Terry Mitchell

McCain Will Choose One of These Two



Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2008

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Well, tomorrow is supposed to be the big day for John McCain. That's when he is scheduled to make his long-awaited announcement of whom he has selected to be the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee this year.

Contrary to what some might believe, there is no way McCain will select Joe Lieberman or Tom Ridge as his running mate. He knows that too many members of the far right base of the GOP -- who are already suspicious of his conservative credentials -- would abandon him in a heartbeat if he named a pro-choice candidate to the ticket. Of course, they would not vote for Barack Obama -- they would simply stay home on Election Day. He cannot afford to take such a hit and he knows it.

But who will be his choice? I believe it has come down to two men: Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Governor (and former McCain primary opponent) Mitt Romney. They would both bring social conservative bona fides to the ticket. That's something McCain desperately needs to shore up.

I would say that Pawlenty has a slight edge there due to Romney's late conversion (some would still call it a flip-flop) to the cause. Also, there was some bad blood created between him and McCain as a result of their dust-ups during the primary season. Some believe McCain still doesn't like him, and that's quite possible. Still, I believe McCain would put aside his differences with Romney and give him the nod if he believed that was in his best interest.  

Both Pawlenty and Romney have the potential to bring McCain a state the Democrats would normally be favored to win. Pawlenty is admired in Minnesota and could very well influence its vote in the presidential race in November. While it's unrealistic to think that Romney could turn Massachusetts red, he could deliver Michigan -- a state where he won a GOP primary this year and where his father was a popular governor -- to the Republican fold.

I would be completely shocked if McCain picked someone other than one of these two gentlemen. Of course, it's possible that I be could be wrong. It's happened before.
 
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, amateur political analyst, and blogger from Virginia, USA. He posts a least one article a day to his blog - http://commenterry.blogs.com - on subjects such as current events, politics, technology, society and culture, religion, health and well-being, self improvement, personal finance, trivia, and sports. Terry is also the owner and operator of a website that is dedicated to allowing U.S. citizens to find all types of insurance at reasonable prices.  
 
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» left by Jennifer Cuddy
 3 years 140 days ago.
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hmm..I don't know. But I still disagree that he would lose if he chose a running mate who was on the border. This would only further complicate people's decisions to vote for Obama. He just might win the broader majority if he did.
» left by Terry Mitchell 3 years 139 days ago.
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Yes, he could win more Democrats and independents by doing that. However, I'm not so sure he get enough of them to make up for the losses from his conservative base.
» left by Jennifer Cuddy 3 years 140 days ago.
42 fans.
and btw..
 
I just know you're going to hate my answer to a Elfreda Erickson in that artivle of mine on the New Cold War! haha! It talks about history repeating itself, and the question of whether or not our current deregulated free market economy will last.
 
Yikes!
» left by Terry Mitchell 3 years 139 days ago.
88 fans.
Well, I guess I'll have to take a look.
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