Take a wild guess - Who is McSames VP

[Jemmons]

But dont just make a stab in the dark - back it up with some kind of entertaining reasoning or similar.

My own shoot: Same Old is going to do a "Quale" and pick someone who will invoke ridicule even from republicans and thereby making McSame look sane. Alberto Gonzales comes to mind as a fitting choice, but im not sure that Gonzo is willing to serve under someone else than *.

[Punkingal]

1. Huckabee..

The fundies love him.

[noonwitch]

17. As the fundies don't trust McCain, Huckabee would be a good pick for him

I don't hate John McCain, I just don't want him to be the next president.

[rhett o rick]

2. Dick Cheney. nm

[Lasher]

14. He could ask Cheney to head up a task force to pick someone.

Wonder who Cheney would recommend?

[underpants]

16. LOL

a close friend of Dick's said that it was "the most Machiavellian f$%#ing thing I have ever seen"

[rhett o rick]

36. Hmmmm.

[FSogol]

3. Crist n/t

[Clark2008]

51. Crist or Christ?

But I don't think Jesus would take the job, if offered.

:)

[nxylas]

54. Supply Side Jesus would

And Republicans would be far more likely to vote for him than that hippy liberal from Nazareth.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

"Give us supply side Jesus!!!"

:toast:

[npincus]

4. Kaye Bailey Hutcison

[Yavin4]

53. Yep. Makes Sense

She appeals to older White women.

[melody]

5. Mittens n/t

[oldtime dfl_er]

6. Norm "Empty Suit" Coleman

That empty suit from Minnesota who's gonna get his ass kicked by Al Franken. Coleman's youngish, used to be a Democrat (albeit a bad one), and the Repukes owe him (and own him). sorry that's not funny but the visual of those two standing together might be hilarious.

[senaca]

19. Gov. Pawlenty from MN seems to be getting alot of talk for VP

Does anyone know anything about him?

[LondonReign2]

7. Mittens

McSame needs his money, and he is a plus in Michigan.

[4_Legs_Good]

45. Money is a good point I hadn't thought of

If, however, he goes for the money, I think Obama supporters will come through in spades and destroy their $ "advantage" with donations. I know I'd up my monthly contribution.

IMO, Snoozy McSame's best chance wrt financing is to make a big deal of the agreement he and Obama signed about public financing. The fact that he hasn't brought it up in months, though, shows that he's probably ruled it out too. By reaching for Romney's $, it would definitely be out of the question.

David

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Huckabee

For several reasons. First, he's a hit with the fundamentalists. Second, he touted a wellness program in Arkansas that could be a smokescreen for McCain. The program set up information sites around the state and encouraged people to exercise more and lose weight--that's all well and good, but does nothing about the COSTS of health care or about the health insurance industry. But expect McCain to tout it as the "way to go" because it stresses individual responsibility. Third, Huckabee is a Southerner. His name would be enough to get many reluctant Republicans in the South to go to the polls and vote. Fourth, he sounds rational--until you look carefully at his positions. Yes, he's got some corruption baggage, but that will be explained away, I'm sure.

[Uben]

9. Satan himself! nt

I mean herself!

[LeftishBrit]

20. Satan herself? You mean Maggie Thatcher?

[napi21]

10. I dunno? This AM someone on cspan said they thought it COULD be

Holy Joe! Even though he said no, if it looks like McNuts is lagging behind in July/August, they may look at a move like that to be sort of a Hail Mary pass by putting someone on the ticket who's not a Pub.

[yardwork]

31. That's a great idea. LIEberman has a proven record as a VP candidate.

Wait.

[napi21]

33. I think Holy Joe would be a GREAT campaign pal for McNut!

TWO old foggies standing together! Neither one is a good speaker! I don't think I could ask for MORE!

[oldtime dfl_er]

47. That would be a great new version of my Dumb and Dumber t-shirt

Well..whoever the veep cand is I'll be making one!

[rhett o rick]

40. Yeah a losing VP. Joe is a big loser. nm

[hootinholler]

46. Accept or not, actually the codger can claim he 'reached across the aisle'

When is reality it's more like a poorly executed reach around.

-Hoot

[jakem]

11. LIEberman?

[Courtesy Flush]

12. That's a head-scratcher

My first thought was Jindal, as he would prove that the GOP can put non-whites on the ticket too.

But then I remembered his target audience. They wouldn't be impressed. The whiter the better.

So I'll go with Huckabee for whiteness and fundy appeal.

[wileedog]

15. They can't attack Obama's age and experience and then put Jindal on the ticket

I'd bet Romney

[Vickers]

13. JimmyJeff GannonGuckert

He'll secure the "uncut" vote.

[rhett o rick]

37. Jeff's friend Cheney said no way. n

[panhead1961]

18. Condi Rice

She is a Black Women so he covered all bases.

[Nye Bevan]

21. Mike Bloomberg

Actually has some understanding of economics (which McCain utterly lacks). Also has shown he can get Dems to vote for him as NYC mayor (I don't think this will help McCain, however),

[papapi]

22. Bloomberg has better sense that to be chained to this loser.

[Nye Bevan]

34. You could be right

and the Spitzer debacle probably means that he could easily be the next Governor of New York, if he wanted to.

On the other hand he did have a breakfast meeting with McCain in May, which has led to some VP speculation. And his wealth would enable him to contribute a great deal to the ticket, financially.

[papapi]

23. Orrin Hatch - two wrongs make a right (winger that is).

[yardwork]

32. Too old. Their combined age would exceed the Grand Canyon.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

24. Mitch Daniels (R) governor of indiana

assuming mccain is still the nominee. i think mccain is going to self-destruct.

[cbc5g]

25. Lieberman probably

[Canuckistanian]

26. Tom Delay would fit those criteria

Even many Republicans think he's a clown.

[Bethesda Home]

27. I'm betting on Carly Fiorina.

The ex-CEO of Hewlett Packard.

Both of them need a chick and I bet Obama isn't going to pick Hillary.

[whistler162]

28. Rudy Guilliani

That way he covers the male and female voters!

[Jemmons]

29. Rudy is not the only option for that:

[klyon]

30. Lieberman

[applegrove]

35. Mitt Romney. I saw him on TV about a month ago and he looked like the

cat who had just swallowed the canary. Ever since then I've believed he got the slot and he knows it. Of course I could be wrong.

[Disturbed]

38. I have said Jeb Bush & will stick to that until proven wrong.

The Bush Crime Family wanted Mitt & Jeb. They will still insist on Jeb.

[applegrove]

41. The Bushes have no chance this time around. They are so over.

[rhett o rick]

39. Cindy McCain. It was part of their pre-nup agreement. She buys him the presidency and she gets to

be vice president.

[VP505]

42. That's something McSame can brag about,

he has a very wide variety of choices. He can choose from plain old goofy to the criminally insane with lots of variations in-between. LOL

[4_Legs_Good]

43. Romney - which would be bad for us (relatively speaking)

He's conservative enough that he'll pull the righties back to voting McCain (whom they've been taught to hate for 2 decades by Rush Limbow), and he will probably deliver Michigan for the pukes. Also he fits with their attempt to present themselves as independents, as he's a former governor of a blue state.

I still think we'll clean their clocks, but Romney would be their best shot, and I think they'll take it.

Edit: If I were him, I'd choose Colin Powell in a second (not that he would take it). He's the only Republican in the country who has even the slightest shred of credibility (among Republicans, he has no shred with me).

David

[tekisui]

44. Newty.

[truebrit71]

48. Huckabee or the Alaskan Governor who doesn't like listening to the voters...

...Mittens is hated by the knuckle-draggers even more than McCain...

[Bucky]

49. I don't think they'll go for Crist. He'll piss off the wingnuts.

By the time he gets to the convention, his only real option will be to run for the base. That probably means bringing in that teenaged governor from Louisiana all the fundies love so much.

[helderheid]

50. mittens

[NashVegas]

52. Romney

According to Open Secrets.org, the real money was on him, at least in my (Tenn.) state.

[newmajority]

55. He's going for a governor. Mittens or Huckster most likely.

The Repuke bigots won't vote for either Bobby Jindal or Charlie Crist (outside of the Log Cabin types).

[Bullet1987]

57. Jindal is not going to be picked...

He's a smokescreen being thrown out there by the McCain camp to make it seem like they're in touch and with the times. If Obama weren't running, no one would have even brought Jindal up.

[Myrina]

56. Reverend Huckelberry-Hound

:puke: Gotta get hose Jebus-folks back on the GOP bus ...