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Who did he want if not Palin?

The xp about GOP members jumping ship has this bit in it:

Matthew Dowd, a former Bush strategist, let the cat out of the bag: "They didn't let John McCain pick the person he wanted to pick as VP...[McCain] knows, in his gut, that he put somebody unqualified on the ballot. He knows that in his gut, and when this race is over that is something he will have to live with... He put somebody unqualified on that ballot and he put the country at risk, he knows that."

Do we know who he wanted to pick?  Better still, do we know who's idea it was to give Palin the nod? 

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Re: Who did he want if not Palin?

  • Read the fascinating NYT mag piece on things happening inside the McCain camp. It explains the whole Palin pick. It wasn't McCain's pick. He wanted Lieberman. I will try to find a link.
  • Yea, I thought he wanted Lieberman too.  Although, I'm not sure it would have worked out so much better - he wasn't a terribly inspiring pick back in 2000.  But it would have been a different race, that is for sure.
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  • He put up trial balloons for Lieberman and Tom Ridge, and was massacred by the base for considering pro-choicers.  He caved to the religious right in his nomination of Palin.
  • imageepphd:
    Yea, I thought he wanted Lieberman too.  Although, I'm not sure it would have worked out so much better - he wasn't a terribly inspiring pick back in 2000.  But it would have been a different race, that is for sure.

    Ditto this.  Liberman has to be one of the most uninspiring men in office.  And with the October "suprise" of the economy going to hell in a handbasket, I'm fairly certain the outcome would be the same. 

  • Fabulous article, thanks!
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  • I believe that it didn't matter who he picked; Rep chances were doomed this year. However, I think he would have fared slightly better with Romney as he is both a conservative (well at least his current self is) and he has a strong economic background.
  • imageLittleMissWifey:
    I believe that it didn't matter who he picked; Rep chances were doomed this year. However, I think he would have fared slightly better with Romney as he is both a conservative (well at least his current self is) and he has a strong economic background.

    Hehe, before I read your second sentence, I thought, 'but what about Romney??'

    I think Romney could have won this for us, though it certainly would have still been a rocky campaign with all the negative ads he put out about McCain during the primaries.

  • I heard he was also considering Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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  • imageBrideJaye:
    I heard he was also considering Kay Bailey Hutchison.

    Maybe she wasn't considering him.

    I do think his choices were limited because there weren't many people with enough confidence in him to join him.

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  • I also heard Romney didn't want the VP slot b/c he wants to run against Obama in 2012...

     

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