It's still three months before any votes for president are cast, but it's never too early to talk about potential vice presidential nominees.
In an unscientific Web poll asking Campaigns & Elections readers who they thought would be the Republican vice presidential pick, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour came out on top with 53 percent. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, was the runner-up with 40 percent of the votes. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee received 5 percent, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice received 2 percent and retired general Tommy Franks got no votes.
Of course, the eventual pick depends on how the caucuses and primaries play out.
"It always depends on a thousand things," said Larry Sabato, politics professor at the University of Virginia. "It won't matter until we get actual nominees to see how they finished or whether they finished with a large plurality. [The nominee] may be obliged to offer it to the second-place winner."
If you read a lot of national political coverage you'll notice that Larry Saboto is quoted more than about anyone else. His opinion counts more to Washington journalist for whatever reason.
Any thoughts on what a Barbour Vice Presidency would do to America?
It's worth noting that Campaigns and Elections is the magazine that insiders go to for inside news. They carry articles reviewing predictive dialing software. Big, albeit non partisan, nerds. If the people who take the pulse of the pulse takers are saying it's Haley, then you can bet that it's credible.
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The national press would have a field day with this blind trust stuff and the post-Katrina no-bid contracts. You think the Halliburton stories from 2000 were juicy? Heck, those were based almost exclusively on speculation. The Barbour story actually has legs.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to run against Giuliani/Barbour.
ReplyDeleteIt'd almost be too easy with anyone but Hillary.