I'm sure the fact that he would have had to spend tens of millions more of his own money on a campaign that has virtually no chance of winning had nothing to do with it.

yeah, he doesn't get the freeroll rp gets.

So either McCain/Christ or McCain/Crist 2008?

maybe if you knew the name he wouldn't have had to bring it into the thread

How about former Colorado Gov Bill Owens as a VP choice? He was a Romney supporter (IIRC) early on, though. I think McCain needs to go on the younger side for VP. Nobody over 60 need apply, imo.

hence the obv lol nit.

Ron Paul's supporters are certainly enthusiastic about him, and have showered him with money. It seems most of Romney's supporters weren't really excited about him, they just viewed him as the most palatable of several weak choices, and weren't willing to back him with their checkbooks.

not nittery, it was funny that when someone put a name to your suggestion you had to use google to find out who it was. that is all, carry on.

Perhaps he'll really piss off the conservatives and go for Leiberman.

i remember 'mn gov', 'psych gsi', 'drunk slutty girl that hooked up with my roommate'

not names... i'm terrible with names.

this would be just about the worst thing he could do imo.

lol gsi. go blue imo

Anyway, I think Crist makes the most sense for McCain if they've calculated it will put him over the top in FLA. I'd obviously wait to see who my opponent is first before I'd pick a VP nominee.

Pawlenty's support for McCain didn't help him much here; Romney won the GOP caucus in Minnesota.

Then again, Pawlenty supported McCain when almost nobody else did so that might mean a lot to McCain.

He probably doesn't need to gamble as much if it's Hillary. That would likely result in a fairly standard vote split, which would make Crist the best option to help deliver Florida anyway.

Obama could steal a red state or two, though, and that's where Huckabee could be a big help.

Obama's southern appeal is because the democratic party is a higher % black there. The dems are getting that vote anyway.

I'm not just talking about southern appeal. Huckabee would help in the midwest too. I'm also mostly referring to red states that Obama may be able to shift blue.

go bears afaik

red states are not going to elect hillary or obama no matter what... if he picks huckabee i definitely won't be at the polling place in november (i'm registered republican)

he needs someone that can help him win florida / ohio / pennsylvania etc. and huckabee is not that person

Huckabee might be in a position to deflect some of the economic populist appeals the Democratic ticket will be making in Ohio, and he might help turn out the evangelical base in the panhandle/Northern Florida. This is where Huckabee makes sense, imo -- while he fails to shore up McCain's conservative bona-fides, he does help energize/activate the evangelical grassroots and economic populists -- the type who like Huckabee's "I'm not your boss, I'm your co-worker" kind of appeal, which should play well in states like Ohio. So I can see why he would make sense as a VP candidate -- I'm not saying he would definitely carry McCain to victory in Florida and Ohio, but I think it's a plausible enough argument that he helps there (and elsewhere).

I'm not so sure about the latter. I'm in a red state with a very popular dem governor who supports him. For the first time I can remember I can realistically see us going that way vs. McCain, who won't be popular in Kansas.

Florida is much more likely to go Republican than the other 2. Penn is much more likely to go Democrat than the other 2. The best pick IMO is to get someone from Ohio.

has romney given mccain an endorsement?

I am intrigued by your response, and would like to donate to your campaign.

Phase 1 - Run for president
Phase 2 - ?
Phase 3 - profit

What part of Hillary's base are the Dems not getting anyway if they choose Obama?