Obama should name his VP choice THIS week.....

[scheming daemons]

Wednesday at the latest.


Keep the McCain campaign on the defensive. Win several more days in a row of news coverage.


If he names Tom Kaine, as I expect he will, as his VP selection on Wednesday....that will dominate the news for the 9 days until the Olympics starts.

No more discussions of troop visits or anything else.


It would obliterate all other campaign news..... and it would give Obama a third straight week of dominating the news while McCain is left to cry some more about not getting covered.


McCain will not name his VP during the Olympics.... so he'll have to wait until August 29th.... after the Dem convention.


Obama is a chess player, McCain is a checkers player.

The chess player should make this move.

[NightWatcher]

1. nah, do it five minutes after McSame announces his pick to steal his thunder

my bets are still Kaine or Nunn

[ericgtr]

10. Totally agree n/t

[darius15]

2. Not so sure...

I see what you're getting at, but if Obama announced by Wednesday, McCain would probably have no choice but to announce as well, so he would balance out the media coverage.

Plus, the downside of this idea is that if he announces before the Olympics, there is less excitement at the Dem convention, which also generates tons of media coverage.

[book_worm]

3. Why? There's no reason to name a VP early

Obama got good publicity last week. The Olympics start in less than two weeks and people will be focused on that. The time to name a VP will be just before the convention to help create excitement. And besides the one who needs to name a VP to create some news is McCain not Obama, and let McCain do it first (but then he might wait until his convention, too).

[scheming daemons]

6. Reason 1: Win another week of news cycles Reason 2: Keep McCain and reacting instead acting

3. Bury the troop visit story.

4. Freeze McCain out of the news for 3 weeks (this week plus the Olympics)



Lots of good reasons.

[book_worm]

8. I still don't think it's necessary

I like the idea of creating excitement leading up to the convention and waiting to see if McCain names his VP first.

[KAZ]

4. I'm guessing Kaine or Schweitzer on Thursday.

[liberal N proud]

5. I will side with the let McGoo name his mate first

Then steal the show by following him with the announcement.

[scheming daemons]

7. Nah.... Keep McCain REACTING instead of ACTING

Make it look like everything McCain does is in response to Obama, instead of the other way around.

[Eurobabe]

9. I bet its someone we aren't even thinking of

even though I would love for it to be Biden, baby.

[PBS Poll-435]

14. Like Diana Degette

Chief Deputy Whip and the US Rep from the 1st District in Colorado?

http://degette.house.gov/

[ruggerson]

11. ....

[PBS Poll-435]

12. !!!

:popcorn:

[scheming daemons]

19. It's still not going to be Hillary, Ruggs......

Even if Obama didn't follow my (sound) advice to name his pick on Wednesday.


;-)

[ruggerson]

23. Hillary's not my first choice as Obama's Veep

and have said as much. Numerous times.

It's fascinating that you think that everyone who supported her in the primaries must also have her as their top choice for Vice President.

You have Hillary on the brain, dude.

[PBS Poll-435]

24. Hillary-hate is the mouse on the treadmill that is running many around here.

I don't get it. It is irrational and ugly.

Do they have psychological issues with their mothers?

[TeamJordan23]

13. He should do it after the Olympics and immediately before the Convention. nm

[PBS Poll-435]

15. That would be good. ---- Also....

Is Obama going to go to any of the Olympic events?

I know that the 96 Games were here, but it would be neat if he were in the arena at one of the bigger events.

(Bill and Hillary were in the Georgia Dome for some events...)

[crimsonblue]

21. Obama should NOT go to Beijjing

He should not award the Chinese govt's oppression of its people, genocidal beating down of dissent, and other humanitarian travesties by visiting them. No respectable President (or Presumptive President) would EVER go there--- so it makes sense that King Georgie is visiting.

[scheming daemons]

22. I agree..... going to Beijing the same week that George does WOULD be bad form

And he deserve the criticism that would come.

[MonkeyFunk]

16. I don't understand the rush here

and he doesn't need to keep McCain on the defensive throughout the summer. We're heading into August, where nobody pays attention to anything. The REAL campaign begins in SEptember.

[book_worm]

17. Obama didn't keep your deadline. Obama knows what he is doing.

[scheming daemons]

18. Technically, if he names the VP before the weekend, he "kept my timeline"

I said "this week".

I preferred Wednesday.


I suspect that Obama DOES know what he is doing. In this case, I disagree.

[book_worm]

20. whatever