Is McCain Preparing to Pick a Pro-Choice Veep?

re: How McCain Could Pick a Pro-Choice VP

Politicswithagrin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:52:44 GMT

I have never been clear on who is to blame for the misconceptions about McCain on the abortion issue. Is it his fault for not making it more clear? The voters' fault for not being more informed? Or the media's fault for not crafting accurate pictures of the candidates?

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re: How McCain Could Pick a Pro-Choice VP

Thomasin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:47:14 GMT

How do you suppose John McCain became the nominee over Mitt Romney? Too many folks were surprised to discover that there is simply no chance Romney could be the nominee simply and entirely because he is a Mormon. The chance McCain would pick a pro-life VP is low but his maverick style makes for some pretty stupid choices. It would be political suicide for his ticket in the same simple way that Romney smashed into the wall. But I guess it might happen because McCain is so unpredictable.

re: How McCain Could Pick a Pro-Choice VP

not.Brit — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:54:07 GMT

Thee's something very different about the Reagan/Bush election and the McCain/Anybody election: Reagan was the root of the party's enthusiasm, McCain is the comfortable bet. In 1980, Ronald Reagan could have picked a can of soup as his running mate and it wouldn't have effected the election, people were voting for Reagan. 2008 is wildly different, and McCain's own campaigning shows it. Since McCain doesn't inspire enthusiasm with the base (just do a quick search for McCain on FreeRepublic and you'll get a sense of it), so instead, he's counting on the base to vote AGAINST Obama.

More to the point, the base is either going to vote AGAINST Obama or they simply aren't going to vote.

Picking a pro-choice running mate is a triple whammy: First, McCain would be telling his base, "I don't care about your most important issue," which he can't afford to do. Second, it elevates a pro-choice Republican to the defacto party leader if McCain loses the election. Third, if McCain wins, a pro-choice Republican would become second fiddle to the oldest President in history (and do I really need to elaborate on that?).

In short, it won't happen. If McCain's constant barrage of negative ads and personal attacks is any indication (and I believe it is), McCain simply will not risk offending the pro-life base. He needs the charges of infanticide to stick to Obama.

re: Is McCain Preparing to Pick a Pro-Choice Veep?

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