Who'll announce first?

[Yukari Yakumo]

With the Veepstakes underway, one question has yet to be explored:

Who'll announce their running mate first?

[tekisui]

1. McDubya. To distract from a bad news day.

[YOY]

2. Too soon after the primaries for Obama

If Clinton doesn't get the pick (and personally I really hope she doesn't) then healing wounds would be opened afresh.

[bigwillq]

3. I think McCain will.

Don't really have a reason why I think that though. Ok, maybe so he can try and get some momentum.

[ronnykmarshall]

4. Which convention is first?

Isn't ours first?

[tekisui]

6. Dems first.

THen the pukes.

[Bucky]

7. Exactly. Like with baseball, whoever owns the diamond bats second.

Republicans own all the diamonds.

[deadmessengers]

5. Obama will

McCain will announce his VP right after the Democratic National Convention, to try and blunt Obama's post-convention bounce.

[Bullet1987]

8. Obama has More time to Waste...

People will begin to asks what's taking him so long when he's had months to do this.

[rucky]

9. It's always at convention, isn't it?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it's ever been announced before convention.

[Drunken Irishman]

10. Kerry picked Edwards before the convention.

So did Gore with Lieberman and Bush with Cheney.

[book_worm]

12. It used to be convention but that changed in 1984

[book_worm]

11. If they both decide to wait until convention--then it would be Obama first.