2
Oct
2008
Veep Debate!
Joe Biden and Sarah Palin debated tonight in St. Louis, Missouri!
Sarah Palin even made a joke about getting extra credit for watching the debate!
Did you see the debate? What did you think?
4
Sep
2008
Palin’s Speech
Governor Sarah Palin is the first woman to be named the running mate for the Republican party!
Wednesday night Gov. Palin spoke at the Republican Convention in Minnesota, and gave a pretty good speech!
Watch it for your-self! What do you think? (The first two minutes of the video are simply cheering)
4
Aug
2008
A Texan may be in the White House again
Speaker of the House Nanci Pelosi keeps touting Waco’s Congressman Chet Edwards as a ‘good choice’ to be Barack Obama’s running mate.
“I just wanted people to be aware of the extraordinary credentials of Chet Edwards. And I hope he will be the nominee,” Pelosi said. “He is an extraordinarily talented person. He is a champion for veterans in the Congress.”
The Dallas Morning News gives five reasons why Edwards makes a good VP. Note, however, the reader comments following the article.
Perhaps Pelosi really wants Edwards to be VP. Perhaps she’s merely giving him some free media exposure to help a future run for Governor or Senator in 2008.
31
Jul
2008
No Veep for Romney or Clinton???
One month ago a McCain/Romney vs Obama/Clinton presidential race seemed plausible.
Today, this seems less likely.
Mitt Romney seems to believe that the animosity between himself and John McCain is enough to keep him off the Republican presidential ticket. In an interview on WILM-AM he said,
“I think there’s some great people he could choose from and I expect he will do that. But I don’t plan on being part of the ticket.”
Perhaps he is being suave, but I believe he really thinks he will not be chosen.
In addition, the advocacy group established to pressure Barack Obama to pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate has shut down.
“Because it seems that Senator Obama has made his decision to offer the slot on the ticket to another candidate, we believe that continuing to ask him to pick Hillary is no longer helpful to our party’s chances of winning in November,” two former Clinton staffers wrote in an e-mail to the group they started, ‘Vote Both.’
It appears Mitt Romney MAY not be McCain’s running mate and Hillary Clinton WILL NOT be Obama’s running mate.
Hopefully VP announcements will be made in the next week.
26
Jul
2008
McCain Ready to pick his Veep?
John McCain is “in a position to make the decision [about his VP] on short notice if he wanted to.” according to one of McCain’s top advisers, Charles Black.
I’m reading from this that McCain has picked his VP choice, but hasn’t asked him or her to actually be his running mate. But perhaps he’s already asked and is waiting to announce his choice.
There’s a big issue of timing here.
The Olympics start in twelve days (08.08.08). The Democratic Convention starts the day after the Olympics end (08.25.08). The Republican Convention starts four days after the Dems end (09.01.08).
Insiders are saying Barack Obama will announce before the Olympics start, and John McCain will announce soon (maybe before Obama announces).
All-in-all, we don’t really know when either candidate will announce, but it will be sooner rather than later.