08:08 PM

Mark Schweiker (former governor of Pennsylvania)

Fman99 Mar 06 2008 10:05 PM

Jeb Bush

metirish Mar 07 2008 05:32 AM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Larry Craig. Great choice, he'd help get the Gay Republican vote.

sharpie Mar 07 2008 06:49 AM

Tim Pawlenty, govnah of Minnesota.

holychicken Mar 07 2008 08:14 AM

Roger Clemens

Benjamin Grimm Mar 07 2008 08:21 AM

AG/DC wrote: The other thread says Marilyn Musgrave. I'm sticking with it. Who is she again? My hunch is that Obama will end up picking that Democratic female governor from Kansas. So maybe we'll have two women VP candidates, ensuring some kind of history will be made. (My pick for Ralph Nader's running mate: Carol Channing.)

sharpie Mar 07 2008 08:26 AM

Nader has already picked a (male) running mate. http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/28/nader/index.html?source=rss&aim=/politics/war_room

Valadius Mar 07 2008 08:30 AM

Musgrave is a congresswoman from Colorado who barely holds on in her district every election.

bmfc1 Mar 07 2008 08:41 AM

How about himself! That way we'd have both the John McCain that, before he ran for President, did not cater to the religious right, was not against abortion rights, and was perceived as a "moderate Republican"... while we'd also have the current version which is against abortion rights, playcates all aspects of the religious right, says that we could be in Iraq for a thousand years, and ran in the primary as a "conservative Republican."

metsmarathon Mar 07 2008 09:06 AM

mitt romney

Nymr83 Mar 07 2008 09:44 AM

]That way we'd have both the John McCain that, before he ran for President, did not cater to the religious right, was not against abortion rights, and was perceived as a "moderate Republican"... sorry, you're gonna have to take that crap elsewhere. ]The National Right to Life Committee gives McCain a lifetime 72 percent rating from 1997 through 2007, while NARAL Pro-Choice America gives him a lifetime 1 percent rating from 1987 through 2007. ]On June 26, 1984, McCain voted for H.AMDT.942, the Siljander amendment, to H.R.5490, "An amendment to define "person" as including unborn children from the moment of conception".

bmfc1 Mar 07 2008 10:47 AM

"sorry, you're gonna have to take that crap elsewhere." You have to admit that he's "modified" his views of late. I apologize if my comment(ary) was "over the top" for this venue. It seemed appropriate given the Larry Craig jokes earlier but maybe it should have been saved for The Huffington Post.

Nymr83 Mar 07 2008 12:27 PM

sorry, i was unclear, i was reffering specifically to your claim about abortion. he has certainly been more outspoken on other conservative issues lately, and i havent heard a peep out of him on his more liberal issues (campaign finance reform, immigration) at least since he became the front runner. but mccain, as you can see from his ratings by the pro-life and pro-choice interest groups, has been firmly pro-life for his entire senate career. your comment was not "over the top" (inappropriate), it was just factually incorrect.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 07 2008 04:59 PM

I interviewed Pawlenty last year when he was filling in for McCain at the Michigan GOP convention. Seemed like a nice guy. He's young. He was worn from answering all the basic political questions that I changed gears and just shot the breeze for a while. He fits the bill in many ways -- except that I think McCain will go for a conservative Sotherner to add some balance.

Farmer Ted Mar 08 2008 08:17 AM

I'm going with the pregnant milf soccer mom governor of Alaska. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335675,00.html

AG/DC Mar 08 2008 10:34 AM

Track, 18; Bristol 17; Willow 13; and Piper, 6. Them's some names.

Nymr83 Mar 08 2008 11:17 AM

she vaguely resembles the Olivia Benson character from Law & Order SVU

Willets Point Oct 10 2008 09:07 AM

Farmer Ted is a political genius.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 10 2008 09:23 AM

Yeah, except that he had her as a soccer mom. She's a hockey mom! But other than that, quite impressive. 4 Schaefer points to Farmer Ted.