Posted on 08/25/2008 8:52:30 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain may announce his choice for a running mate earlier than expected, sources told FOX News on Monday.
McCain had previously said he would announce his vice presidential pick on Friday and would appear with that individual at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, following the announcement. Friday is McCain’s 72nd birthday.
But sources close to McCain’s campaign told FOX News that his decision may come sooner than that — possibly on Thursday, when Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination at Invesco field in Denver, Colo.
McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds diminished the news.
“I wouldn’t much weight into reports that there are windows of possibility,” he said.
Several names have come up repeatedly as McCain’s possible running mate, including former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge and, perhaps, Democrat-turned-independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. Also named is Gen. David Petraeus, the incoming head of Central Command.
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The more votes McCain gets the more likely he will win. The fewer votes he gets, the more likely Obama will win.
since soros funds both campaigns its a win-win for him nov 8. Cfr/amensty crowd will be happy too.
I’m hoping for Romney. He is the right choice for multiple/many reasons.
hey robb, by your tagline is there a mutiny in store for the RNC? man I hope so.
sniff glue much?
R Lee Ermey plays the president in Megido 2 pretty good job at that.
The math of it is simple.
I have no problem with anyone voting their own personal positions, and if CP is that for you, then fine.
I don’t like the CP’s isolationist plank, and I think their anti-Iraq war rhetoric does a grave injustice to our soldiers and the truth. The truth is that there were al qaeda ties and there were wmds and that there were a number of other security reasons for stopping Saddam.
However, votings one’s political beliefs is fine. I don’t call it “wasting a vote” or “voting for Obama.” It isn’t. The only way to vote for Obama is to vote for Obama.
However, the math of it is pretty easy. All of the polls indicate the majority vote getters will be Obama and McCain. The more votes Obama gets, the more likely he wins. The more votes McCain gets, the more likely he wins.
That is the simple mathematical truth.
She lists herself as “Christian” on her myspace page...
I am a soldier and I know what you say is true(about Iraq). I have not heard anyone put forth their plans on stopping Mccains liberalism, when he wins. all they can seem to latch on to is pro-life,national security, and SCOTUS. I dont see him picking a conservative on SCOTUS and national security means nothing when we have foreign invaders here. plus they will out reproduce us. NOw if i know there are secret plans a foot to turn mccain around then I MIGHT vote for him but it looks like people are voting for him out of fear
No, gunpowder :-)
that’s what i am talking about!
. . . like Mitt Romney.
No way he goes with Mitt. Obama’s health plan is basically RomneyCare on the national level. How can McCain forfit the health care debate? It’s going to be Pawlenty.
McCain’s got a lot of opportunities left to screw things up. By picking Lieberman or some other left-wing jackass.
. . . like Mitt Romney.
Then who would you pick?
The key isn't necessarily capturing the vote of conservatives. It's capturing their enthusiasm, which leads to capturing their money and their time. An energized base donates, volunteers, and acts as walking campaign ads pulling independant voters in.
Do you want free-market health care or socialized medicine? That’s why I’m voting for McCain.
I see your point, he can get our vote but dont expect us to give him money or campaign for him.
From McCain's short list, Eric Cantor is a minority, young, energetic, well spoken, from a toss-up state and, most importantly, a principled conservative. I would pick him. Pawlenty is also better than Romney, but a boring pick.
Outside the short list, If he's going to go with an old white guy, I would pick Fred Thompson instead of Romney. Off the top of my head, other picks that would be better than Romney are Chris Cox, Mark Sanford, Haley Barbour, Sen. DeMint, Sen. Coburn, and Rep. Pence.
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