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The Worst possible Mac Veep pick
In all the turmoil over the alleged interest in having Joe Lieberman as McCain's running mate, a thought occurred to me.
McCain could do worse than Joe Lieberman. Or Tom Ridge, or Mitt Romney. At least I can identify some pool of potential additional voters they might bring to the table. But McCain could pick someone less helpful. MUCH less helpful.
a.) He could pick a V.P. who had a history not of appealing to Clinton-style voters; but of taking the Clintons over the coals
b) He could pick a V.P. who had alienated conservatives on such hot button issues as judicial appointments, immigration and oil drilling.
c) He could pick a V.P. who at the same time had no issue agenda to appeal to independents and moderates, having opposed abortion rights and the Medicare prescription drug plan.
d) He could pick a V.P. who was a white southern protestant male from a state that is never in play.
e) he could pick a Washington insider in a year when the mantra is "change"
f) and he could pick a V.P. with the same verbal dexterity as Joe Biden
It has been rumored that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is McCain's "BFF". http://www.slate.com/id/2197499/
Being a "BFF" doesn't bother me; the man is not on the ballot. But if there was a better way to produce mutual political disarmament by all elements of the conservative and Republican rank-and-file while netting zero new voters, I've yet to figure out what it would be.
My nickel for a Bizarro world McCain V.P. choice is Lindsey Graham. What's yours?


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