According to the Prowler:
A Veep From MississippiI'm all about sending Haley along on his merry way, but not if it would mean
By The Prowler
Published 2/11/2008 12:08:40 AMTICKET CHOICE SEARCH
With the nomination for the Republican solidifying mightily, Sen. John McCain has asked his senior advisers to begin pulling together short lists for Vice Presidential choices. At the top of list, according to one senior adviser: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour. "There are others that need to be on that list, but you have to believe the Haley is a frontrunner," says the adviser, who knows both McCain and Barbour well.
Barbour would be one name that puts many conservatives at a bit more ease, one of the criteria McCain understands he must meet, according to another adviser: "Another would be geographic balance, and Barbour takes care of that, too."
Update: According to indefatigable blogger and informational wellspring Steve Rankin, we would indeed get ~shudder~ Governor Bryant. According to Mississippi law, if the Governor dies or leaves office, the Lieutenant Governor serves out the remainder of his term. There is no special election.
So, either Haley doesn't run for Veep and stays in Mississippi, or Belt Buckle Phil is the Governor for the next three and a half years.
Um, Monty, I'd like to pick Door Number Three.......
Update Dos: Haley poo-poo's the idea. Not very convincingly.
I wouldn't pick him.
ReplyDeleteIt would be change vs. the jowls.
I for one do not pick jowls.
Not even if he'd hidden m&m's and other candy up in 'em? I'd be like a pinata!
ReplyDeleteNot even then. :-p
ReplyDeleteIn the event that Haley is picked and has to be out of state campaigning this fall, Bryant, also a Republican, will be acting governor.
ReplyDeleteSometimes there are problems when the two are from opposing parties. When the Democrat Jerry Brown was governor of California, the lieutenant governor was a Republican, Mike Curb (now a music executive in Nashville). Brown was out of state quite a bit-- especially when he was running for president. When Brown was gone, Curb would usually take some action(s) that was/were contrary to what Brown favored; as soon as Brown returned, he would rescind Curb's action(s).
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If the GOP runs a McCain - Barbour ticket they will get clobbered. I certainly don't want to jinx things, but I see an Obama landslide this November.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with thecount on the probability of an Obama landslide, but Hillary Clinton is beatable in the general election--especially if she somehow gets the nomination despite having a fewer number of legal pledged delegates, because that'll really hurt the party base.
ReplyDeleteMy only concern is the with the youth vote that has helped propel Obama in the primaries. Will they still be excited in November? Historically young voters have short attention spans. We must make sure that folks are energized come November.
ReplyDeleteOh they will be. The fire is lit. They will come.
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