You will also note that nowhere in this article does the name JOE LIEBERMAN, yet freepers have been yapping for monthes that they're absolutely 100% certain that it would be Lieberman or "socialist" Huckabee on the ticket with McCain.
Of course these same freepers adamently insisted a few monthes ago that McCain had no shot at winning the GOP nomination and the only "real" candidates in the race that would win primaries were "Rudy, Mitt, and Fred"
Go figure. Well I guess they got one right out of three.
I wouldn't jump to conclusions. Rumor on the Hill is that this was the gathering for those he chose NOT to pick. The "thanks but no thanks" crew that he wanted to give a tip of the hat too before making his choice.