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Where Does McCain Go from Here?
By Chuck | April 3, 2008
While the answer to that question should honestly be the retirement home for old crazy coots what I want to know is who he is going to choose as his V.P. Or more accurately, who the GOP will let him choose.
Condoleezza Rice: This is the person I’m betting on if the GOP really wants McCain to win this one. Selecting her isn’t about her politics. It isn’t about her qualifications. It isn’t about her experience.
It is about her race. It is about her gender. It would be an attempt to one-up the Democrats. The Dems have, on one side, a black man and on the other a white woman running for the nomination. If the GOP tossed about a black woman for the VP it would be an attempt to prove they are as, if not more, progressive then their Democratic opponents and pick them up some independent votes.
Mitt Romney: I have heard his name tossed around a lot but I don’t think he would want it. He spent so much cash aiming at the presidency I think he will be aiming for it again next round. Plus I don’t think it would get McCain many new votes as there are better choices to stroke the religious right. Unless you count the Mormon areas.
Mike Huckabee: This is the reason that Huckabee stayed in the race when he knew he was dead. He would grab the attention and votes of the Jesus crew. He would effectively kill off the chance of any independent votes swinging to McCain and would virtually guarantee McCain a loss. If the republican party wants to keep the Jesus crew happy and doesn’t mind throwing McCain to the wolves you might see this one.
Jeb Bush: “The Other White Bush”. If McCain really wants to run as the third term of Bush this will be his choice. It would also set up Jeb for his shot at the presidency. Fuck that is scary.
Hillary Clinton: Also one of the names buzzing around. People think that her attacks on Obama and her quasi-praise for McCain point to this end. Bad idea. The Clinton family has a position of power within the democratic party and I don’t think they want to lose it. Imagine if she switched then lost the race. You think the republicans would accept her into a power role? Not a chance.
She like the power and that is while she is where she is.
There is also the choice of a retired high ranking military officer. Good choice for McCain if he wants to go all-in as “The War President V2.0″
April 12th, 2008 at 8:10 am
unfortuntely, it will be not be condi. condolezza is one of my favorite GOPers out there, but she has said for years now … foreshadowing the speculation at the end of the Bush Administration … that she will return to her first love, academia. Yes, it’s back to the Ivory Tower of Stanford for Condi. Ummmmm…..only if McCain truly has alzheimer’s would he choose Jeb Bush. Already, he is having to fight off the “Bush Cheney McCain” 3rd term bullshit of the Dems … if he chose Jeb, forget it! Choosing Hillary? HAHA .. not gonna happen.
while i have no real inside info about who he will chose, Romney is the only name you list here who really should be taken seriously as a potential VP. While respecting him, McCain seemed to view Huckabee more as an irritating gnat than a true candidiate in the presidential nomination process. all i do know is that America will be better off with a candidate for a retirement home as President, then a snot-nosed kid from Chicago who is naiive enough to be a puppet for the likes of Jeremy Wright, Farakhan, William Ayers, Bernadette Dorhn, and George Soros. Obama scares the hell out of me … he may, with his global vison and one-world aspirations, actually be a potential anti-Christ!!