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LIGHTNING ROUND: MCCAIN GETS SOME AD-VICE.
- Well, there’s not much happening on the Democratic side of things (in keeping with the LRs longstanding observation that nothing happens on the day before a vote), so why not speculate about John McCain’s VP pick? Sure, it won’t actually come for another month or two at the very least, but hey, why not have some fun? The Weekly Standard considers some orthodox conservatives, Marc Ambinder lists a more varied group of possibilities, Mike Boyer argues for Newt, and McCain offers some predictably vague thoughts. The most intriguing and scary possibility? Bobby Jindal.
- Karl Rove maxes out to McCain while Mike Huckabee picks up James Dobson.
- Here’s a good roundup of the primaries and caucuses this weekend.
- David Frum sees very good things in the Democrats’ future (and he’s a man who knows which way the wind is blowing).
- The sexist attack of the day comes from a commentator on MSNBC who made some offensive remarks about Chelsea Clinton and apologized terribly (It’s really not that hard people). If there’s a job opening soon, I nominate Ezra. This should also be an opportunity to recall that McCain said something far, far worse about her a decade ago.
- A mild-mannered law professor is accidentally drafted into being a precinct captain for Obama and hilarity ensues.
- Finally, Christopher Orr explains why Mitt Romney is like Superman (and why that’s bad), the Obama girl didn’t bother to actually vote for him, and Hillary Clinton critiques her past outfits in US Weekly. She should have outsourced the to jokes Amelie Gillette though.
—Sam Boyd
COMMENTS (8)
Ambinder has yet more names. Also, Huckabee on Colbert and Colbert on Huckabee.
Posted by: Sam Boyd | February 8, 2008 5:16 PM
Don't underestimate the yuppie left's ability to trip over themselves fawning over Bobby fucking Jindal. This Louisiana girl could hardly believe her eyes.
It was like this: "He's smart! He hates corruption! He's gonna do right by Louisiana!" And that was basically his entire campaign. No specifics, no anything. Just dragonslaying.
On one hand, I'd like him on the ticket because it gets him the hell out of the gov's mansion. But I would be genuinely scared as to the prospects of him on the ticket. The blinders people around here had on... still have on... are just mindblowing.
Posted by: alli | February 8, 2008 5:40 PM
Well, if it's going to be the humour election, the Republicans definitely won.
Anyway, I think the thing about Chelsea is that she doesn't seem like she *wants* to be there. And given what a joke it is trying to call that a democrat, well, no wonder.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 8, 2008 6:04 PM
Bobby Jindal's a great choice--just because he makes progressives go crazy. After all, how could a man of color ever embrace the Rethugs? The MSM has done a great job of suppressing the news about him. The MSM wants us to think of him, if at all, as some big fat white guy, typical Cajun goofball.
Posted by: Hindu Bayou | February 8, 2008 8:32 PM
Schuster's out, but why replace him with yet another white guy? If they want to go from inside, they could promote Rachel Maddow, who's terrific. Or they could give Alison Stewart a bigger role. Either way, breaking up the boys' club a bit would help keep MSNBC from getting into these messes.
And Schuster's paying for Matthews' sins, not just his own.
Posted by: Joe Buck | February 9, 2008 2:13 AM
McStain/Ghouliani...
you read it first here
Posted by: woody, tokin' lib'rul | February 10, 2008 9:59 AM
Bobby Jindal's a great choice--just because he makes progressives go crazy. After all, how could a man of color ever embrace the Rethugs?
We continue to wonder about that, but the GOP has always managed to find a handful of token nonwhites to showcase. We're really quite used to, say, a Colin Powell being the white man's lackey.
Doesn't change the fact that when they show the crowd at the GOP Convention in September, it'll show an almost all-white crowd, and mostly older white men at that. It'll be Potbelly City, and in another decade or so, the GOP will have firmly established itself as the Get Off My Lawn Party.
Posted by: low-tech cyclist | February 10, 2008 9:27 PM
If Huckabee dropped out today he'd be forgotten by August. But if Huck continues to build up primary support his delegate count will force McCain to put him on the ticket. That's how Bush Sr. got to be Reagan's veep.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 11, 2008 10:09 AM