“Fred wants to be his VP.”
I doubt that Fred wants to be his VP, but John would be very wise to ask him. That would give him his best chance to try to unite the Republican Party.
I could deal with Fred as VP. McCain is going to have to be very wise when picking someone for that position. (of course, we are assuming McCain will get the nomination)
I doubt that Fred wants to be his VP, but John would be very wise to ask him. That would give him his best chance to try to unite the Republican Party.
The maddening thing is that McCain is probably incapable of making it through the campaign, let alone the first two years of presidency, without cracking up. His VP is, as Rush said today, pretty important. Everything Thompson articulated, and most of his voting record itself, showed Thompson to be anti-intrusive-government from the top down, upholding the same political principle I think is exactly what the Republican party SHOULD offer. Yet Thompson has shot his own credibility ten times over.
I've been calling this thing a trainwreck ... it's become a spectacular train wreck.
My stars. All my predictions with regard to Republican candidates have been way off -- I thought (and still do) that Thompson had a seriously solid shot; when he dropped out, that Romney was for sure going to get it. Huck never, McCain only if the world was either horrifically inatentive or plain crazy. My predictions have been a lot better with regard to Hillary and Obama. I predict if the voters choose, it will be Obama. That one is going to come down to sheer voter fraud, so there's not telling.
As for the prospect of Thompson as McMental's VP ... if ever there was a royal kick-in-the-ass of a political choice, that would be it.
I disagree. Fred would be a great VP, but there are lots of other equally (or more) conservative and qualified people who would also be more vigorous campaigners. Most importantly, McCain's age may be a significant factor, and a young and healthy VP would probably do a lot to reassure people.