McCain DeWine 2008 ?

[Sara Bradi]

I have been seeing a lot of former Ohio senator Mike Dewine (and his wife) with McCain for the past four days, is Dewine Mccain's choice for VP ?

Ohio is a swing state and Dewine could swing it in Mccain's favor, or so they hope.

What sez you ?

[BenDavid]

1. DeWine was beaten in 06 in Ohio...not a good choice....maybe

one could consider Lindsey Graham from South Carolina.....

[Sara Bradi]

3. me thinks you be right...

now that I think about it, I have also seen Graham & Lieberman a lot too.

Perhaps Dewine is just helping in Ohio.

[MADem]

4. That's my guess. Just a helper. Lieberman has said NO to any VP suggestions.

Isn't Graham in the closet? That would be a "New Republican" moment waiting to happen...the Log Cabin crew might take heart, but it wouldn't do much for their base. And SC is in the bag for the GOP--they always win that state.

I cite, because it's inevitable that I'll be asked: http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A32974

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
Is Lindsey Graham gay?
Seven Minutes in Gay Hell: Is Lindsey Graham in S.C.'s airtight closet?

Let's have a real investigation of the rumors about South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who … has been rumored to be gay for years," Signorile says. "Like Larry Craig, Graham has voted antigay — including for the federal marriage amendment — while people in South Carolina and Washington have discussed what some say is an open secret for a long, long time."

Graham isn't the first South Carolina politician to face such questions. While other names are omitted from this story because they aren't at the center of national speculation (thank your lucky chinos, boys) they've reached some of the most influential seats in state politics.

....The comments about Graham are not new, but they haven't seen this kind of prominence since Graham's 2002 election to the U.S. Senate. Early in the campaign, state Democratic Party Chair Dick Harpootlian said Graham was "a little too light in the loafers to fill Strom Thurmond's shoes." He later said he didn't know what "too light in the loafers" meant. Apparently he didn't know what too thick in the head meant either.

During a debate, Democratic candidate Alex Sanders also seemed to frame a question about Rudy Giuliani's endorsement as an indictment on Graham's personal life. "(Giuliani's) wife kicked him out, and he moved in with two gay men and a Shih Tzu. Is that South Carolina values? I don't think so."

The renewed movement to question Graham's sexuality won't chink his armor in front of South Carolina voters, says Jack Bass, a political science professor at the College of Charleston and co-author of Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond.

"I believe South Carolina voters are far more interested in the performance of elected politicians than in issues of personal privacy," Bass says. "I believe Lindsey Graham is widely respected by South Carolina voters as an independent voice who stands up for what he believes in."

I think he just might pick someone from an "electoral vote rich" and historically BLUE or SWING state. A New Yorker (but not Rudy, he's too bald and too much of a bigmouth), a Californian, a Floridian...Jeb? AGGGH!!!!! (Jeb has too much baggage...IMO).

[scheming daemons]

2. From your keyboard to God's ears....

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