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McCain to announce running mate on Friday (make your predictions now)
International Herald Tribune ^ | Aug. 28, 2008 | Elisabeth Bumiller and Michael Cooper

Posted on 08/27/2008 7:39:17 PM PDT by FocusNexus

Senator John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with McCain's campaign said Wednesday. He is expected to reveal his choice at a rally at a basketball arena in Dayton, Ohio, at 11 a.m. Friday.

McCain's decision is known only to his small inner circle of advisers, no more than three or four people, who have refused all public discussion on the matter. Republicans close to the campaign said that the top contenders remained the same three men who have been the source of speculation for weeks: former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and, possibly, Senator Joseph Lieberman, independent of Connecticut.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; elections; mccain; mccainvp; oh2008; sowehaveheard; swingstates
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To: FocusNexus

Im too busy so McCain will probably pick someone else....


221 posted on 08/28/2008 3:01:34 AM PDT by rrrod
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To: NinoFan

Ridge. Or some other RINO.


222 posted on 08/28/2008 3:29:43 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (True Measure of A Conservative: At the End of the Day, Were You Co-opted & Neutralized by the RINOs?)
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To: Afronaut
McCain is a nightmare.

We are so screwed.

Yawn!

223 posted on 08/28/2008 5:15:06 AM PDT by billva
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To: Clemenza

Thought you were serious!


224 posted on 08/28/2008 7:21:21 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (est deus in nobis)
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To: Shermy
The VP will be Pawlenty. He is a proven “cap and trade” carbon credits guy. ... I can’t tell if Meg Whitman is a cap and trader, but probably she is, because she’s on the short list.

Cap-and-trade and Amnesty = qualification #1 in the selection process.

Be prepared to be disappointed no matter who he selects.

225 posted on 08/28/2008 9:44:10 AM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: Blogger

Meg Whitman would be an isnpired choice. It would destroy Obama’s change message.

What is the biggest voter frustration? That politicans continue to act like politicians no matter what they promise. That’s why both parties in congress have such low ratings. The promise change, but keep doing the same old things.

Obama’s entire campaign is based on one word: “change”. McCain can point out that Obama hasn’t changed anything since he has been in the senate, and Biden is a lifetime politician that is part of the problem.

Love him or hate him, nobody can deny McCain has stuck his neck out and stood alone (often against his own party) simply because he thought he was doing the right thing.

Has Obama done that even once?

A McCain/Whitman ticket would become the Maverick/Outsider ticket. Their campaign slogan would be: “If you want someone that PROMISES change, then vote Obama, but if you want REAL change vote McCain/Whitman.”


226 posted on 08/28/2008 10:35:29 AM PDT by Brookhaven
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To: Brookhaven

Whitman is pro-choice. That loses a large segment of the base.


227 posted on 08/28/2008 10:50:11 AM PDT by Blogger
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