John McCain aims to steal Barack Obama's ( 'Obamopolis')thunder by announcing running mate

Telegraph ^ | August 28, 2008 | Toby Harnden in Denver

[griswold3]

As in every comedic routine, timing in everything.

[mylife]

I’ve been predicting it all day!

[wilco200]

McCain should rethink this. Does he really wan to steal the thunder from the lead zeppelin that is the Obamapalooza

[Fred]

Tim Pawlenty:

"The American people can smell hypocrisy"

Hot quote, good solid B-slapping of the Obama/Biden ticket...

[LegalEagle61]

would be a horrible move, I doubt they will do it, so far they have been doing everything right....an announcement tonight would be a boneheaded move. Let Obamanation have his spotlight tonight so all can see he is just a celebrity and not POTUS material.

They just announced that McCain is putting out a congratulatory ad tonight praising obambi for his achievement. They said it is pretty classy.

[mylife]

I liked were Pawlenty compared Barama to the greek pillars.

“They are pretty but there is nothing behind them”

[Fred]

McCain will get ZERO press if Gustav rips through the Southeast as a CAT 3 hurricane...Me thinks he is moving early because of Gustav

[STONEWALLS]

...I like Mitt....he’s got more energy than Biden, plus he looks good in a suit.

[AnnaZ]

Bad idea. Silly and, frankly, classless. Announcing tomorrow would be just fine. Yeesh.

[SE Mom]

I really hope he doesn’t announce his VP today- leaks are fine..but no real announcement. Sometimes it pays to show class- regardless of what the other side is doing..

[Onerom99]

I think the timing leads me to believe that this might be an earthshaking/dark horse VP.

I mean, Romney or Pawlenty would hardly steal any headlines away from Obama’s speech with the MSM.

[wilco200]

Screw Gustav

The media loves to hype every storm as the next Katrina — like many before it, this one will probably fizzle into a tropical storm before it makes land fall in bayous on the Texas/Louisiana border. The Chocolate City will have to wait a little longer for another round of $200 FEMA cards

[InvisibleChurch]

Maybe he could text message his VP announcement to O’Bama in the middle of his speech.

[Brookhaven]

McCain should rethink this. Does he really wan to steal the thunder from the lead zeppelin that is the Obamapalooza

McCain doesn't need to do anything. For things to be ready for tomorrow schedules need to be changed, signs need to be printed. There will be plenty of activity that will "tip" the press off without an official announcement.

[wilco200]

pardon me two THOUSAND dollar cards

[LegalEagle61]

McCain will get ZERO press if Gustav rips through the Southeast as a CAT 3 hurricane...Me thinks he is moving early because of Gustav

That is a good point, but if he announces on this night it will be lost because the MSM will be covering Obambi.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

If the VP pick is Pawlenty, then it truly won’t take the general public that long to see Pawlenty as being BORING! Why would McCain do this, if his final VP pick is Pawlenty who is SO BORING? This would be a stupid move by McCain, IMHO. The MSM will truly be all over Pawlenty just for being so dull! Eric Cantor would truly be a much better VP pick, IMHO.

[Beowulf9]

I agree, he should allow the other side their moment, and I don’t think anyone is going to steal the thunder from this night. It’s going to get full press from the drive by’s. Announce tomorrow, or it just looks tacky.

Plus it’s not good for the vp choice, he wants his full spotlight I imagine.