Friday, July 11, 2008

John Sidney McTicket

By GottaLaff

CBS has a rundown of possible John Sidney McCain running mates. I've only included the summaries for 3, but you can go here and see all of them.

green arrow1 Mitt Romney | Bio
The former Massachusetts governor has emerged as the heavy favorite to be McCain's running mate. While there are some concerns the former rivals wouldn't get along, that may not matter and Romney brings some bona fide advantages to the ticket, especially in raising money and ability to compete in Michigan. Added to that is that Romney has been an effective surrogate for McCain at fundraisers and on cable TV.
red arrow2 Tim Pawlenty | Bio
The Minnesota governor appeared with McCain yesterday where the candidate called him "a wonderful friend and a great leader." But Pawlenty also told reporters that he had not been asked for information from the campaign. "I'm not aware that I'm under consideration," he said. That doesn't mean he won't be asked in the future, but for now the buzz is with Romney.
3-9:
Charlie Crist | Bio
Rob Portman | Bio
John Thune | Bio
Bobby Jindal | Bio
Tom Ridge | Bio
Mark Sanford | Bio
Sarah Palin | Bio
And number 10.... ::drum roll::....
green arrow10 Joe Lieberman | Bio
Al Gore's running mate has become McCain's "bipartisan wingman" as he continues to be a key surrogate on the trail and joined him last week in Colombia and Mexico. But while the two senators are obviously of one mind on foreign policy, would the rank-and-file accept his positions on domestic matters? As Harry Reid pointed out to The Hill yesterday, "Anytime we have a problem here, with the exception of Iraq, Joe Lieberman's with us."
But Joseph Isadore Lieberman, or as I've started to call him, JLie, says not so fast.
On the outside looking in: Haley Barbour, Michael Bloomberg, Chris Cox, Carly Fiorino, Rudy Giuliani, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Jon Huntsman, Kay Bailey Hutchison, David Petraeus, Condoleezza Rice, J.C. Watts, Meg Whitman

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