Okay, we have a week. Let's see who is the best prognosticator on the board.

Who does McCain pick??

I'm going with - don't get mad at me, just think this will be the choice - ROMNEY. Now I will duck as the battle ensues.

Romney. He can go with a safe pick now that BHO, agent of change, went with the quintessential Washington insider.

I almost wish he'd go with Kathleen Sebelius!

I had so much s*it ready to go on her that I feel deprived, and no, that isn't one of my usual spelling mistakes

I'm guessing Romney also. Of course being in Arizona I have the inside lane. Yea, right!

Smart pick : Romney
Ballsy pick : Sarah Palin
Out of his cork pick : Ridge

JMHO

Otter,
the obvious choice would be Kinky Freidman[1], whos campaign slogan during his faild bid to be governor of Texas was "Why the hell not". The dark horse would be Wavy Gravy[2], whos campaign slogan while running for mayor of Berkley was "Elect a real clown for a change".

Dan


Note 1. Kinky is an author and musician.
Note 2. Wavy is a clown. He was an announcer at Woodstock.

O.K., since no one is putting out any other top named candidates, I will add, as an outside choice for McCain, Tim Pawlenty. Very financially and socially conservative. Pawlenty has been "an up and commer" in the GOP since he hit the scene. He is the Governor of Minnesota which is seen as a swing state. He is a steady, well spoken republican that has rec'd a good bit of press and campaigned for McCain hard.

The down side of this candidate in my view: as governor, he likes to tie the hands of the local government and allow the state to dictate. Not exactly my thought of "democratic republic". I personally do not like what has happened to the state of MN since Pawlenty took office. Currently putting a cap on the local property tax (by the way, I don't like seeing the taxes raised but this only stops the amount levied by the local entities not state) which has caused huge cuts in local services especially in what is considered out-state MN.

I’m really rooting for Romney. It will be interesting to see if the Evangelical crowd is ready to elect a Mormon.

Well today is the last day I can kid myself that it might be Piyush "Bobby" Jindal and that a young dark skinned American with an actual record of accomplishments may be in the White House come January