Choosing the McVeep
Rumor has it that John McCain has whittled his list of potential running-mates down to three. If the rumors are correct (or more precisely, if the inferences are correct that McCain’s inviting these three to choose a running mate between them), then we have two reasons to rejoice:
- Bobby Jindal is among them.
- Mike (P)huckabee isn’t.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Hasn’t limited it to 3 people, he’s looking at those 3 along with a number of others, they just happened to be interviewed this weekend so thats what the press reports
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
It can’t be Jindal.
1 - Jindal doesn’t have the experience–yet.
2 - Jindal is needed in LA; the voters there picked him to fix their mess. Leaving now would be a betrayal.
3 - Because Jindal lacks the qualifications, picking him would be seen as naked affirmative action.
4 - This would screw up Jindal’s ability to run for pres. in 2012 or ‘16 or ‘20.
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
IIRC, Huck was invited but had plans.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Jindal and Romney make some sense to vet at this point. Neither one is my top pick and I’m not so sure they’ll be most likely to help McCain but a careful vetting of the top candidates should address that.
But Christ? Why? He has been in office for only 2 years, Florida won’t be a crucial swing state this time around (Obama has an outside chance of winning, and if he does it will be part of a 350+ vote landslide), conservative activists seem to be extremely cool to him and he doesn’t have any pull with moderates either.