Posted on 08/27/2008 6:16:14 PM PDT by Fred
John McCain is expected to reveal his vice-presidential choice on Friday at a rally in the critical battleground state of Ohio.
Mr McCain is seeking to blunt Barack Obama’s hopes of a bounce in the polls after he accepts the Democratic nomination in Denver tomorrow night.
The Republican nominee’s move comes after a week in which he and his Republican surrogates have had significant success in inserting themselves aggressively into what was meant to be Mr Obama’s week. Republican guerrilla tactics and attack advertisements have forced the Democrat’s campaign to respond in kind.
Mr McCain will appear at a midday rally in Dayton before his own nominating convention opens in Minneapolis on Monday. He will then tour three of the most important battleground states — Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri — with his newly announced running-mate this weekend.
Just as the choice of Joe Biden last week as the Democratic vice-presiden-tial nominee was a well-kept secret, the identity of Mr McCain’s pick has also been guarded closely.
Speculation has focused on a handful of possible candidates. They include Mitt Romney, the former Massa-chusetts Governor, who was defeated in the hard-fought primary campaign by Mr McCain; Tim Pawlenty, the 47-year-old Minnesota Governor; Joe Lieberman, Al Gore’s 2000 running-mate who has become a staunch ally and close friend of the Republican nominee over the issue of Iraq; and Kay Bailey Hutchison, the first woman senator from Texas.
Mr Obama accepts his party’s nomination tomorrow night after a week of unremitting negative advertisements by both sides and a declaration of intent from the Democrat that he is not going to allow any Republican attack to go unanswered. It is a sign of how intense and increasingly toxic the race has become between the two, who pledged to rise above such hardball tactics.
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99% of us agree on the vote part, it is the work part that is in question. I am holding a big check right now waiting to see who he chooses for VP. If it is some RINO, I’ll shred it. If it is a strong Conservative, I’ll send it. This is the first campaign since 96 I haven’t put in 100 hours plus volunteering because of my doubts. The VP choice will really direct where the party is going. McCain is just a placeholder.
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That is my dream.
Ohio.....John Boehner?????? Hmmmmmmm.....
I think Haley is from Mississippi.
Considering how effectively McCain has been using YouTube ads, and considering how rapid their responses have been, and how innovative and funny, that cartoon couldn’t be further off the mark. Har har, he’s old. I get it. Lame cartoon.
Yes, we Cantor! ;-)
Buzz is getting louder. I hope it is Eric. Let’s see. Unlike Obama, apparently Mac has made his final decision tonight and contacted the VP nod.. check schedules.....
Call it the objectivist part of me, but the reality is, he may be the worst, but he is the is. We have to face the reality he is the nominee.. how do we deal with it.
Meg Whitman (#5 on Intrade) began her career in 1979 at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is a pretty tenuous lead, but I'm puzzled by the choice of Ohio.
We'll find out soon, no doubt.
We all become mavericks and vote for Bob Barr.
We cut off funding to the G.O.P. and to McCain.
No donations, only the McCain peso above should be sent to them.
Ohio is probably the #1 battleground state.
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