What about Bobby Jindal? He is dark-skinned, but not black enough that the Southern Republican racists will totally hate him.

I have personally met mb... he is a fraud and arrogant pr--k. He is a smooth talker that has everyone fooled.

I should also say that picking Gov Palin would be a transparent and ineffective attempt to pander to women.

And by the way, Christ is King, if God wanted people to have no choices in their lives, he wouldn't have allowed free will. Freedom of choice is a very American concept, as well as an important Christian concept. In my opinion, every child born should be wanted, and every woman should be able to choose her destiny. No man will ever have to make the decision to keep a pregnancy, and no woman should be forced to bear a child she's not prepared to bring into this world and love.

It will probably be Cheney... McSame = Bush's third term.

Lisk - I don't care about earthly freedom. Abortion is murder. Stop murdering precious babies. Freedom is just an abstraction anyway. Precious little babies are real.

McCain could not pick his nose by himself!

Palin would be one of those picks that would attract lots of coverage today saying "look at the Republican ticket trying to be historic too, chasing Hillary women votes,"

But in the longer term it is a weak choice. Hillary women won't like a woman who is not pro choice. It also allows a shot at McSame. McCain is 72 it allows the Dems to push back and say "if McSame dies is she ready,".

She brings nothing to the table in terms of a swing state.

It is a pick that on the surface would look to shake things up but in reality is a bit of a dud.

He needs to pick a dentist and some porcelain veneers to fix those yellow teeth.

THAT'S WHAT HE NEEDS TO PICK.

Palin may be young, but she isn't inexperienced. She took on her own corrupt party and rode that to the governorship. And if we're going to talk about people inexperienced, then a certain junior senator from Illinois should be considered in that same breath. Palin is a masterful move that would make people forget what happened last night. Actually, all this speculation seems to have distracted people from Obama's speech. There's lots of great strategy going on here...and this comment is coming from someone who is a game theorist...

Who cares?? McCain and any VP would still be more of the same failed policies of the past 8 years. Wake up people, there is a reason Bush has a 30% approval rating! McCain has voted with Bush 95% of the time. This is a no-brainer unless you are one of the foxnews brainwashed GOP lemmings.

Obama '08

Not that it matters, but on the question of whether Palin is attractive or not, based on pictures I just saw on Drudge, I'd have to side with those throwing around the MILF label.

I also agree with those who said it will, whether this is fair or not, look like a shallow attempt to court former Clinton supporters, and thus potentially hurt McCain as much as it helps him.

But who knows; I've been wrong before.

Look.All the regular options are losers (Mitt- McCain has publicly called him a liar, Droopy Dag Lieberman, boring known guy-Ridge, Boring unknown guy ?, polarizing lite weight Huckleberry. McCain best choice is the wild card we didn't think of ..somebody like Madonna .

I hope it's Palin. The republican party is lagging strongly behind the Democratic party and need to renew itself.

It would also be very good for McCain, we've seen how he easily match Obama...Palin will do the same vis-a-vis Biden.

If not Hillary then a woman is a very wise choice. A woman younger, fresher and more experienced - the Alaska governor will be an effective highlighter against Obama Biden.

Regardless of who he picks, McCain doesn't have the temperment to be president.

And while Republicans won't admit it, they know it - they're the ones who first told us about that problem eight years ago.

I thought it was all politics - just negative attacks on behalf of George Bush, especially before the South Carolina primary. But with just a little googling, anyone can quickly see what they were talking about.

Did he vet Palin at that motorcycle rally?

I hope he picks Palen so we can say hello President Obama.

This woman was former runner up in Miss Alaska. She is younger than McCain's own children. She has FIVE kids, including an infant. Women more than anyone will know you can't run the country with FIVE freak'n kids.

I don't care how pretty she is, and of course a former beauty queen is pretty, but she wipes out the Is He ready to lead argument - the only argument against Obama.

From a Feb 21, 2001 article in Newsweek:

Of the 55 republicans in the U.S. Senate, only four support John McCain for president... Why can't McCain win the votes of his own colleagues?

To explain, a Republican senator tells this story: at a GOP meeting last fall, McCain erupted out of the blue at the respected Budget Committee chairman, Pete Domenici, saying, "Only an a--hole would put together a budget like this." Offended, Domenici stood up and gave a dignified, restrained speech about how in all his years in the Senate, through many heated debates, no one had ever called him that.

Another senator might have taken the moment to check his temper. But McCain went on: "I wouldn't call you an a--hole unless you really were an a--hole."

The Republican senator witnessing the scene had considered supporting McCain for president, but changed his mind. "I decided," the senator told NEWSWEEK, "I didn't want this guy anywhere near a trigger."

- Palin said she'll be in Alaska at the state fair
- Pawlenty said he’ll be at the MN state fair
- Lieberman says it’s not him
- Ridge was reported taking out his trash in DC with no travel plans
- Huckabee says he won’t be at the rally

- Romney will be at the rally (says Mccain’s camp)

I believe Mitt will be it. M&M get my vote for sure.

Why do the dyed-in-the wool Dems think they are running against W? Haven't they figured out the 22nd Amendment yet? And, as low as W's positives are, look at the Congress's ratings at less than 10%. Now, we're about to elect a guy from one of the houses of Congress. Obama even picked another one of those guys to run with him. McCain ought to do something different. Change is every third word out of Obama's mouth, and yet we get the same people that have been in positions of power and given us nothing. Time for change? Pick someone from outside the Beltway.