Keep your eye on Hutchison.

[last1standing]

With all this talk of Pawlenty, I can't help but think that a switch is in the offing. Pawlenty brings absolutely nothing to the ticket and McSame knows this. I'm going to go on record as saying that this is nothing but a diversion to get people talking about his VP pick so that when he picks someone like Kay Hutchison the media has an excuse to push it as the big story over Obama's nomination speech.

I hope I'm wrong. We'll see.

[Hamlette]

1. there was a thread here earlier today which allegedly quoted her as saying its not her n/t

[last1standing]

3. I think Joe Biden said something similar.

n/t

[RoccoR5955]

2. Don't forget his butt buddy, LIEberman! N/T

[last1standing]

6. I think McSame knows that would decimate his base.

As bad as Holy Joe is, he's still pro-choice. The repubs will never allow that.

[Thrill]

4. She has oil dripping out her ass

[last1standing]

9. Since when is that a negative for repubs?

n/t

[flamingdem]

18. yowsa! what a visual .. nt

[last1standing]

24. You want a visual?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6795805&mesg_id=6795997

[flamingdem]

28. She sounds like a charmer! nt

[1corona4u]

5. She was on MSNBC earlier, and she said

absolutely no way. She said she supports John, but was not going to DC to be his VP. She wants to be Gov. That was her dream.

[last1standing]

11. Like I said above, Joe Biden also said it wasn't him.

I'm glad it was, but it goes to show that statements like that can't be taken too seriously.

[1corona4u]

19. Well, then I guess we shall see.

I'm confident she was sincere. She wouldn't have been able to sit through a 5 minute interview with Tweety and not seem sincere, or as if she was hiding anything, if it was her.

Joe didn't even know he was the guy, when he said "I'm not the guy". He found out 2 days later.

[last1standing]

22. I'm probably wrong but I can't help but think there's a switch about to happen.

Like I said to Drunken Irishman below, Pawlenty actually seems to detract from the ticket instead of adding to it. I don't see the gain.

[JohnnyCougar]

7. Hutchison is pro-choice.

The entire Republican party would freak out.

[last1standing]

8. Just checked. Not incredibly pro-choice.

http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Kay_Bailey_Hutchison.htm

* Voted YES on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP. (Mar 2008)
* Voted YES on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion. (Mar 2008)
* Voted YES on barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions. (Oct 2007)
* Voted YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Apr 2007)
* Voted YES on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (Jul 2006)
* Voted NO on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
* Voted YES on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
* Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
* Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. (Jun 2000)
* Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. (Oct 1999)
* Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
* Rated 7% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
* Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)
* Rated 75% by the NRLC, indicating a mixed record on abortion. (Dec 2006)

[Teaser]

16. pro choice enough to sink McCain's candidacy

.

[last1standing]

23. Possibly. I think the question that McSame is looking to answer is...

Does he need to shore up his base or does he need to attract independents?

I think we'll learn a lot about the McSame camp's mindset when the choice is known.

[...of J.Temperance]

12. Yes, the GOP Veep candidate will HAVE to be anti-Choice

I agree.

I don't think McCain is going to choose a woman either.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. He's certainly got a great field of losers to choose from.

No matter who he picks, it won't help him much.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. I don't know - they said this morning they hate each other

[last1standing]

14. I'm not sure McSame is in control of his own campaign.

I think it's been taken over by the rovians and they'll choose whomever they like.

[TheKentuckian]

15. KBH is

Bush with a uterus.

Unless he can by some chance get Powell (which I don't think he can) then any option is a an anchor around his neck.

[Drunken Irishman]

17. Hutchinson was on TV today.

I doubt McCain would put his VP out there on TV, or allow her/him, if she were the pick.

[last1standing]

20. You may be right on that but I still think it's going to be a sleeper.

If signs were pointing to Romney, I'd believe them, but this is Pawlenty. He gives 100% of nothing to the ticket. He's not popular in his state, he's not charismatic, he doesn't bring in a demographic that McSame doesn't have covered and no one in their right mind would call him "ready on day one". In fact, it trips up McSame's biggest selling point, experience.

I have to think there's a switch coming.

[Drunken Irishman]

30. Then it could be Romney.

Make people think Pawlenty, only to bring out Romney.

[AlCzervik]

21. Tom Ridge to block.

he's the cream of their crap.

[lonestarnot]

25. Fuck them!

[crimsonblue]

26. it's HutchISon.

not Hutchinson. Hutchinson is a town in Kansas, that hosts the annual State Fair.

[last1standing]

27. So it is. Changed.

Thanks.

[crimsonblue]

29. thanks

I don't like my average American home town being mispelled :P