[maine-iac7]

I am worried that the next shoe to drop will be McCain's selection of Huckabee as veep

I don't think so.

Remember, the party leaders have a say in this - the candidate will be given the privilege of announcing "his" choice - but he will not make that choice arbitrarily -

The last person JFK wanted for VP was Johnson - they hated each other. But JFK was told Johnson was it.

It may be that the conventional wisdom now is that, since Romney got 4 million votes vs McC's 4.7, that there is support out there for Romney - and with "economics" and the WOT being the two top issues, McC and Romney would be a good mix.

Then there's the real possibility that, given McC's age and health, he very likely won't make it through 8 years - maybe a lot less. Having someone in the wings that has already been 'vetted' with the voters, who is personable and doesn't have one foot in the grave - could go a long way towards keeping the WH for some time to come.

Time to circle the wagons, folks -

[Laptop_Ron]

“It may be that the conventional wisdom now is that, since Romney got 4 million votes vs McC’s 4.7, that there is support out there for Romney”

Do you believe that this is why Romney didn’t just quit, but suspended his campaign and thereby holding onto his delegates? Perhaps for some sort of leverage at convention?
I haven’t seen anyone tackle the subject of Romney holding his delegates (and not praising McCain at CPAC) and I’m curious as to what you think.

[bill1952]

>Remember, the party leaders have a say in this - the candidate will be given the privilege of announcing “his” choice - but he will not make that choice arbitrarily -

Please explain exactly what that “say” is in the context of my following point

>The last person JFK wanted for VP was Johnson - they hated each other. But JFK was told Johnson was it.

I do remember being a very small child when that convention was held, or at least the GOP one was the one my family tuned into.

All done in smoke filled rooms behind closed doors where the candidates and the party planks were hammered out before the modern day “reforms” were put in place mandating direct popular vote for delegates chosen by that candidate’s political campaign committee, who then cast open votes, at least in the first round.

That being the case now, I ask again what is the exact basis for your statement.

[TChad]

The last person JFK wanted for VP was Johnson - they hated each other. But JFK was told Johnson was it.

Can you imagine some RNC official trying to tell John McCain that Romney was his veep, and that he had no choice in the matter? I don't think that would work out quite the way it did with JFK. They don't call him McNasty for nothing.

[top 2 toe red]

Yep...I’ve been thinking the same thing.