Handicap McCain's running mate.Follow

My odds:

Charlie Crist 5 to 1. Might be to effeminate to appeal to "values voters", but on the plus side, last name easily confused for "Christ" so evangelicals may think Jesus is running with McCain. Also governor of an important swing state.

Tim Pawlenty 6 to 1. Minnesota's not going for McCain, but Pawlenty has the advantage of not being too charismatic on the bottom of the ticket and is on the right side of moron issues like requiring the pledge of allegiance in classrooms. He's like a little too liberal on many issues to do McCain mcuh good with his base, and there are probably better options if he's going to tack towards the center for the General. For instance:

Tom Ridge 4 to 1 Moderate, in line with McCain's politics for the most part. Pro Choice, meshes well with the fear message having been head of Homeland Security. Has good name recognition. On the other hand, somewhat responsible for making airports suck. Might pull some votes in Pennsylvania, but likely not enough to really put it in play.

Mark Sanford 2 to 1 I think this is the guy. Conservative, appeals to racist southerners. In a good position to suppress the black vote in SC, lies constantly. Ideal to turn out the base.

The Field 20 to 1 Everyone else. I think it's pretty unlikely there'll be a surprise here. It's well known that McCain just does whatever his advisers tell him to, and I imagine that'll be to choose Sanford this time. I'm not sure if he gets the son and the junkyard in the bargain or not.

If Ridge is Pro Choice, I'd be suprised if he were selected. McCain has always seemed pretty adamant about his Pro Life stance.

IUDs, hahahaha.

That's about right for McCain.

Nexa

If Ridge is Pro Choice, I'd be suprised if he were selected. McCain has always seemed pretty adamant about his Pro Life stance.

Right, but no one's voting on Abortion this election. If he's dedicated to running on the Commander in Chief angle, ridge is a possibility. As I said, I think it'll be Sanford, but you never know what the lobbyists will decide gives them the best chance of making money for the next four years.

No ****? Oh please oh please oh please oh...


Yeah, if that's true there's no way he'd risk it.

See, going back to my projected electoral vote maps, this is why we need Obama. If Clinton loses Florida, it all falls apart!

A Mccain Wombat platform would be pretty unbeatable. no law requiring the VP to be human! Just look at all the evil androids we have had recently!

I accept that I know very little about politics, but no chance McCain would pick Condoleezza Rice? She seems to be more in touch with reality then anyone else in the current White House. McCain's got to understand he is the underdog in this race, and that he's got to do something dramatic. Further, he's got to realize his party's debates (and oh, there were a lot of them) looked like the worst images people have of private country clubs - in stark contrast to the Democrat's debates which did not.

(A) She has flat-out said that she wouldn't take it if offered.
(B) Tying himself so obviously to Bush's foreign policy probably isn't a good way to get votes.


(C) She's a negro woman. The party of the KKK isn't going to put a negro woman on the ticket. Wake the **** up.

Smash, the party of the KKK isn't going to put a darkie on the ticket. We don't use polite terms like "negro" in our party.

Of course you don't. You don't refer to race at all. You just vote based on it. Not a big deal. The Democratic South was the same for decades. I'm just not sure why Republicans have a problem admitting they're the party of homicidal racists. I'm fine with admitting the Democratic Party is the Party of eco-terrorists, violent animal rights activists, drug dealers, etc.





Edited, Mar 10th 2008 4:43pm by Smasharoo