Comments on: Who Would McCain, Romney, or Huckabee Choose as Running Mate? (Part 1)

By: MJDaniels53

MJDaniels53 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:50:21 +0000

Yes, DLS, McCain has one of the most conservative voting records in Congress and has had throughout his career, as measured by conservative indices.

Bottom line: The PAC-addicted wing of the GOP, represented by people like Mitch McConnell and the disgraced Tom DeLay like to portray McCain as a liberal. But it's a fib.

Mark Daniels

By: DLS

DLS — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:16:15 +0000

“McCain, an orthodox Goldwater-Reagan conservative”

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By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:58:27 +0000

Picking Lieberman as a running mate would pretty much guarantee him a loss. Liberal Dems despise Lieberman for betraying the party, religious conservatives will abandon them for being too liberal, and anyone who disagreed with the Kyl-Lieberman bill is going to be really wary about voting for 2 war-mongering, aggressive Senators to lead this country.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:24:31 +0000

Considering that McCain will have almost no chance of winning, it does not really matter who he picks. My guess is that he will follow the Bob Dole model and pick someone who hurts his campaign and makes McCain's decision making skills look bad.

By: Others

Others — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:28:02 +0000

Just to add a few more names for a “long list” with their pros (all of course have cons as well) in no particular order: Governor Christ of Florida (executive experience, Washington outsider, delivers Florida in election, age, generally okay except Global Warming and lack of national security credentials), Governor Perry of Texas (conservative, executive experience, Washington outsider), Fred Thompson (friend of McCain, conservative, nationally known, could be entrusted with Presidency in case McCain passes away), Sessions or Dole (conservative, get out the anti illegal immigration vote), Giuliani (conservative except on social issues, strong on national security, strong on taxes, could be entrusted with Presidency, good relation with McCain), Jeb Bush (conservative, delivers Florida, executive experience, preparation for next Presidency run in 4-8 years), Bloomberg (moderate vote, strong on Economics, executive experience, may put New York in play, financial contributions), Phil Graham (strong on Economics, could be President in worst case, close to McCain), Paulson (strong on Economics, executive experience, still not a Washington insider, moderate vote, good Congressional relations, could deal with Social Security/Global Warming issues in a McCain administration with a Democratic congress, positive imagine in the nation). As I said before all of these have (sometimes significant) cons and not all would be interested. Ultimately I think it will be McCain's personal pick.

By: larkin

larkin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:20:30 +0000

If Obama gets the nomination, I wonder if McCain would consider Colin Powell or Condi Rice?

If Hillary's elected he could counter with Linda Lingle – governor of Hawaii.

Probably the strongest choice is Huckabee to cement his relations with the evangelicals. I don't think McCain will want a Senator as running mate. I think he relishes the “outsider” image he's managed to build.

By: DLS

DLS — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:13:45 +0000

No Snowe, no Collins, no Whitman, no other Republicans who should be Democrats.

The GOP needs to offer us an alternative to the Democratic status quo!