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[gfish]

Who thinks the VP debate is actually going to happen? The polls coming out just keep getting worse and worse for McCain. He's got very little to lose at this point, so we're definitely going to see more desperate moves. I'm not sure if that will mean going (even more) stunningly negative or more ridiculous stunts like last week. Palin 'deciding' to spend more time with her family and dropping out before the debate has got to be looking pretty tempting right now. We'll know by Tuesday if that's the plan. (Announce her dropping out Tuesday, announce the replacement Wednesday, debate Thursday. Three days of absolute McCain news coverage guaranteed. It might not be very GOOD coverage, but they're a bit past the point of caring.) Is anyone watching the likely replacements, to see what they're doing? I'll note McCain took an oddly timed dinner with Lieberman last night...

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[drakemonger.livejournal.com]

Seems pretty likely. Depending on the replacement, it might be a net win for the country - I mean, I'd rather have McCain lose, but I'd rather have McCain and Lieberman win than McCain and Palin. Although I fear he'd just find someone as scary as, or scarier than, Palin to keep his base. :(

[bakeme.livejournal.com]

there's no way mccain is putting palin up against biden on national television.

no. way.

(though i really, really hope he does anyways, just for the car-crash,-can't-look-away factor)

[carmiel.livejournal.com]

I don't think this has any greater chance of being true then the internet rumor about Biden bowing out for Hillary on the Democratic ticket. And don't forget, Biden has a chronic case of foot-n-mouth disease; Palin may come across better than someone who is quoted as saying FDR was on TV when the great Wall Street crash of 1929 occurred.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

McCain-Lieberman would be *strong*.
I was hoping, way back when, that John Kerry would choose McCain as his VP candidate, back before McCain apparently was taken over by pod people. At the time, McCain refused, saying that it would be unfair to the will of the country if they were elected and Kerry died, to have someone from the other party suddenly running the country. (I paraphrase from dim memory.) Given the number of quotes on this, there would be a lot of ammunition for criticism... but maybe no more than they're already taking.

[porysski.livejournal.com]

You're assuming that anyone but Traitor Joe would say "yes" if McCain asked them at this point. For Huckabee or Romney (The only ones who are already well-known enough to have a chance of pulling his ass out of the fire), it would just be hurting their chances in 2012, and they know it.

[ilmarinen.livejournal.com]

I wish I was this optimistic (negative about McCain-Palin's campaign). Perhaps not watching regular media at all, I'm not "in-touch" with the mood of the country.

It would seem politically suicidal to replace the VP candidate at this point in the race, no?

-B.