Slaw, just because someone was elected governor, doesn’t make him a good one. Was he re-elected? Did the people of MA get so mad at him that he became the LAST of a long line of Republican governors of MA?

Besides not helping McCain win, Romney would be a negative on the ticket. Even though Huckabee was actually a better governor than Romney was, that doesn’t mean he would help McCain get elected. He would be a better President as far as Governance is, but there are better people to help win the Presidency. Tom Ridge probably fits the best in helping win and potentially running the country the best. Portman, Lieberman, Mrs. Dole, probably all fit the bill on helping him win, though we’d question whether they could be a good President. Huckabee, Newt, Steele, those fellows would make good Presidents but they won’t help win the Presidency.

From what I’ve read, the internal polling numbers show Romney as a huge drag on the ticket and I tend to believe that’s probably the case.

Why wait? Lot’s of reasons, besides seeing which way Obama goes, you could claim a steady two or three weeks of airtime before and during the convention. The average voter isn’t paying much attention right now, but they will be starting after the Dem convention.

Gov. Romney is currently honorary chairman of a PAC. He could still be the VP nominee provided he resigns from the PAC, correct?

His report about McCain announcing his running mate this week may have been “a dodge” by the campaign to grab some headlines from Obama.

The conservative columnist goes on to say he’d gotten the tip from a “very senior McCain aide” and that the campaign “suggested I put it out” so he posted something online.

Now he says he’s been told by “certain people” he may have been used. Adds if that’s the case, it’s “pretty reprehensible.”

McCain is running out of time to make his announcement. If you think about it, we have the summer olympics comming up shortly, followed by the DNC convention, directly followed by the GOP convention.

When do you suggest to do it, so that it headlines the news.

As far as not being a good governor, I think that’s a load of BS. He was elected as a Republican to the governorship in a state where all but a handful of people are Democrats.

If you don’t think Romney is the guy, who do you suggest? And please don’t say Huckabee, Christ, Jindal, Palin, or Portman. All pale in comparison to Romney.

So why on earth would McCain pick someone who will only bring a negative bounce while at the same time doesn’t fit the profile of someone who will do a good job as President if worse comes to worse?

He should wait until Obama picks his.

neo, I’m not sure enough of it to bet any significant amount of money on it, but a “Denver surprise” wouldn’t be a big “surprise” to me. A bigger surprise would be to see the Clintons waltz off into the sunset, never to be seen or heard from again. Now that would be something to celebrate.

I almost mentioned him, David. He actually looks as good or better on paper as Bayh, but I can’t imagine, at this point in his life, that he would have a great deal of interest in the VP slot. I could be wrong, though, and he would indeed be a good choice.

mccain’s choice is obvious–gov. romney.

as for the democrats, former sen. nunn is obama’s best hope.