Posted on 08/27/2008 6:23:08 PM PDT by WilliamReading
With John McCain to name his vice president on Friday, the smoke signals from the Republican Party are spelling out the name of Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Could Kay Bailey Hutchison pick up women's votes for McCain?
Once a long shot, she is apparently getting a boost from conservatives who see an opening to hoover up the women's vote after Barack Obama left Hillary Clinton and Kathleen Sebelius on the shelf.
Hutchison, 66, who is due to address the Republican convention in the Twin Cities next Wednesday, is seen as both a safe and a bold move for Mr McCain. Safe because she is vastly experienced; bold because she would be the first Republican woman on a national ticket.
Dick Morris, the former Clinton aide, wrote: "She's been around for decades and is not going to start making mistakes now. Her nomination would be a signal to American women that McCain takes their aspirations seriously, even if Obama does not."
The downside: "Hutchison is not charismatic. But her circumstances would be if she were nominated. The prospect of a woman vice president would electrify women throughout the nation."
The prospect of a woman has some senior Democrats very jittery, as the Clinton psychodrama plays out its latest chapter in Denver while polls show Mr Obama slipping behind.
A senior strategist, who has run two presidential campaigns, told me: "If McCain picks a woman, this thing is done."
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>the Clinton psychodrama plays out its latest chapter
no, there’s probably more to come!
I read a thread here that quoted Senator Hutchinson making some very emphatic statements to the effect that she would not accept a nomination.
Palin. McCain/Palin. Helluva better deal.
previous thread said she was pro-choice, and it would be a bad decision...
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