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McCain VP Announcement Tomorrow?
TNR ^ | 26.07.2008 | Noam Scheiber

Posted on 07/28/2008 10:17:46 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion

Take this for what it's worth--and it may not be much--but a source well-connected in Minnesota politics (and in a position to know) is pretty sure Tim Pawlenty has pulled out of one or two events scheduled there for tomorrow. Assuming that's right, I guess it could mean any number of things: 1.) There was some random, non-veepstakes-related conflict that forced the change of schedule. 2.) McCain or his vetters intend to meet with Pawlenty tomorrow, possibly somewhere outside Minnesota. 3.) McCain intends to announce his veep pick tomorrow and has asked several short-listers to clear their schedules. 4.) McCain intends to announce Pawlenty as his running mate tomorrow.

I e-mailed a Pawlenty spokesperson about this last night and haven't received a response.

I'd put 4.) as least likely, but it would obviously be consistent with the schedule change. Also, Marc Ambinder passed along some speculation Friday night that McCain would be announcing his veep pick tomorrow, so keep that in mind.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; mccain; pawlenty; poorpoorrinos
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1 posted on 07/28/2008 10:17:46 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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Who are the idiots running McCain’s Campaign, you can pick last and he wants to go ahead and pick first. It’s like being the home team and letting the visitors bat last.


2 posted on 07/28/2008 10:21:16 AM PDT by TheEaglehasLanded
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Who are the idiots running McCain’s Campaign, you can pick last and he wants to go ahead and pick first. It’s like being the home team and letting the visitors bat last.


3 posted on 07/28/2008 10:21:16 AM PDT by TheEaglehasLanded
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Who are the idiots running McCain’s Campaign, you can pick last and he wants to go ahead and pick first. It’s like being the home team and letting the visitors bat last.


4 posted on 07/28/2008 10:21:25 AM PDT by TheEaglehasLanded
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To: BarnacleCenturion

I don’t know that much about Pawlenty...I just hope McCain knows what he’s doing if he’s the pick. Given the polling data until recently, I am very skeptical that Pawlenty would deliver Minnesota, so this would be a risky choice, IMO. Not sure how conservative he actually is, either.


5 posted on 07/28/2008 10:22:45 AM PDT by VOR78
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

Easy on that trigger finger there, Butch.


6 posted on 07/28/2008 10:22:47 AM PDT by Pistolshot (We need a powerful remedy for NO B.O.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Great - The Big Announcement! followed quickly by a giant question mark over the heads of voters everywhere.

John McCain aka Mr. Excitement!


7 posted on 07/28/2008 10:23:14 AM PDT by The Lumster (paranoia strikes deep...into your heart it will creep.....)
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8 posted on 07/28/2008 10:23:52 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only the Marxist Obama can!)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
This was published on JULY 26!

Today is JULY 28.

9 posted on 07/28/2008 10:23:55 AM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

The eagle has landed three times now.


10 posted on 07/28/2008 10:24:00 AM PDT by chopperman
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To: BarnacleCenturion

ZZZzzzzzzz


11 posted on 07/28/2008 10:24:49 AM PDT by Unlikely Hero ("Time is a wonderful teacher; unfortunately, it kills all its pupils." --Berlioz)
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McCain needs new advisors. I don’t want to know who the Pubbie VP pick is until the Dems have announced. Where is the maturity in this campaign??


12 posted on 07/28/2008 10:24:55 AM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: TheEaglehasLanded

Maybe they are hoping that the Pawlenty pick will build an insurmountable lead in the polls.


13 posted on 07/28/2008 10:25:30 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: The Lumster

Maybe he’s getting a colonoscopy?


14 posted on 07/28/2008 10:25:34 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: originalbuckeye

Not so sure the campaign lacks maturity.....more worried that it is approaching senility!!


15 posted on 07/28/2008 10:26:11 AM PDT by Primetimedonna ( It's SAN FRANCISCO, not Frisco. Charter member of the San Francisco Snowflakes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fred is too smart to sign on as first mate to a rickety old vessel run by Capt. McQueeg.


16 posted on 07/28/2008 10:26:57 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

You can wish all you want it is Romney. This is not my pick. This the the inside scoop.


17 posted on 07/28/2008 10:27:12 AM PDT by bmwcyle (If God wanted us to be Socialist, Karl Marx would have been born in America.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m still with Fred!


18 posted on 07/28/2008 10:27:33 AM PDT by eastsider
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To: BarnacleCenturion

No one know what McCain is going to do. Not even McCain.


19 posted on 07/28/2008 10:27:36 AM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: BarnacleCenturion

More McCain Running-Mate-Pick rumors. {Yawn}


20 posted on 07/28/2008 10:28:00 AM PDT by Allegra (Ain't it grand? I'm back in the sand...)
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