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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:16 PM Original message |
What happens if Obama wins the nomination, and McCain chooses a female running mate? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. You worry too much about |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. You're right. I'll just stop worrying and assume that we'll win in Nov. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Oh, don't go all |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. We would crush him like a bug. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bill Richardson might be the ticket |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. I agree. And it's obvious he WANTS the job! |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. I agree. |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Lynne Cheney will be required by Dick to be his VP. n/t |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. McCain serve with a........woman? |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. McCain served by a woman. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. LOL.... |
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Genevieve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. not to worry - nt |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Who would McCain choose? Katherine Harris? |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of NJ 1994-2001? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. No way. Whitman is too moderate. She's pro-choice, |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. How about Olympia Snowe of Maine? She's expected to be on his short list |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Snowe is also relatively moderate. |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. The only person who would fit that bill would be Ann Coulter |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Liddy Dole! At least we'd get rid of her. But he'll get NC anyway. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
65. Liddy Dole is even older than McCain |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think one identity politics breakthrough is enough this election. |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. McCain won't choose a woman. |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Because? |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Because these days he's not too sure what a woman is. |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. No, but she does closely resemble ... |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Squirrel, please see my post 18 below- I meant to respond to your question |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Because he desperately needs to keep his base |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You know, there are plenty of Republican women. This could drive them |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I think he will be forced to excite the conservative base, and I think he |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Then Obama Will Face Mrs. Clinton Yet Again |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Then I guess we have to see if women voters prefer a female VP or abortion rights in the future. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Obama will probably choose a woman |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. I like the sound of that...Obama doesn't need some right-wing General |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Obama/Biden vs McCain/Rice |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hillary will feed John arsenic after McClame accepts her candidacy as VP |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yeah, like what if McCain picks a black woman |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. I don't think he'll choose Rice, but stranger things have happened I suppose. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. Nothing that strange will ever happen. Condi, for all her faults, is pro-choice. |
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quantass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Remind me again what Foreign Policy Experience Hillary has? |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
55. exactly nt |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yes, he could do that, and it would be very interesting. |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Maybe, a lot of Republican women would come to the polls who might have |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Sure would flip the race on its head. |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. you just thought of this? Rice has been talked about for months now. |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. I've heard the talk of Rice but dismissed it. |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. I don't think Rice is a possibility either, but it shows some are thinking along that line |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. but maybe Laura wants to run in the next NY Senate race. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. He can use Hillary. The Ads are already there for it |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. McCain is NOT going to be the GOP nom(he'll drop out ILLNESS)....dollar to donuts it will be Newt |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. I've been saying all along... |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Newt's being given a lot of face time lately & always on the topic of Reagan ... |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. I still have "Nuck Fewt" bumper sticker around somewhere... |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Olympia Snowe of Maine is expected to be on his short list. |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. "McCain chooses a female running mate" |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. doesn’t matter who he picks within reason |
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UndergroundEcoHound (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. So says the all-knowing moobu... |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. 3-32-4-26-55-7 |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Some poor lady is going to get jet lag for no good reason ... |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Wow, so many long, well-reasoned answers to my question. |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. Name one instance where the VP choice won the election ... |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. On the short list is Condi I hear. |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Genius! That way Borack couldn’t race bait |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. Never happen. Who'd you hear that from? They don't understand how the GOP works. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
59. Since McCain is so old, any VP he pickes |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
60. What happens if Hillary wins the nomination, and McCain chooses a female running mate? |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 03:37 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. It helps him narrow the gap with women, of course. But |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
66. That would be a shrewd and smart move by McCain. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
68. McCain will start an affair with his running mate. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
69. Female voters aren't very loyal to democrats anyway. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. And she is a black lesbian and has a funny name! |
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paperbag_ princess (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
71. Kay Bailey Hutchison |
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