McCain to Steal Obama's Thunder?

[ClydeR]

ENPR Special: Sources say McCain Veep Pick to Come This Week
07/21/2008

Sources close to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign are suggesting he will reveal the name of his vice presidential selection this week while Sen. Barack Obama is getting the headlines on his foreign trip. The name of McCain's running mate has not been disclosed, but Mitt Romney has led the speculation recently.

(Developing)

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=27630

ENPR = Evans-Novak Political Report
Robert Novak

That goes against conventional wisdom. Normally the Republican candidate waits until after the Democrat convention. Going second allows the Republican candidate to pick the VP who will best offset whatever advantages the Democrats get from their VP pick.

[Warriorbird]

Giuliani is a better choice.

[Bobmuhthol]

Giuliani being VP might be the only thing that would stop me from voting for McCain.

[Warriorbird]

Sweet. Giuliani for VP!

[Gan]

G-unit is going after New York again...

I think it will be Romney.

[Parkbandit]

Crist!

He announced his engagement, clearly making it impossible for him to be gay.

[crb]

Guiliani == attorney general or homeland security secretary.

[crb]

by the way... I was thinking the other day... what about Steve Forbes?

He is like Romney on steroids financially without the religion. He'd smoke the Dem VP in a debate on ecomonic issues, and could bankroll the campaign himself.

[Latrinsorm]

Because if anyone can counter Obama's "not another old white rich guy" shtick, it's an extremely white, extremely rich, and fairly old guy.

[ClydeR]

It looks like the Novak story was false.


Snookered? Novak says the McCain camp may have duped him

After touching off hot speculation that John McCain was going to rain on Barack Obama’s parade of favorable news coverage by disclosing his VP choice this week, conservative columnist Robert Novak now says he may have gotten snookered.

"I got a suggestion from a very senior McCain aide late yesterday afternoon that he was going to announce it this week,'' Novak told Fox News Tuesday. "They didn't want it to come out the way it was going to come out, and they suggested I put it out.

"I then called another senior person who said, 'I can't talk about that, but wouldn't this be a terrific week to announce it, that is with Obama getting the headlines?' So I just put something on the Internet."

"I've since have been told by certain people that this was a dodge, they were trying to get a little publicity to rain on Obama's campaign,'' Novak told Fox. "That's pretty reprehensible if it's true, but we'll find out in a few days. "

Novak has been the vessel through which Republicans have leaked news that has proven controversial before.

More... (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/after-touching.html)

[crb]

Because if anyone can counter Obama's "not another old white rich guy" shtick, it's an extremely white, extremely rich, and fairly old guy.
I for one do not value people on their age, nor skin color. And I think successful people should be celebrated for their success.