McCain's Running Mate

Off Topic Politics & World Issues
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[quote]hercules54 wrote:
McCain is going to have to put someone with a mixture of strong economic conservatism and to a certain social conservatism. More than likely he will nominate a governor or a former member of Congress. I don’t think Huckabee will get the VP nod, because economic conservatives are leery of him due to his tax increases in Arkansas. I think it will be a governor from a key state such as Florida.

I have heard J.C. Watts name (former U.S. Rep & Oklahoma football player) mentioned. That’ll be good if Obama gets the Democratic nomination.[/quote]

I thought Huckabee cut taxes in Arkansas not raise them? As far as the justices go, if a Dem wins, the only chance Republicans have is to try and secure the senate and Veto the appointed judges in that way. As far as the 2nd Amendment issue with the USSC goes, lucky for gun owners a precedent is about to be decided in the next couple of months. of course I suppose that could also turn into disaster for gun owners if they decide D.C.'s law is constitutional.

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[quote]BostonBarrister wrote:
I think it will be a governor, on the younger side - all of Crist, Pawlenty and Sanford fit the bill. If I had to pick one, I’d say Crist is the most likely, because he should lock down FL.

This George Will article is interesting:

ADDENDUM:

Another interesting piece:

[i]Handicapping the VP Race
By DAVID ROTHSCHILD and JUSTIN WOLFERS
February 12, 2008

With the race for the Democratic presidential nominee likely to stretch on for some time and the contest for the Republican ticket basically over, let’s look at something fresh: Who will be the Vice Presidential nominees?
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With Mr. McCain all but locking up the Republican nomination, forecasting the Republican ticket seems more straightforward. Mr. McCain’s advanced age means that he must look beyond pure electability, as succession concerns are likely to be important.

While Mike Huckabee’s recent strong performances have done little to increase his chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination (he is currently less than a one-in-30 chance to beat Mr. McCain), he is now a one-in-four chance to be his VP nominee.

Mitt Romney traded as high as 18% right after dropping out, but has quickly fallen to about 8%. The other likely contender, Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, is largely unknown outside the Midwest. But as co-chair of Mr. McCain’s campaign, he is rated a 16% chance. Rudy Giuliani’s stock has largely faded in the last week, while Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, who would certainly add interesting demographic balance to the ticket, is about a 5% chance.

But the real favorite to get Mr. McCain’s nod is that elusive “other” candidate, currently rated about a one-in-three chance. That field definitely includes the former Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Senator Lieberman of Connecticut, who was recently stripped of his Democratic superdelegate status for endorsing Mr. McCain.

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David Rothschild and Justin Wolfers are PhD student and assistant professor, respectively, in Business and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.[/i][/quote]

Crist is still too gay.

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I think it is very important who; he has as a running mate. Because who ever that may be, will probably be running the country in a couple of years

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[quote]pittbulll wrote:
I think it is very important who; he has as a running mate. Because who ever that may be, will probably be running the country in a couple of years [/quote]

I agree, he should pick someone who would be a good presidential candidate in 8 years’ time…

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My vote would be with Huckabee on that one. It would balance the republican ticket with the exception of his idea of the fair tax, and it would give him the experience required to win the next election. Assuming Mccain decides to give his vice president any kind of power.

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Huckabee doesn’t balance anything. You still have two big government, liberal republicans. All Huckabee would be good for is securing the evangelical vote. He is also more pro-life than McCain. Taxes, amnesty, the economy, they are the same.

If you want to pick somebody that would be a good candidate in 8 years, Duncan Hunter needs to be your guy. A down-to-earth, logical, true conservative that just couldn’t get the funds or the media behind him this time around. He would also help hold the republican party together this time around, as a lot of conservatives refuse to vote for McCain.

It’s too bad Hunter as VP is as likely as Hillary’s health care plan working.

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[quote]BostonBarrister wrote:
pittbulll wrote:
I think it is very important who; he has as a running mate. Because who ever that may be, will probably be running the country in a couple of years

I agree, he should pick someone who would be a good presidential candidate in 8 years’ time…[/quote]

8 years time ? 8 months time :slight_smile:

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I forgot his stance on Amnesty and his website is down right now, but I know on taxes he is more liberal than McCain in that he wants the fair tax while McCain just wants taxes cut and make it more difficult to raise taxes. But in pretty much all other aspects huckabee is pretty conservative.