How about either Sarah Palin, Mark Sanford, Mike Pence, or Janice Rogers Brown as McCain’s final V.P. choice?
“McCain personally likes Huckabee”
McCain personally likes McCain”
“How about either Sarah Palin, Mark Sanford, Mike Pence, or Janice Rogers Brown as McCain’s final V.P. choice?”
Why the heck would McCain want to pick someone with no name recognition to the broader public? That would get him nowhere. This time around he’s got to pick a well known conservative, be it a social one or an economic one (he doesn’t need a strong on war/terror one because he fulfills that role himself), He needs a strong VP with a well known name (no Dan Quayle please). One that does him some good out on the campaign trail, and one that people can see as a future President if something happens to McCain who ain’t no spring chicken with some past health problems (cancer).
For that reason, McCain may end up holding his nose (as we hold ours if ending up voting for him) and pick Romney or maybe Steve Forbes. He won’t pick Jack Kemp as Kemp lost once before for that slot. I doubt he’ll pick a social conservative other than to make sure the VP candidate is minimally pro-life. But that will be the only prerequisite. He won’t pick anyone whose main bent is social activism. Mark my woids.