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Rating McCain's Potential VPs
 Rating McCain's
 Potential VPs 
May 22, 2008 10:44 AM CDT

Rating McCain's Potential VPs

Er, barbecue guests

(Newser) - John McCain may claim he’s just having Bobby Jindal, Charlie Crist, and Mitt Romney over for a barbecue this weekend, but it’s pretty clear the GOP’s presumptive nominee is really scouting VP candidates. So Politico ran down the merits of each potential ticket filler:
  •  Louisiana Gov.
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Huckabee VP? 'My Job Right Now Is to Get Him Elected'

Huckabee's happy to chat about the GOP's future but won't be drawn on veep chances

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee's as busy as ever two months after dropping out of the GOP race, giving speeches around the country and campaigning for GOP candidates everywhere—including, of course, John McCain, who is said to have the former preacher on the top of his list of potential veeps. So would...

VP Rerun 'Won't Happen': Edwards

Partnering with Obama 'not something I'm interested in,' '04 nominee says

(Newser) - Days after endorsing Barack Obama, John Edwards is beating back buzz he’s on the vice-presidential shortlist. “No, no, won’t happen,” he told NBC today. “It’s just not something I’m interested in.” The '04 nominee wouldn’t cop to an interest in being...

Who Are They Eyeing for VP?
 Who Are They Eyeing for VP? 
May 10, 2008 3:46 PM CDT

Who Are They Eyeing for VP?

Blogger runs down likely veep candidates for Obama and McCain

(Newser) - “Since McCain and Obama appear to have the nominations locked up,” it's time to start eyeing the veepstakes, Chris Cillizza writes in The Fix blog. Here are his top three for each presumptive nominee, GOP first:
  1. Tim Pawlenty: The Minnesota governor is a longtime McCain backer, and widely
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Kennedy Wants 'Leadership,' Not Hillary, for VP

Democratic Sen. 'doesn't think it's likely given the tenor of the campaign'

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy vetoed a spot for Hillary Clinton on the Barack Obama ticket, saying their fellow senator needs a running mate “in tune with his appeal for the nobler aspirations of the American people.” He laughed off suggestions of a dream ticket, Politico reports, saying, “I don’...

Huckabee Hops on 'Straight Talk Express'

Ex-rival revives rumor of veep candidacy

(Newser) - Former rivals John McCain and Mike Huckabee stumped side-by-side in Arkansas today, reviving rumors that they may form a joint ticket for the November election, CNN reports. Huckabee "can be a great asset to our campaign," McCain said. Huckabee, who has announced a new book and political action...

Condi Debunks Veep Rumors
 Condi Debunks Veep Rumors 
Apr 8, 2008 6:32 AM CDT

Condi Debunks Veep Rumors

She's 'last to know about it,' quips aide

(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has once again quashed speculation that she is seeking the vice presidential nomination as John McCain's running mate, reports the Washington Post. A McCain-Rice ticket would satisfy many of McCain's conservative critics and represent a formidable challenge to a Dem ticket headed by a woman...

Be Brave, Mac: Pick Condi for VP
Be Brave, Mac: Pick Condi for VP
OPINION
Mar 10, 2008 9:00 PM CDT

Be Brave, Mac: Pick Condi for VP

Rice remains popular despite links to Iraq policy: New Yorker

(Newser) - Ditch the banal short-list and pick a running mate with pizazz—like Condoleezza Rice, Hendrik Hertzberg urges John McCain in the New Yorker. The best-liked Iraq war planner would trigger an "avalanche of positive publicity" on her personal success story, and let GOP voters crack a race-gender ceiling without...

Obama Rejects VP Offer as 'Double-Speak'

Clinton camp says rival has not 'passed commander in chief test'

(Newser) - Barack Obama spurned Hillary Clinton's vice presidential offer today as an attempt to "hoodwink" and "bamboozle" voters, the Los Angeles Times reports. “I don't know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to somebody who is in first place,” he said,...

Clintons Push 'Dream Ticket' —With Obama as Veep

Critics cry hypocrisy at not-so-generous offer

(Newser) - Both Clintons are hinting that Hillary's camp wants to unite the nation's Democrats by joining forces with Barack Obama—with him as No. 2, Reuters reports. This dream ticket would be an "unstoppable force," Bill has said on the stump, attempting to position his wife as winner and...

Kerry Question Vexes McCain
Kerry Question Vexes McCain
Mar 8, 2008 5:33 AM CST

Kerry Question Vexes McCain

Presumptive nominee loses cool with reporter over veep question

(Newser) - John McCain started to lose his temper with a New York Times reporter yesterday after being asked about John Kerry, ABC reports. McCain said there was no chance he would choose his friend Kerry for a running mate because of their "vastly different" views. He got testy when asked...

Focus Switches to McCain No. 2
Focus Switches to McCain No. 2
Mar 5, 2008 5:19 AM CST

Focus Switches to McCain No. 2

Running mate speculation mounts as he clinches GOP nomination

(Newser) - With the GOP nomination in the bag, speculation is shifting to John McCain's possible choices for running mate, the New York Times reports. The 71-year-old McCain would become the oldest person ever elected as a first-term president if he wins this November so there's likely to be even more interest...

Hoping for a Miracle, Huckabee Vows to Fight On

Candidate says he's not just a "fly in the ointment"; critics say he's after VP slot

(Newser) - He’s already outlasted America’s mayor, a Law and Order star, and a millionaire former governor. Now, despite eating John McCain's dust in the GOP delegate race, Mike Huckabee vowed today to continue to fight for the White House, Reuters reports. “Am I quitting? No, I’m not,...

The Early Word on VP Hopefuls
The Early Word on VP Hopefuls
OPINION
Feb 1, 2008 8:33 PM CST

The Early Word on VP Hopefuls

Blogger handicaps chances on both tickets

(Newser) - With the presidential race down to four major candidates, Washington Post blogger Chris Cillizza turns his prognosticating to the second lines on the November ballot. Who’s in the running to be VP:
  • McCain: Mike Huckabee’s a short-list shoo-in, social conservative Tim Pawlenty and McCain go way back, and
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He Could Still Be a Contender in Iowa

Folksy Huckabee is spiking in money, popularity

(Newser) - Team Huckabee’s been bringing in extra chairs to campaign events in Iowa. The Arkansas governor is busting out of the second tier there, with growing fundraising numbers and conservative popularity that could earn him a primary upset, the New York Times reports. The friendliest candidate in the GOP race...

GOP Candidates Play Nice in Iowa Debate

Repubs target Dems with tough talk on war, abortion, Obama

(Newser) - The Republican presidential candidates were mostly civil to each other in today's debate in Iowa, but they hammered Democrats on foreign policy and taxes. The tensest exchange occurred early, the Washington Post reports, when Sam Brownback accused Mitt Romney’s wife of working for Planned Parenthood. Romney called the charge...

Cheney: 'I Erred on Insurgency'
Cheney: 'I Erred on Insurgency'
Aug 1, 2007 5:21 AM CDT

Cheney: 'I Erred on Insurgency'

VP doesn't back off other Iraq, Afghanistan decisions

(Newser) - Dick Cheney admitted yesterday that he was wrong when he said the Iraqi insurgency was "in its last throes" in 2005. "My estimate at the time was wrong, it turned out to be incorrect," the VP told CNN's Larry King. He said he had been optimistic that...

Docs Replace Cheney's Heart Implant
Docs Replace Cheney's
Heart Implant
Jul 29, 2007 8:15 AM CDT

Docs Replace Cheney's Heart Implant

Veep gets go-ahead to return to work after defibrillator gets new battery

(Newser) - Doctors have replaced Dick Cheney's defibrillator "without complication," a spokeswoman for the VP says. A checkup last month revealed that the battery in the 6-year-old cardiac implant was running low, and yesterday doctors performed a routine procedure to swap out the power source without affecting the wires that...

Cheney Book Offers Rare Bits of Candor

Secretive VP admits missteps, displays humor in new bio

(Newser) - Dick Cheney makes jokes about his own penchant for secrecy in a new biography due out tomorrow by journalist Stephen Hayes, Raw Story reports. The veep makes a rare admission of error, confessing to Hayes that the appointment of the Coalition Provisional Authority in the early stages of the war,...

Who Knew a Prius Was a Hot Rod?
Who Knew a Prius Was a
Hot Rod?
Jul 6, 2007 5:14 AM CDT

Who Knew a Prius Was a Hot Rod?

Al Gore III, busted at over 100 mph, shows speedy side of green

(Newser) - As the exhaust clears following Al Gore III's joy-ride drug bust, an astonished public has zeroed in, not on the former veep's son, but on his little-Prius-that-could. Clocked at over  100mph before he was pulled over, Gore shattered the assumption that the Toyota hybrid sacrifices speed for fuel efficiency, the...

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