Topic: Presidential Campaign 2008
The Amazing Mr. McCain and the V.P. Nomination Senator John McCain has announced his choice for a V.P. nominee--for the Democratsby rtbohan
(Libertarian)
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Senator John McCain, the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party is as coy about his running mate as Senator Barack Obama was until yesterday. Those who expect Senator McCain to be elected in November are anxious to know his choice. Will it be Mitt Romney? Will it be Mike Huckabee? Will it be Ron Paul? Senator McCain has now spoken our about his idea of who should be Vice President--it's Hillary Clinton!!
One would think that Senator McCain had enough decisions to make without taking on the task of advisor to the Democratic nominee and his party. How does he really feel about abortion? What is his real position on immigration? Who is on his short list for the Supreme Court. How much of the Bill of Rights does he want to repeal? Other than water boarding, how does he feel about torture?
But Senator McCain has put all of those trivial issues aside to campaign for Senator Hillary Clinton for Vice President([link edited for length]). Is this the opening move toward a unity ticket?
Since Senator Obama announced his selection of Senator Joseph Biden as his running mate, the press has been talking about Biden's friendship with John McCain(. [link edited for length]). But, of course, Senator Clinton has also broadcast her friendship with Senator McCain, and even praised his positions on some issues in contrast with the positions Senator Obama was holding at the time. Does Senator McCain have an equally high opinion of Senator Clinton and the policy proposals on which she campaigned? He certainly does not think highly of the other Republican candidates and their positions.
Certainly if he views the Vice Presidential candidate as Barry Goldwater did, as someone who will get under the skin of the opposing candidate, she would be an excellent choice for a V.P. candidate. If he wants someone who would have a base in the Republican party, the fact that Senator Clinton's people are already advising the McCain campaign would fulfill that condition. And Senator McCain, I am sure, could go from opposition to support and back again for Clinton as easily as he has witn Bush.
But all of this is idle speculation. I really think that McCain is as insincere in his praise of Hillary Clinton as he is in all of his other positions, and as ready to shift on a moment's notice.
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