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McCain begins vice president search, mum on Romney
 Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday he has begun the process of finding a vice presidential running mate and wants someone who shares his views and can take his place.
| Might I venture to suggest former Maryland lieutenant governor Mike Steele? Mike is handsome, witty, articulate, well-qualified and... ummm... blacker than the O'Bama. And I like his Mom. |
Speaking to reporters on his campaign plane, the expected Republican nominee said he had seen news reports that a defeated rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, had expressed interest in the job, but he offered no comment one way or the other on whether Romney would be a candidate. "I got that impression watching the interview last night," McCain said of Romney's interest in the No. 2 slot on the Republican ticket in November's election.
| Romney'd be a pretty good choice, except that McCain having pretty well trounced him, it's hard to see what would stop Madam Clinton or the O'Bama from doing the same. |
| Plus the two men really, really don't like each other. |
Romney told Fox News Channel's "Hannity and Colmes" on Tuesday that "any Republican leader in this country would be honored to be asked to serve as the vice presidential nominee, myself included."
| Mike's a Publican leader, too, y'know. For that matter so's his old boss, Bob Ehrlich, another true blue conservative who fought the good fight against a legislature run by the machine. |
Romney endorsed McCain in February after the Arizona senator defeated him in an often caustic campaign battle. McCain will face either Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York or Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in November.
| Possibly both of them. I saw McCain's current campaign commercial the other night and it struck exactly the right note for me: pure patriotism, starting out with Winston Churchill refusing to surrender to the forces of evil. Neither the Madam nor the O'Bama appeared in it that I can recall, and they would have been out of place had they done so. |
At a town-hall meeting in Exeter, New Hampshire, McCain went out of his way to praise Romney and other vanquished Republican candidates. "He fought well. I believe that Gov. Romney has earned a place in our Republican Party and I believe he is part of the future of our Republican Party," he said.
| Make him head of the RNC. We can use the fund-raising prowess. Pick Mike as VP. |
Posted by: Fred 2008-03-13 |
