he's picking the Indian (Jindal) for Vice President. he's going to attempt to split the vote, by taking a minority on the ticket. It's in play.

6/16/2008 12:00:43 PM

source?

or just a theory? (good one at that)

6/16/2008 12:02:04 PM

i'm seeing Jinal's name and face more in the press. also in photos with McCain.

6/16/2008 12:06:22 PM

too much an unknown. imo

6/16/2008 12:06:30 PM

he needs to finish fixing louisiana first.

6/16/2008 12:07:14 PM

well McCain is in a difficult position. his VP choice has to be a power play. I see Obama choosing Biden or Edwards, either of which is a great choice.

if McCain thought outside the box on his VP choice he could lock it up.

6/16/2008 12:10:24 PM

like Rice. if he choose Rice and Rice agreed it'd be over.

6/16/2008 12:11:04 PM

I think someone has smoked themself stupid.

6/16/2008 12:36:43 PM

Rice may be a little too close to the Bush administration for McCain to pick her. I mean Obama is already calling MCCain Bush's 3rd term, if he picked Rice hed be playing right into that.

6/16/2008 12:41:54 PM

http://www.newoxfordreview.org/article.jsp?did=1294-jindal

Always good to have an experience exorcist on staff.

6/16/2008 12:45:52 PM

and a creationist "intelligent design proponent"
http://www.theind.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2663&Itemid=92

6/16/2008 1:01:44 PM

^^I'm not sure if its true, but I heard that said exorcism was also a miracle cancer cure.

6/16/2008 2:00:18 PM

It would be too risky for McCain to pick Jindal.

6/16/2008 2:12:30 PM

^^ yes, he thinks he may have cured a friend's cancer in college with an exorcism
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/06/obviously_vicepresidential_mat.php

6/16/2008 2:27:25 PM

he picks jindal and he has no chance at winning

6/16/2008 2:43:55 PM

damn. that exorcist thing was creepy. so what shot does McCain have. i mean there's not that many racists that would greatly influence his chances. its going to come down to the war ...


but the thing is I don't think Obama will be able to pull troops out. its a disaster over there. a cluster fuck if you will. but i fill McCain would fuck the country 15 x's worse than anybody ever good. and he'll die soon.

6/16/2008 3:24:40 PM

what makes you think that about mccain amsterdam?

Im hoping he picks romney.

6/16/2008 3:49:12 PM

Typical hardcore conservative. He would definately get the evangelical vote.

6/16/2008 3:50:04 PM

I think most protestants are wary of exorcisms.

6/16/2008 3:54:18 PM

i think jindal would head off any serious VP talk.

i dont see him wanting to be on McCain's ticket.

6/16/2008 4:07:44 PM

^^You'd think they were wary of divorce and murder. But, that's not stopping them from supporting McCain who cheated on his wife and is planning on staying in Iraq.



[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 4:09 PM. Reason : meh]

6/16/2008 4:09:03 PM

i think the mutual divide between McCain and the religious right is pretty well established

and nice touch with the "iraq war=murder" call

dumbass.

6/16/2008 4:14:25 PM

McCain hates Romney. that would be the best possible ticket he could have. Hucklebee is nuts, women would never vote for that ticket.

6/16/2008 4:23:45 PM

Lots of people wouldn't vote for that ticket.

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 4:24 PM. Reason : a populist who thinks we need to change the Constitution to reflect the Bible?]

6/16/2008 4:24:10 PM

I'm surprised that no one has tried to use J.C. Watts for anything.

6/16/2008 4:26:21 PM

Jindal is too early in his career to jump to the Vice Presidency, in my humble opinion. Given his potential, I'd like to see him run through a full term as governor before taking the leap into the VP slot, especially for a year where the Republicans are running a serious disadvantage.

6/16/2008 4:26:33 PM

J.C. Watts . . . oh boy. that would be like a secret fucking weapon. if they pulled out "Ole J.C. Watts". Total klansman move.

6/16/2008 4:27:20 PM

Quote :

"Jindal is too early in his career to jump to the Vice Presidency"

agreed

6/16/2008 4:27:46 PM

^^ Whoops. Looks like people have mentioned him.

Watts on the GOP in 2008:

Quote :

"Republicans want to say we reach out. But what we do instead is 60 days before an election, we'll spend some money on black radio and TV or buy an ad in Ebony and Jet, and that's our outreach. People read through that."

6/16/2008 4:31:33 PM

Quote :

"I see Obama choosing Biden ..."

I see:

Obsama BinLaden

6/16/2008 4:45:00 PM

glad someone mentioned jc watts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080614/ap_on_el_pr/black_conservatives_obama;_ylt=AmB7GXh0chSYSqKYpCh3h42s0NUE

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 4:45 PM. Reason : ^idiot]

6/16/2008 4:45:09 PM

from ^ article:

Quote :

"J.C. Watts, a former Oklahoma congressman who once was part of the GOP House leadership, said he's thinking of voting for Obama. Watts said he's still a Republican, but he criticizes his party for neglecting the black community. Black Republicans, he said, have to concede that while they might not agree with Democrats on issues, at least that party reaches out to them. "And Obama highlights that even more," Watts said, adding that he expects Obama to take on issues such as poverty and urban policy. "Republicans often seem indifferent to those things.""

6/16/2008 5:04:50 PM

RON PAUL!!!

6/16/2008 5:45:26 PM

I think Ron Paul is slightly less likely to be McCain's VP than Hillary Clinton is.

6/16/2008 6:23:43 PM

I can see him choosing liberman. That would insure his defeat.

6/16/2008 6:27:34 PM

This sucks for republicans who like Jindal because if Jindal hitches his wagon to this losing ticket, he's going to be damaged goods in the future.

6/16/2008 6:28:21 PM

i see him not picking lieberman for the same reason lol

6/16/2008 6:29:00 PM

Quote :

"if he choose Rice and Rice agreed it'd be over."

nope. she'd be a wonderful pick, but it would still go to the dems. i think most people who think the republicans still can win are thinking of this election like back in 2004 when people were scared to change presidents in the midst of a war. now that people realize the war will last longer than any one president's time in office, they don't care. repubs are done across the board this november, just get used to it and start looking to the next set of mid term elections

6/16/2008 6:54:57 PM

McCain / Lieberman '08

that'd be a hoot.

6/16/2008 7:00:07 PM

^same result as ^^

6/16/2008 7:04:17 PM

i disagree...i think he could win with rice even though shes from the bush administration and i dont think he would win with lieberman

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 7:50 PM. Reason : but maybe i've been reading too many bob novak columns lately




[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 7:51 PM. Reason : he doesnt win with anyone thats as liberal as him or more liberal]

6/16/2008 7:49:43 PM

I dont think he could win with lieberman, but I can see him picking him. He needs to shore up his base more than try to get some disgruntled dems.

Cherokee, I can see McCain winning in november. I think if the republicans ran a better candidate it would almost be a lock. McCain puts it in play and it could really go either way. Running such a liberal wasnt the best choice, you would think they learned something from 04, but obama is trying hard to talk like a moderate... it might work.

6/16/2008 8:08:01 PM

you dont think mccain was the most electable out of him, romney or huckabee?....i dont count thompson or guilliani


imo the repubs picked about the only person they could that had a CHANCE to win

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 8:13 PM. Reason : i give it 70-30 odds right now that dem wins

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 8:13 PM. Reason : .]

6/16/2008 8:12:30 PM

i forgot .... what was wrong with Mitt Rom

oh

wait.

Mormon.




nm.

6/16/2008 11:51:51 PM

Janet Reno?

6/16/2008 11:58:45 PM

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/gingrich-jindal-is-best-choice-for-vice-president-2008-06-15.html


didnt see that one coming

6/17/2008 3:34:05 AM

The only thing I didnt like about romney was that he passed a universal healthcare in his state. I want to make sure that he wouldnt have tried it at the federal level. If people want it, let the states do it. We need to stop these federal mandates.

DNL, I liked Rudy, Thompson..before he got into the race, then Romney. I like Huck, but he wasnt electible.. like ron paul. But if I thought Huck could pass the fairtax or Pual had a chance I would vote for them both over McCain.

6/17/2008 9:06:32 AM

Quote :

"imo the repubs picked about the only person they could that had a CHANCE to win"

Or, if you're the more cynical, cold-blooded political type, they picked the one person they wanted to lose in a year that most analysts (including Republicans) thought they would lose going into it, and then all the losing candidates such as Romney and Huckabee can come back and try again in 2012. If McCain loses in November, his standing as a national political player is irreparably harmed, which would make many Republicans happy.

If you're Mitt Romney or Mike Huckabee (or their key supporters in Republican power circles), you may vote for McCain, but you got to think that for their own presidential aspirations, they're wanting Obama to win.

This sometimes backfires. Bill Clinton was nominated by the Democrats and expected to lose in 1992. A lot of Democrats that passed on running in 1992 and wanted to run in 1996 against a Republican that wasn't an incumbent never got the opportunity.

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 10:47 AM. Reason : /]

6/17/2008 10:44:01 AM

nvm

[Edited on June 17, 2008 at 3:49 PM. Reason : .]

6/17/2008 3:49:37 PM

BC was expected to lose? The first bush was unpopular, the economy was in the shitter, and we had just gone through a long cycle of republican candidates. That's pretty much the recipe for a switch to another party, and those are the conditions that exist now.

6/17/2008 8:45:35 PM