Now that John McCain has wrapped up the nomination, speculation turns to his VP pick. McCain needs someone who is liked by social and economic Conservatives; he should also pick someone who is at least relatively young, and probably someone with good economic knowledge. Here are a few of my picks:
2. Rob Portman: Portman, 52, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget as well as former United States Trade Representative and six-term Congressman, is fairly young, a good debater (or so I've heard), has a lot of economic experience and is from the crucial swing state Ohio, all of which would make him a good choice. One drawback for him is that he was part of the unpopular Bush administration.
3. Tim Pawlenty: Pawlenty, 47, The Governor of Minnesota, is fairly conservative, a McCain loyalist, and has won the Governorship twice in a state where the GOP would love to win. However, Pawlenty has upset some conservatives by pushing global warming initiatives, and he does not have much economic or foreign policy experience.
4. Christopher Cox: Cox, 55, is the Chairman of the United States SEC, as well as an eight-term Congressman from
5. Paul Ryan: Ryan, 38, is a five-term Congressman from
Wildcards:
Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin: Both young, both minorities, both recently elected Governor, and neither is likely to accept the VP candidacy. Jindal is the Governor of Louisiana, and is still leading the recovery from hurricane Katrina. Palin is expecting her fifth child
9 comments:
Portman for VP is crazy.
According this Quinnipiac poll, he does not even help John McCain in SW OH where he is from, let alone the rest of the state. No one knows or cares who he is.
http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1146
Polls don't usually matter much at this point, Portman is not very well known right now, if he got picked for VP he would be very well known.
The sad thing is McCain got the nomination. He's a conservative in name only. How disappointment for the GOP.
Why not Huckabee or Romney?
Huckabee is not very well liked by lot of economic Conservatives, and Romney is not liked by some social Conservatives (including McCain), and I think McCain needs to unite the party.
I heard a rumor the other day that if he is running against Obama, there is a chance he would try to draw upon Colin Powell. Although Colin Powell generally rejects these kind of notions, I think nonetheless it is interesting. I think Colin Powell would be an excellent pick, however it is a rumor, and therefore is probably just a pipedream.
-Donald (atgot.blogspot.com)
That's a nice thought. But I don't see it happening. A united GOP is way down the line. McCain is only going to divide it further. Here's a guy whose biggest qualification for President is the fact that he was a POW. He's running on "star power". I don't think his Senate run is too impressive. He got lucky this time. Republicans are so divided they don't know which way is up. Now McCain has some big name endorsements, too. But he's lackluster. He doesn't have enough charisma or appeal to satisfy voters. I still can't figure out why he got the nomination. Too many people asleep that day.
I'm ready to vote for Obama at this point (great candidate!)....I'm very disappointed in McCain being the pick. Said he would only run 1 term anyhow....crazy!
McCain has not "rapped up" the vote yet. People, there are still two running in the Republican Party. Don't overlook Ron Paul. McCain is about as far away from being a conservative as you can get. Being blinded by what the media puts on you plate and says "eat this... it's all there is" is going to head us into a hole that I don't think we'll ever get out of. We the people are bigger than the media and the government if we all could just stand up and realize it ourselves. Choosing the lesser of two evil should no longer be a option when there actually is a canidate running who can and will solve some problems.
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