Reports are coming in that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has canceled his schedule for today, including several media interviews. Some have speculated this could be a tip-off that he will be McCain’s running mate. Pawlenty has been in Denver as part of the GOP response team.
Of course this could also be a head-fake or simply a coincidence. As host for the GOP convention next week, he may well be working on alternative plans should Gustav make a full convention impossible.
Other speculation focusing on various other candidates notes that, if Lieberman is picked he would not, as an Orthodox Jew, be able to campaign after sunset on Friday or all day on Saturday. Since McCain has hinted that he will appear with his running mate on Saturday.
McCain has said in a radio interview he will campaign with Mitt Romney AND Tom Ridge on Saturday but said people should not read too much into that. However Politico is reporting the Secret Service has surveyed the home of Mitt Romney’s sister in Michigan though this could simply mean McCain might be staying there.