Sarah, Trig, and Bristol

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In the last week, I have gone from snickering at John McCain's choice for veep, to wondering whether he actually intends to keep her. What if she demurely says "Under the circumstances, Mr. McCain, I feel I can no longer stand as this party's nominee for vice president."

He gets the points for suggesting a conservative and a woman. She gets press. Then he can go back to a secret Plan A and choose another old white guy, during the convention, and claim it's all to mend things up. He can back away from the baby scandals and the brother-in-law and the polar bears, and pick a less-Right guy more like himself, having "shown" that he supports women in high office.

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cynical thoughts

[richenza.livejournal.com]

Of course, he would lose the $$$ she brings in from the pro-life lobby and the NRA...

[orlacarey.livejournal.com]

funny I had that same thought

[new-man.livejournal.com]

That's brilliant. Diabolical, but brilliant.

If it happens, McCain has some smart players on his team -- but I don't think it will.

I know McGovern, for example, ran through a bunch of picks for VP before he found someone who would accept, but I can't imagine McCain announcing Palin as his choice for VP without having made sure that she was going to take the job.

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Oh, either he's the biggest baddest thinker in the world, and knows EXACTLY what the press will say and do...

Or he shot from the hip and hit his foot.

I was thinking this morning about who would be a Palin substitute, and the only name I know that would fit is "Mike Huckabee". Vetted, no known issues, somewhat liberal for a Republican, and a Baptist Minister with sterling Christian credentials.

At this point, McCain can't lose the section of his party that just got excited for the first time since McCain secured the nomination.

I did half-wonder if we'd see a floor fight in the convention. I just picked the wrong convention to wonder about. :-)

[multigeek.livejournal.com]

No, if she drops out, it will say quite clearly that McCain didn't do a good job of analyzing his options, and it will reflect very badly on him. No, unless things get really bad, he can't drop her now.

[kimbari.livejournal.com]

And who in the hell names their child "Trig," anyway?

Or "Bristol" for that matter.

[baron-steffan.livejournal.com]

That's a brilliantly twisted thought.