[MLUG - DISCUSSION] [POLITICS] who will be McCain's running mate

[Mike Miller]

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Mike Miller wrote:

> It could turn out that Stephen will get his way and it will be a 
> McCain/Huckabee ticket, but we shall see.  Some say that Huckabee won't 
> help very much because he is most popular in states that McCain will win 
> without him.  Such people say that McCain should choose someone from the 
> upper midwest.  One such possible choice would be Minnesota's governor, 
> Tim Pawlenty.  I think Pawlenty is not good, and it *is* partly his 
> fault that the bridge collapsed (if you think otherwise, believe me, 
> you've been fooled), but the NTSB final report won't come out until 
> after the election. We're having the primary here in St. Paul. 
> Pawlenty is co-chairing McCain's election campaign.
>
> That is, I think a McCain/Pawlenty ticket is pretty likely.  I don't 
> think they'd win Minnesota though, especially not against Clinton/Obama 
> (if that comes to be).  Pawlenty is not so popular these days.


I just spent 30 mins or so talking with a guy who used to be our state AG 
and whose dad was US VP.  He didn't think Pawlenty would be of much use to 
McCain -- Pawlenty couldn't even win Minnesota for McCain in the primary. 
So if that's the deal, who will McCain pick?  We couldn't come up with any 
convincing ideas but we agree that he'll want to pick someone who appeals 
to the conservative base that McCain is finding hard to attract at this 
time.

By the way, when was the last election year that neither major-party 
candidate was either President, Vice President or former Vice President?

Mike