Alexinhowell's Blog

Alexinhowell said:
Perhaps we should really consider who the vice president is going to be ... McCain seems too much like Bush and I don't want that ...I'm concerned with Obama's heritage and if that will affect his decisions.

Definitely the VP choice for both parties will be a major influence on voters in this election. I would never be so cynical as to predict any assassination, but that or other health problems are always a remote possibility. Of course, the choice made by the candidates will boil down to how their VP selection would help them strategically in the general election. Senators Obama and McCain will have to seriously consider how a woman running mate could positively affect their chances. If I were Senator McCain, I would wait until Senator Obama had made his choice, and if he turned out not to select a woman as his running mate, I would select one as mine. It may be just the tweak he needs to get close in this race. It is my opinion that as it stands he doesn’t have much chance of being elected so he must take every opportunity to increase his chances. I think that Bush has done far too much damage to the GOP and the conservative cause for Senator McCain to overcome. As for Senator Obama, I really think that Al Gore is well respected among democrats enough so that he would make a great choice as running mate. He definitely helped President Clinton win two terms. I believe that Senator Obama will select someone who will be very uncontroversial; why rock the boat when you have so much momentum?

Did you hear that someone was arrested for threatening to assassinate Senator Obama? There are all kinds of nut jobs in this world.