If he picks mr plastic-hair, what will all the GOPer's who think Mormonism is a cult do? They already have a lot of trouble with the maverick (which I admire in him) but this sounds like it may cause more trouble than good

Grandpa McCain and Mitt?? I don't think so.

Where is the info about the new Governor of New York?

They're both dinosaurs: One by virtue of age and the other by virtue of his Herbert Hoover-George W. Bush pro-big business economic philosophy. These are truly desperate times for the Republicans!

It really doesn't matter WHO they put in the No. 2 spot. Thanks to eight years of the Bush Misadministration, the GOP will lose big this November.

I hate Keith Olbermann!!!!

I don't think that would be a good idea. His concession speech didn't seem presidential. He appeared to be begging for the VP position.

romney, by you trying to beliitle Hillary or Obama is not going to make Mcbush pick u as his running mate.

Pick someone decent John and not too conservative. A nice moderate. Remember – if Obama gets the nomination on the democratic side, you will have many of us Clinton supporters willing to support you. Keeps things moderate.

Sounds like President Bush is already picking who he wants McCain's running mate to be. I thought that McCain would be able to pick his own running mate – but it will show that he is a yes man to the President. Same old stuff- no change.

Oy… it becomes such a quandary when you like one candidate but disdain the thought of his/her potential running mates. Yes, I'm one of those "latte-sipping elitists" who supports Obama, but if Hillary latches onto his ticket I'd take a long, long look at McCain instead.

That said, should McCain decide to mend fences with the condescending and smarmy Mitt Romney there's no way I'd be on board with them. What's a guy to do…

Obama needs to find a retired and respected military general to join his ticket. It's hard to imagine the Democrats having a better chance of winning than with that one-two punch.

This would make a very good ticket for the White House. McCain doesn't have a chance without Romney. I'll vote for that.

It was obvious to me that when Romney dropped out that he was doing so for just that – to be McCain's VP running mate. Both him and Huckabee want the job.

I say pick anybody that wouldn't have the likelihood of dying in their first term. McCain is older than Methuselah (who died at 969 years of age) so we need someone who will actually be alive on Inauguration Day.

Is Hillary Clinton in the position she is in now because she is white and married to a former president? What about her claim of experience? What about her claim of being ready on day one?

Demographic factors play a role in the overall makeup of every individual across this planet. However, some factors are simply minor and never play a major role in a person's success. Sen. Obama’s and Sen. Clinton’s intelligent, education, family support, leadership, vision, public service, and ethical and moral conduct are the factors that matter most. These factors have determined the outcome of the nomination race to this point and will be the defining factors in who wins the nomination and the presidency.

There is a general mindset of anger and hatred that permeates in contests when money, power, and opportunity are at stake. This mindset encapsulates politics of the past. Frustration and disappointment from losing are but just two catalysts that brings this odious outdated mindset to the forefront. Just pay closer attention to the emergent rhetoric and actions of the Clinton camp. After Sen. Clinton placed third in the Iowa Primary, she began to refer to Sen. Obama as a “just a kid”—code for just a boy. She used a high powered, racially couched, coded term for boy to refer to her Senatorial and Democratic Party peer, her fellow Harvard alum who is a 44 year old man, a man who has traveled the world and served his country well as a community activist, Constitutional Lawyer, Illinois State Senator, and U.S. Senator of Illinois, and man who has more legislative experience than Sen. Clinton.

The Clinton-Ferraro controversy must be noted. Ferraro’s comments are devoid of merit and are not based on any logical facts. First, Sen. Obama is bi-racial and can be identified as white not black. Ferraro's opinion harkens back to an old, racist mindset that a single drop of African blood makes you black. This connotation, in fact, underpins Ferraro's comments, and it can only be interpreted by most voters as an overt appeal to divisiveness.

The most alarming issue here is not race. It is the current positions in the nomination race that each candidate enjoys. Sen. Clinton started the nomination race with the advantages of name recognition, money, committed Superdelegates, and an overstated resume. Despite these advantages, it now appears she cannot win this nomination race if she, her husband, and her supporters do not play the race card, fear card, gender card, cheat card, and trick card. Just remind yourself of Sen. Clinton’s endorsement of Sen. McCain as Commander and Chief, her fear mongering 3:00 A.M. advertisement, her erroneous claim of unfair and unequal media coverage, her claim of not having anything to do with the release of a misleading and inflammatory photo, and her appeal to the media to aide her efforts to smear the good name and good works Sen. Obama.

After she agreed not to campaign in states of Michigan and Florida, now she wants to change the rules of the game and have those delegates seated as is. Sen. Clinton’s claim of tough treatment by the press sums up her conduct in this nomination race. Could her so-called unfair and unequal media coverage be the result of her name recognition, a name steeped in scandals and controversies and bereft of any hint of trustworthiness and truthfulness dating back to Arkansas? Since the outcome in Iowa, the Clinton camp has used political strategies and tactics of the past in dealing dirty cards from the bottom of the deck. But she’s complaining?

Scary….VERY SCARY. Anybody that the Bush Aides are pushing for is that EXACT opposite of what most people would vote for….Except for the wackadoo evangelicals of course. But Bush advisors can always say that Jesus told them to support it!

Please do not select Romney. He has a fascade similar to Edwards…personal gain is more important then Amercian gain. PS: Anyone thinking of Clinton obviously is weak in their homework of crooked politicians!!

…..i've watched this over the past 2 years…..with all of the bs over the Ferraro comments i can honestly say that if Obama gets the nod from the DNC, John and or Mitt have my vote.

I propose McCain and Clinton….she is always touting how closely they work together and she has on more than once occasion been dupped McCain lite. I like it. The Republicans deserve Hillary and Bill. They come gift wrapped in sleaze and with a complimentary $100,000 fruit platter.

McCain/Clinton 2008

I don't think Romney is a solution for economy as many believe he is.
His record as governor and even as business man doesn't support he is man of economy. Maybe he know how to handle economy for his own fortune, but not for general public.

Best idea I've heard in a looong time. Consider it and then do it, John McCain!!! I'll be excited again about the republicans if Romney gets the veep!

Cut to the the chase the bottom line is she looks like a guy with implants.
A chick with a . . .
Maybe that's why he was willing to pay so much money.
Every time one of these political types gets involved in a scandal they seem to be attracted to less than attractive women. The only one I can think of who got caught with a real beauty was Gary Hart. That was a long time ago.

it does not matter who mccain picks. he has little chance to win regardless of running mate.

If McCain picks Romney, he will do so at the risk of losing the support of the independents who will be the deciders in this years election. McCain is between a rock and a hard place: he appeals to independents, moderate Republicans, and moderate Democrats because he is willing to reach across the aisle and listen to positions that are in contrast to the Republican platform. Choosing Romney will be a favor to the conservatives, and if elected, the conservatives will surely expect McCain to change his collaborative ways.

Just what we need to more "Fake" republicans in office, i like to stick to traditionial rep. views; therfore Ron Paul has my vote.

WOW, what a surprise. ( Ha, Ha) I seen this set up when Romney dropped out so prematurely. I knew then he had made himself a deal with McCain. Something wrong with that guy….even his body language isn't right. No matter though, OBAMA is going to win in November.
Can't wait for our country to be brought back to sanity! He will unite us with the rest of the world! Not divide like you Republicans have been doing.

Signed,
IndependantQ

OBAMA WILL BE PRESIDENT08

perfect

you'd think they'd of figured out that the idea of Romney as president is a real loooooser

Romney must've calculated that there's a much higher chance he'll become a President-by-attrition under McCain than by vote a future election!

CNN, please pursue Obama's pastor's several racial comments and endorsements of Obama over Hillary, insults to Bill Clinton and comparisons of Obama to Christ.

All this is documented and the WSJ & FOX are carrying it.

can anyone tell me why we would want a president that has the name of hussien obama to me that is a slap in the face due to the fact that we are at war in iraq and took out the leader with the name hussien
as an american that has served in the military i would never vote for
obama

As a Democrat who will be voting Republican if Obama is the Dem nominee, I would be happy to cast a vote for Mitt. McCain can take care of national security while Mitt works to make the economy and monetary policy better.

.. lol McCain is actually in this race? holy hell what has America come to..

THE MEDIA IS PART OF THE PROBLEM

I’ve al ways know the so called liberal media is anything but liberal, in fact the news media is neither liberal nor nonbiased. You prove this everyday in a number of ways. One of the most obvious is in how you always introduce panelist in order of race, white panelists are always introduced first before there black co panelist. This is the normal practice for CNN and Headline News. The white panelists are introduced first, no matter how much more knowledge or experience the black co panelists may have on the topic. The white panelist are also introduced first before there older black co panelist. You don’t even introduce ladies first, when a panel is made up of white men and one or more black women. I believe the new media is in part, responsible for a lot of the bigotry in the world today, yet somehow you manage to appear to be watchdogs of guardians of democracy , I’ve come to know the news media is anything but what the public needs and trust her to be. YOU MISUSE YOUR POWER AND AS A COLLECTIVE YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

David

My wallet will open again for McCain/Romney ticket. I miss Gov. Romney and so glad to hear from Gov. Romney again. I posted some 12 reasons why McCain should pick Gov. Romney as VP few weeks ago. Will post again..

Romney was the one who sent those mailers out saying McCain was a traitor in Vietnam. After Hagee, if McCain accepts Romney I will vote Democrat or sit this one out.

Go McCain-Romney 2008!

Oh well …. I won't vote then. It's already bad enough we've gotten stuck with the liberal McCain.
Stupid mistake.

To the guy who said a McCain/Huckabee ticket would be great:

Huckabee is a TOTAL nutjob.He is as far to the right as you could possibly get and would scare most conservatives.

No background checks on guns / Constitutional ban on abortion / No gay right / NO stem cell research.

I am surprised the guy got the votes he did.

He would make a TERRIBLE president and hurt McCain's chances as a VP

With Romney's money and his economic credentials, it would make them a tough team in November.

McCain can whip the Dems on foreign policy and experience.
Romney can whip them on economics and budgeting.

Meanwhile Hillary will be trying to find a way to white out Obama's name on the ballots.

Oh, right such a surprise, he quit campaigning WAY earlier, when is was still close, I am sure they made some kind of a deal, like you quite, and I will give you the V.P. spot, why would Romney, go all out and through all of the processes, and raise so much money, and then quit the race way early?

What about Sarah Palin for VP? An unborn running mate to balance the age issue. Governor Palin is about 7 months pregnant.

I supported Mitt for President. We need his skills for this economy. I'm not sure about the pairing with McCain.

For all Catholics, make not only financial contributions to Obama's campaign, but say a decade of the Rosary for the anointment of a "decent" and "moral" correct man to regain the White (pure) House.

A really bad choice John. First, Romney's height makes you look like a dwarf. Looks matter. Second, he is not well liked after his campaign presentation. He was a little more than abrupt to reporters when he was given a question he didn't like. Romney doesn't come off well at all.
Think about Huck! He was very well liked by reporters, talk show hosts, ect. His evangelical background won't be such a big deal as the number 2 man. Think about it.

Great, more pandering.

Pander/Ring 08!

Romney is respectable in his own right. I agree that the two of them should be willing to work together on a business level but the fact that the terms of their relationship has been called into question is reason enough to shy away from a McCain/Romney ticket.

I'd be willing to vote for a McCain/Rice ticket.

"OBAMA 08 March 12th, 2008 5:34 pm ET

WHO CARES ?"
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This is a typical arrogance of a obama supporter.

Neither candidate is dividing the party, its part of the process. IT's you negative bloggers that are dividing the parties. You hide behind fake names and your computers, so get real and let the process do its job. Support whomever the candidate is and the party of your choice. If he/she doesn't do the job, vote them out.

I think McCain should pick Huckabee.

Romney or Rommel – whatever, he's pathetic!
Is this the best the Republicans got?

Would you mind if I clear up some pesky little facts? Not only did Mike Huckabee not win more delegates than Mitt Romney, Huckabee also won FAR fewer total votes (Romney had 4 million votes to John McCain's 4.7 million when Romney conceded, while Huckabee had less than 2 million ), and none of Huckabee's wins came outside of a Southern state that votes Republican every 4 years like clockwork. It's like saying Romney is the best man for the job because he won Utah. How often does Utah vote Democrat??? It will be interesting to see who McCain chooses as his VP because it's such a polarizing choice, and I don't think McCain can win without conservatives turning out in November.

I think that McCain / Romney would be excellent as a team and would ensure McCain the presidency. Swallow your pride and do whats right for you and this country, John. What a great comeback for the USA with this great team !

McCain is an old man and needs a young VP with his bedpan.

Can you imagine Hillary and Obama trying to debate McCain and Romney? What a slaughter. I guess that "experience" mantra goes right out the window doesn't it.

McCain/Romney 09

I love people who put 08. High school Obama supporters who don't realize they don't get sworn in until 09.

This cannot actually happen.

First off, McCain is simply not going to elect someone with Willard's politics. Nor his pro-torture stance (anyone remember "Double Guantanamo"?), and especially not after all the personal attacks. McCain knows he's old enough to croak in office and his vice president is going to be someone he wants to actually be president. What Bush wants has little to do with it. Odds are he already has his man lined up by this point, and it's sure not Romney.

ROMNEY FOR SECURE THE BORDER BUT DEMOCRATS WANT WIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE OPEN BORDER SO ALL ILLEGAL CAN GO TO VOTE AND MAKE 50 MILLIONS AMNESTY BE COME NEW DEMOCRATS

oh boy,mitt is another power monger ,he will do anything for power just to secure himself,mccain is already down and mitt will really help dragging the poor old down even more

MC CAIN ROMNEY good for COUNTRY ,this gut smart have honor integrity,

billary just slime balls

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! Al Gore, B. Richardson and J. Edwards need to endorse Obama NOW so we can get on with tackling the Republicans! These 3 guys are such wimps!!!

I like that suggestion about picking a governor… what about Arnold?

The flip-flop label is the invention of the Democratic National Committee. Get over it people, and review Romney's real record instead of buying into the sound bites.

I would have preferred to see the ticked reversed, with Romney on top, but I'll take what I can get at this point. Both Obama and Hillary are the two lightweight candidates with little actual governing experience. If they play it right, McCain & Romney would be a unbeatable ticket.

Neither one is named George, and neither one is named Bush. The American people are basically conservative, and when you look at the sharp left turn that would come with either Obama or Hillary, the country will never go for it, and see the wisdom in keeping grownups in the executive branch who know how to govern, instead of neophytes with a socialist agenda. Go M&M!!!!! (aka McCain & Mitt)

We have to kwon that Obama is the best man for us.today we all see how the gas is too bad it was $3.45 today in Ohio.

A McCain/Romney ticket is perfect! It would bring all the different factions of the Republican Party together and it would be a hard team to beat.

Moreover, McCain and Romney have strengths and weaknesses that the other person doesn't have and they can really help balance things out.

The Fed. is doing such a "GOOD" job…..there goes another $200 billion of or sovereign country mortgaged to the Chinese, what a fine job McCain, Clinton, Obama, we're almost there, keep up the good work soon we will all belong to China. Oh, you go Romney, these guys need more help. By the way "WAKE UP AMERICA"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I viewed the Hannity interview last night and was amused by Romney's comments about Obama. I thought Hillary was patronizing, but Romney takes the cake.

I continue to wonder why so many of our leaders in the senate and congress believe Obama is a qualified candidate, while Hillary and McCain look down their noses at him.

Interesting!!

I wonder what Hagee thinks of the Mormon religion. He so loves the Catholic one.

“How could you Hillary? After Democrats defended you and your husband through all those years, you run a campaign like this? Sad, truly sad”

Although I think Hillary R. Clinton will win the presidential election and become the first female president in America.

I also think that Mitt Romney will help John McCain very much in his campaign for the presidency. Romney is tall dark and handsome and his intelligence was obvious in the debates, why he did not win the Republican nominee was probably because he is a Mormon.

And besides just in case Barack Hussein Obama happens to win the Democratic nomination, with his side door entry from the all the caucuses, then Hillary R. Clinton supporters will have a good place to put their support in the McCain/Romeny camp

Ah, good ol' CNN's at it again, trying to paint Romney as a flip flopper (he "categorically ruled out" the VP). C'mon CNN, get some integrity please. Candidates HAVE to say that kind of stuff when they're in the heat of the battle. A person charging for the top spot under no condition must create the impression that he would be satisfied with the second spot. That would be suicidal. Romney made the correct statement, and for you to try to spin it as a negative for him is in poor taste, not to mention shoddy journalism.

I care, and MILLIONS of other smart people, Edd.
MCCAIN-ROMNEY….worrys ya, huh???????
Get use to 'President McCain'.
YES HE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If two people were disagreeing with each other for years, there is not way they will work well with each other. Is this a way McCain trying to gain the mormon votes so that eh could win the seat? Who knows, once he get what he wants Romney would be out of sight after that? Think about it. If I were Romney, it is better to stay away from McCain.

you'll lose my vote.

Hillary should take some time out and offer some words of confort
to the latest wife. standing by her man. who just fell from grace.
By the way Shirley Chisholm was the first woman to run for president at the 1972 dem. convention.

Actually Governor Huntsman of Utah endorsed McCain and did not endorse fellow brethren Romney. In Diplomacy, executive eperience, business, economy …. he might fill in well the gap in McCain's presidency

Doesn't matter who he picks if the Dems nominate Obama the republicans will win in a landslide.

THIS IS A DREAM TICKET

I believe Hillary and Obama has done the world a grave injustice with
their inside bickering to date. They have widened the path for John McCain to take the lead with their appearance of petty politics. As a result the world may face another four years of the Bush Mentality and Leadership. And that won't be something the world will thank either of them for.

we all better hope for obama to win because i'll tell you what there will be fire in the streets …wait and see…the big divider i can see his kind of change already and it does not look good

I think you all should be wondering who Ron Paul will choose as his running mate. McInsane, Mc Drain, McStrain…whoever he is…WHO CARES. Look to Ron Paul, he's the only candidate still in the race, and YES RON PAUL IS IN THIS RACE, with a sane view on the truth of issues facing our country. Don't waste your vote, con't tow some party line, VOTE RON PAUL…if you want to have LIBERTY, JUSTICE and FREEDOM FOR ALL

jeeez………im getting so tired

Thankfully it does not matter, since this country will already be electing someone with a long record of fiscal conservatism, by far the best health care plan, and who is the one person equipped to do justice to the hard work our troops have done and will continue to do in Iraq until full withdrawal. Liking or disliking a vice presidential candidate should never be the cause for switching candidates or not voting at all. If an incumbent VP runs for election, he or she will still have to compete in the nomination process.

McCain to Romney some weeks ago: 'You can spend your whole fortune on these negative ads my friend…(laugh from the crowd and usual playboy smirk by Romney). So hillarious!

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR… THIS WOULD GET MY VOTE FOR SURE PLEASE SENATOR MCCAIN PICK ROMNEY FOR VP.

I was dead set against McCain, sending US defense contracts overseas to Airbus and all. However, I'd vote for a McCain/Romney ticket. Then again, Obama seems inevitable no matter what McCain does.

GO ROMNEY HE WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL V.P REPUBLICAN ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every Presidential candidate rules themself out of the VP spot, and then they accept it after they don't get the nomination. John Edwards did it in 04, Gore did it in 92, and Bush did it in 1980.

This is a win win ticket. In making me vote for McCain he would have to pick a good person for the VP slot. In choosing Romney this Democrat would vote Republican.

I'm sure Romney feels he'd shore up McCain's economic weaknesses as well as being able to speak the language of all of those ideologues in the Rep. Party.

I Can't Wait Until we get to see the debate when McSame tries to justify US$12Billion a month on "winning" the "war". First, how does he define "winning"? And, at what cost (monetary, emotional, at the expense of pursuing Al Queda, at the expense of losing legitimacy in the world arena)? And, whose "war" is it? (His, Bush/Cheney/Rummy/Hillary). It certainly isn't the public's personal war; we just have to live with the ugly consequences of it.

In fact, Hillary should answer the question about her regrets in voting for "authorization to use military force." Even though she was the Junior Senator from NY, she is Hillary Clinton. If she wasn't trying so hard to look "Presidential" as a New Yorker, representing the site of 9/11, and the perception that she's too dovish, when the political winds were looking for blood lust, What would have that vote looked like if she took a stand and said "NO." I think history would have smiled on her and she would have been the Democratic nominee. She had the symbolic power to make a difference. As it is, she's squandered everything for that Faustian/Bush deal. Too bad for her: too bad for McSame: too bad for Mitt Romney trying to hook his wagon to that train!

John McCain is weak on economy and no plan to rebuild our ailing economy. He said" I still need to be educated" What a joke! We are sending some one in the White House who has very little knowledge about our economy which is the most vital part of our national strength. He wants to run our country by military knowledge and foreign policy.
John McCain said that Health care is an option and should be decided by individuals. Is not that failed policy on health care we had for decades? It is shame that our health care system ranks 37th in the world. So what’s the good of being the wealthiest and strongest nation on earth? McCain can enjoy the federal health care plan for himself with out a word but when time to share the same plan with American people then it becomes a bad policy. What hypocrisy? If it’s not double standard than what is?

Recently John McCain said that “we have the best health care system in the world”, this may be true statements for him because some privileged like him can have the access to it. What happens to millions of Americans when they are out of reach of this so called best health care because either the premium is too high or the insurance company is denying the health coverage for the pre-existing conditions? What is McCain’s position to fix this problem which has crippled our access to health care system?

I've always kind of thought Hillary would be a good cross-over VP, since so many independents, (and republicans,) are pissed over the current administration. Hillary on the ticket would convince voters that the McCain presidency will not be operated in a way that resulted in the pile of dung the last Republican commander-in-chief dropped us in.

I don't think too many people like Romney. And since he's a conservative, being attached to McCain would forever ruin his chance for the oval office.

As a Christian I do not care who wins the election. This world is doomed either way.

McCain will responsible for thousands of deaths, but so will Obama and Hillary with their positions on abortion.

The 3 of them are not true followers of Christ.

But, just to give my wisdom.

Obama is winning states that will either go Democrat or has a 50% plus black vote.

McCain wins against Obama easily.

Hillary can beat him, the Clintons always beat the Republicans.

I think Mitt would be the very best candidate that McCain could possibly consider and I'm far from being a Mormon, however I have no qualms with his religion. He stands for everything this country should and has in the past been build around. Strong families, defense, education, economy, foreign policy, health care, immigration reform and the sensible things we have failed to maintain in that do nothing congress. We have elected so many lawyers to congress that now we have nothing to turn to except a legal mess that is full of corruption and every thing you want to do has got to go through a lawyers office at unheard of ripe off charges. By the way just give me their health care plan and retirement benefits. Wake up Americans if it's not all ready too late.

Two White men will not win this election; McCain needs to pick a non-white candidate. If he wants to have a serious chance at winning, McCain/Rice is the only chance.

To ensure that the Establishment remains established:

McCain/Clinton 08

To all the so called McCain supporters;
I am so upset with McCain no policy on health care and economy. He only knows war and foreign policy which will not give us food on the table and treatment when we become ill. What substances he talks about other than staying 100 years in Iraq.

Does anyone have any clue that every month we are spending about 10-15 billion dollars to Iraq war and empting out our domestic economy? Are people like McCain supporters are crazy that they become blindfold and they are not seeing the difference? Are they are so dumb that they want to repeat last 8 years of Bush legacy? John McCain is a war monger and he likes t stay in Iraq for 50 to 100 years and hoping for more wars to come at the expense of our brave soldiers and our national treasures.

Let me ask an open question which McCain has no plan for it. McCain says he has many plans. What plan he has for economy, health care, immigration and abortions. What he stands for? Because he is been in the senate for many years, people think he is full of policies. To be honest I do not hear him saying any specific at all.

People who has pre-existing conditions and looking for health insurance and no insurance company wants to cover them for that. Is this need to be fixed so everyone can have the access to the health insurance? Under McCain’s leave the insurance and health industry alone will not solve our long due problem.

What else he talking about other than more war and occupation and spreading fear and wants us to be blindfold and he does not want us to participate in improving our lives.

Yay!

Just what we need, a Romney VP so the evangelical faction of the republican party will stay home and finally find itself more irrelevant than Mormons.

Please McCain, Romney is a great choice!

This article by AP has not got any airtime by major news media, please explain:
The bright picture of how McCain and Romney will cost our country a fortune for their war monger attitude.

Studies: Iraq war will cost $12 billion a month
Economists project a much higher ‘burn rate’ than government estimates

The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show.
In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month; triple the "burn" rate of its earliest years, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and co-author Linda J. Bilmes report in a new book.
Beyond 2008, working with "best-case" and "realistic-moderate" scenarios, they project the Iraq and Afghan wars, including long-term U.S. military occupations of those countries, will cost the U.S. budget between $1.7 trillion and $2.7 trillion — or more — by 2017.

Remember,when the campaign started? The Democrats were all over.The Republicans were ever so out of it! Nobody figured what the outcome would ever be! Well the Democrats have gone through a metamorphosis, each of the contender testing what the other is made of.Democrats are almost there.The cycle is closing up.In the end We will have a nominee,and march to White House.Hillary will win and win convincingly.America,look far into the future.Hillary has the key.Go!! Hillary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go!!!.

A McCain/Romney ticket truly scares me.

Go Obama!

Why would I want a Romney VP?

Romney left his single term as gov with a low approval rating and would not have been re-elected. (A Dem is there now)

He is also not a social conservative as he supported same-sex adoptions and forced the Catholics in MA to do things in their hospitals that they did not want done with contraceptives. He also introduced the failing big goverment MA health care plan.

We do not need another MA liberal on the ticket although if Romney is added it will make my life easy as this true conservative cuz i won't vote for the ticket.

GREAT NEWS! I love it. McCain Romney ticket would make a good combination. For sure McCain will have my vote. Romney would be the best choice as VP.

People-it is 'lose' not 'loose'-get an education, it might help you with your politics too.

Hillary as McCain's VP will net the Republicans more votes than anyother person. She is closer to McCain than to Obama in her political thinking. If she gets the Democratic nomination, it doesn't matter who McCain picks for his VP.

"Go ahead, make my day… "

Pick Romney, please. That will make the Nov. election even easier to beat the Repubs

McCain is a smart man and will pick the most qualified person to be his running mate. I personally think a McCain Huckabee ticket would do better than McCain Romney. Huckabee gets people excited about things and makes people want to get out and vote. Either one of these tickets would be great. The Dems are in so much disarray! GO GOP!!!!!!

We'll if McCain is going to be stupid enough to put Mitt on the ticket I guess I have to vote Democrat this time around.

look if Spitzer had been a TRUE superdelegate for Hillary

then why didn't he take a PAGE out of Bill's Playbook?

get what he wanted for FREE

instead of move $$$ around?

the timing of this is that

Spitzer wanted to

TAKE HILLARY DOWN W/HIM!!

Political LEWDNESS PREVAILS!!!

esp. w/ democrats!

for democrat males, not females?

by the way.. did you see the Hillary facelift survey?

instead of looking like McCain, she looks like Britany.

obama would be a good VP pick for mccain because he would get the 92% black vote!

hillary and mccain…………… yea…………………..thats the ticket… no vote stopping…. the best of both worlds,,, maybe we should ask hannah montana ,, to decide the election……..

It's the only way I'll vote for McCain.

I think John McCain only wants Mitt because he has millions of dollars for his campagin.

This is the solution I would have to pull me back from voting on the democratic side of the ticket. I think Romney in running his own venture firm and reviving the olympics has the economic insight to address the perilous economic times the country is heading toward.

A McCain-Romney ticket would be a very good balance. They would have my vote.

People, please talk about the issues, and not bring it down to a name-calling contest. You know what lost the 2004 election for Kerry? The people that constantly insulted Bush at every turn. It helped energize the conservative vote. And it will happen again, if people aren't careful in how they conduct themselves.

Bottom line – let's agree to disagree, but be civil about it.

I have voted Democratic since 1972. If Democrats are inept enough to make Obama their nominee, I would consider a McCain/Romney ticket. I may have to hold my nose to cast that vote, but I will not vote for an inexperienced candidate who has no substinative voting record to determine how he really stands on issues and who does not have a specific agenda for the future.

McCain needs some one to sure up his position on the economic front, which was pro-US jobs in Michigan, pro-NAFTA in Texas and seems to have been pro-Airbus/anti-Union over the past couple of years judging from his tilting of the recent Airforce contract. Way to look out for the AMERICAN worker, McCain. At least you pocketed more $$ than any other in congress over the past year from Airbus and it's employees. And "That's the Staight Talk"!!

If Mccain picks Mitt Romney as his VP all my hispanic family will vote Mccain & Romney. We were all democrats but are now voting Repubicans. Go McCain & Romney.

Only if John McCain has Romney as running mate will he receive my vote. John needs Romney !!!.. But, Please do not beg, let him come to you….

John McCain, When did you sell your soul?

We all think the world of you for your strength and courage in Vietnam…Why can't you have that same courage now?

At your age, you really need to pick the person YOU think would make the best president. Seriously? Mitt Romney?

If you would even consider that shell of a man is the leader our country needs…your judgement is in question.

It is like a sad and scary remake of dumb and dumber.

Ever wonder why Romney dropped out of the race so early on? I bet you anything that McCain offered Romney a deal– he drops out of the race, and McCain will give him a place on the ticket. I'm absolutely positive.

I am an independent who voted Obama………if Mccain/Romney runs together i would choose them only if they were paired with hilliary. If its between Obama and Mccain/Romney then i would vote OBAMA…..anyone but Hilliary as President

Is Romney's 5 sons going to enlist in Iraq now or are they going to use the chickenhawk excuse of "I'm serving my country in other ways."?

CNN….I NOTICE IN CATEGORIES…RON PAUL'S NAME IS NOT
LISTED… I WONDER WHY …. HE IS THE ONLY GOP CANDIDATE
BESIDES McCAIN, WHO HASN'T DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE.
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT….. HMMMMM???

McCain/Romney vs Clinton/(anyone who would have her) what a gripping race!
I can only imagine the bigotry fest that this would become. Pretty soon America will be splintered into tiny littlt factions of hatred and corruption…hey but a lot of folks will get rich if the Republicans win….hmmm….yes McCain/Romney sounds about right!

Who cares who his VP is going to be? He's going to lose when his main platform is to bankrupt the US economy by spending all our borrowed tax dollars in Iraq. Trying to sell the voters on a 2nd great depression is a surefire way to lose the election.

The CLEAR choice is….. HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No Obama-Moma lalala

ANYONE IN THE WHITEHOUSE BUT BILLARY, PLEASE!!!!

OBAMA 08…THE ONLY HONEST CHOICE FOR AMERICA!!!

And after Condi, I would go with Crist of Flordia, and if Romney as a possible third. Not a bad choice for McCain. Romney also has money, and it is going take a lot of it for McCain to even be near competitive.

ughh.. GO AWAY WILLARD! cmon willard "mitt" romney.. why don't you use your real name.. WILLARD?

GO AWAY.. you hypocritical flip flopper!!! your time is over, your platform is outdated… go buy more hair gel and leave us alone.

I am speechless

I think McCain should pick the most experienced in a crisis…Hillary, the democrat's republican…

McCain/Billary 08

That's a ticket to HELL…You'll have McCain being poisened by Hillary so she can achieve the power she lusts after….A sure LOSER ticket.

ANYONE, HOWEVER, BUT HILLARY IN THE WHITE HOUSE….STOP THE SCANDALS…STOP THE GROPING BY BILL…

OBAMA 08!!!!!!!

The only person who can make Mccain look younger is Castro and he does not have a job now ; he brings a lot to the ticket especially the foreign policy experience and dealing with the superpowers plus it will help bring the two countries together; Too bad Fidel is not a US citizen by birth!!!!

Two words:

Shelby Steele

What a wonderful, talented and principled man. Great VP choice!

I think it is safe to say that you will never see this guy sneaking out of a cat house at midnight on Valentines Day!

Two white men running for the highest office. The Obama campaign
will have a field day with their "racism" acccusations! Good luck,
white men.

Hillary "08

Gerry is right!

Well he has the bucks. If he can't buy the Presidency can he buy the VP Spot?

John, you have to pick Romney , it you want me to vote for you in November, otherwise I 'll vote for a Democrat. Think about that!!!

When they stand next to eachother, they bear a striking resemblence to Simon and Garfunkel. McCain Romney 08!

At least Romney isnt saying McCain should be his running mate. That would just be stupid. Oh wait, thats exactly what Hillary is saying.

Hillary simply cannot win the delegate race at this point. She is in far worse shape than she was prior to the Ohio and Texas primaries, which everyone acknowledged was pretty close to the end of her political rope, and yet the press acts as if she is somehow resurgent. She is further behind in every measurable statistic- pledged deegates, overall delegates, popular vote, etc., than she has ever been- and she has fewer states in which to make up the difference. In the last month, Obama has still won more delegates, votes, and superdelegates than Hillary. She simply cannot catch up to Obama's delegate total- and even her campaign is starting to admit this.

So in essence, she is staying in the race for a last ditch effort to try to manipulate some sort of back room deal to get the support of the superdelegates she needs to win this nomination. Anyone who is paying any attention at all (including the superdelegates) can see this. It is obvious that there are only a few reasons she would be staying in this race:
1) She has a hard time accepting reality and simply refuses to quit.
-or-
2) She is holding out hope that she can somehow convince enough superdelegates to overrule the will of the American voters and vote for her, despit the fact that she will definitely be behind in pledged delegates when this is all over.

Why wait? The superdelegates and the American People should just ask themselves right now- " Is it alright with us that a candidate for the highest office in our country would be so willing to forsake the simplest principle of democracy- governament by the people for the people, in order to overturn the delegate count- and likely the popular vote- in order to win?"

No need to wait everyone, the cards are already on the table…

Ewwww!

John McCain and Hilliary Clinton sounds like a good Republican ticket.

Romney sounds nice. If not him, then at least another conservative. Please, Please, Please don't pick a liberal Republican or a moderate democrat. I need some reason to vote for McCain. If the only reason is that he may die and leave us with a conservative v.p. in charge, then that works for me.

I think at this point, Ron Paul would be the best choice for VP. He is still in the race, and won't drop out. Seems to me he is a fighter and someone who Mccain would be best-suited to run with, considering Romney and Huckabee and what Ron Paul stands for. McCain-Paul looks good on paper for the G.O.P. ticket.

I think a better ticket would be:
Ron Paul – President
McCrazy – VP

That way McCrazy could be tutored one on one about our Constitution and what a REAL conservative is.

Naaaaaa – just kidding about the McCrazy VP part.

This would give us at least 8 more years of a Republican Administration. Love it. They got my vote!

If MaCain thinks he has a chance to even get some on to lisson to his (3rd term Bush) veiw's , that would be something !!!! SO what dose it matter how he picks for VP

Is that the qualifier?

Dear John McCain,
I am interested in the VP slot also.

Sincerely,
Me

I'm with it

All the Dems on here are right. It doesn't matter.
We can't financially afford Hillary and Obama..
McCain will win as soon as McCain starts calling out Obama and Hillary
to show them their tax plan that is going to suck us all dry.
McCain could Choose G.W.B if it were leagal and still win.
I like my money in my pocket, do you?

what would happen to hillary in that case? she has been working so hard for this job.

Choose someone else…Please not Romney!!!

I would give anything to see John McCain and Mitt Romney run on the same Republican Ticket. In my own personal opinion, the team of Mitt Romney and John McCain would bring about a time of peace and economic stability that the United States had ever seen. With Mitt Romney's economic genius and John McCains National Defence experience, they could send the United States back on top of the World.

Somone PLEASE ask Hillary this simple question:

Do you think the original primaries in Florida and Michigan were fair?

Thanks.

Oh PS… we don't have enough dead young soldiers YET either! Let's make that body count soar! Go Republicans!

Bill Clinton is probably client # 7 -

Romney is intelligent. More than can be said for either of the other 2. He has had executive experience.
We will vote McCain regardless of his v.p. Probably will ask someone from a purple state like MN.
The socialist liberals will bankrupt the country and our taxes will be higher for ever.

Typical republicans… spend, lie, spin, fraud, deceive, spend, lie, spin, fraud, deceive… nothing ever changes, nothing ever gets done. Yes America, by all means, vote Republican again! Yea! We're not "quite" bankrupt YET… let's push her on over the edge!

Yawn.

Might be a good fit since the Romney is a finance man the
economy is in need of a guy that understands finance.

Another good complement between McCain and Romney is the Senator/Governor roles. The Governor role is much closer to the President role than is the role of Senator. This would be a very strong ticket with multiple complements. The easy way to tell smart Democrats from dumb ones is that the smart ones will see this ticket would be strong; the dumb ones will still continue to leave posts with lots of exclamation points, misspellings, and ridiculous statements about how Republicans are evil, etc. Take a look back up the comments and see what percentage of each YOU find.

Great choice !

Keith Olbermann rocks.

A real commentator on real issues.

You're slipping CNN.

Romney is the most intelligent option.

I believe this would be a bad choice. At least, as an independent, it wouldn't sway me to vote for McCain over the Dems or an independent candidate.

How can one say that Huckabee did better than Romney, Romney pulled out a long time ago and still beat Huckaberry in delegates. I believe a McCain and Romney ticket would be a good one and I for one would vote for it…….

John WAYNE McCain is going to be our next President. He was humble enough to acknowledge he doesn't know much about economics, but as a military man, he can concentrate on defending America while a successful businessman, like Romney, can lead the economic fight.

I have grown to like Obama a lot, but white America is not ready for a black president, and even though most of America is amenable to a woman president, most of America does not like Hillary Clinton for the job.

If Obama is the Dems' nominee, he has to choose Joe Biden as his VP in order to be taken seriously. If Hillary is chosen, the Democratic Party is going to be broken, cause it means she has maniuplated leaders to get rid of front runner Obama. And Obama will not be the candidate of change if he picks Hillary, so the Democrats are facing a dilemma.

The caption for this photo should read…
"Is this guy asking me to be V.P., or is he telling me to make him V.P?"

I think anyone who asks for a position is a creep just making a last ditch effort to vie for power to sieze control over the use of tax payer bank.

Maybe Hillary ought to learn from this.
The person that is ahead choses the VP.
Not the person in 2nd place!

Let me go on record as saying,I am a die hard Democrat.But,as much as it pains me to say,If Obama wins the nomination,I must vote for McCain.

Its same situation as 2004 while were in the middle of fighting a war, American Soldiers are loosing there lives with not enough equipment to fight the battles with, and were discussing if Gays who should marry or not. Who cares if Gays should marry or not! Protect our troops in battle that should be the topic during the presidential run of 2004.

Its to bad that the "real issues" are coming too a DUMB down 9 grade rhetoric

I am really worried about

• Polar Ice caps will be gone in 5-10 years, what are going to do when we have 200 million Chinese coming to the USA due to all the flooding going to happen in CHINA. This will make the war in IRAQ look like a checkers game.

• We will be at war with China! China is already backing the rebels in Darfur with weapons, they are supplying arms to Sudan for use in Darfur, in breach of a UN arms embargo. link here to BBC article, Why are they doing this? China wants the natural resources in Darfur because The Chinese are running out!

• we are struggling to get health care! Why is this? Why cant we just have national health care for all Children in the US? We are currently paying 600$ a month for health care for the two of us, and thats supplemented by my Job. with out it would be paying 1200$ a month. Thats just about the same as our mortgage.

• Gas will hit $4.00 a gallon in Oregon, were already at $3.80

• We are now is a Recession people are loosing there jobs (65,000 last month alone) while The Pentagon is spending $6 billion a month on the war in Iraq, or about $200 million a day, according to the CBO, Congressional Budget Office.I dont want to sound mean, but we need to take care of USA and our 30,000 wounded troops first and fix our current situation back home.

USA citzens are trying to figure out how to live day to day at the moment, let stay focused to the real issues and not get caught up in the Presidential horse race.

Sal

I am a Democrat who may be voting for a Republican this time (the nominating process isn't over yet), so I hope McCain chooses wisely.

Mitt would balance the economy issue. If Hillary is not the nominee, I think I will either write her in or vote for McCain.

Ronald Reagan defeated the Soviets by forcing them to bankrupt their economy fighting a war they couldn’t afford. Weather Vane McCain’s plans to bankrupt the US economy by fighting a war in Iraq for the next 100 years. With his business knowledge and experience Romney would know that. Too bad McCain would never listen to him, and even if he did, would never understand that. Perhaps Romney should offer McCain the #2 spot on this ticket.

Probably would have been Huckabee had he bowed out gracefully when he was down 700-800 delegates. But McCain does need someone more conservative than him to pull in that voting demographic. If he picks his running mate, before the Democratic nominee picks theirs, it will be interesting to see how they react and who they choose to match up with the McCain-Romney ticket.

We must not give any more credence to right-wing bigots and racists. Stand up for what's right, McCain! Don't pick Romney. Pick an independent, or even a moderate Democrat.

McCain-Romney vs Clinto-Obama (or Obama-Clinton)

Dream team vs Dream Team

This would be the smartest thing McCain ever did. I might actually have a tiny bit of respect for him. I would definitely vote for that ticket and stop contemplating a vote for Obama. Do it McCain!

If you love higher income taxes, higher corporate taxes, excessive spending on unsuccessful social programs and support partial birth abortion then you should vote for Obama.

I only make about $40K a year and under Obama and Clinton's plans thats over $4,000 less a year I will get compared to the current tax rate. I don't know about you, but I would appreciate all of the money I could possibly keep.

People crying about the economy obviously don't understand simple economics. We have been in a recession atleast every 10 years since the 30's. It's a cyclical movement and we'll be out of it before long. Electing a democrat with high income and corporate taxes is only going to stump the economy even more.

People love Obama because he's a great public speaker but his platform is terrible. It's not a beauty pageant, people need to look past that and see he's a terrible choice for America.

Hillary needs to wake up from her insanity and call it quits. One doesn't make a good Commander-in-Chief by being unnaturally mean or a warmonger. Didn't she vote JUST like McCain on Iraq and Iran? How does she then get to criticise McCain or even Bush?

And Bill needs to inform her in real-terms, that her time is up and she needs to call it quits. Let us all hope, they come out of their insanity.

Good posting Edd, though I don't think they will be "loosing" in the general election.

For you Clintonista's you need to get used to the correct spelling and I will be putting it in the form of a sentence:

Hillary Clinton is "losing" and will "lose" to Barack Obama because she along with her husband and many entrenched surrogates are showing their true "progressive and bigoted colors".

McCain will be President for one term and Romney will step up as the next in line, he has run a business, a state and SAVED our countries Olympics and actually has real experience at reaching across the aisle and has NO skeletons in his closet.

Romney – Rice 2012

McCain can use Mitt on the ticket so he'll have someone who can "post up against Obama".

Apparently Mitt plays hoops at the Y twice a week, except during hunting season.

Good posting Edd, though I don't think they will be "loosing" in the general election.

For you Clintonista's you need to get used to the correct spelling and I will be putting it in the form of a sentence:

Hillary Clinton is "loosing" and will "loose" to Barack Obama because she along with her husband and many entrenched surrogates are showing their true "progressive and bigoted colors".

McCain will be President for one term and Romney will step up as the next in line, he has run a business, a state and SAVED our countries Olympics and actually has real experience at reaching across the aisle and has NO skeletons in his closet.

Romney – Rice 2012

picking Romney would cover all the bases. everyone I know would vote for this ticket. clinton/obama covers nothing. They have no expertise in anything but picking crooks for friends.

McCain better grab him fast. Romney can dig into his own pockets again and bring the money to the table that McCain needs to get by until the National convention.

Why does so many in the comments keep talking about Hilary/Obama dream tickets? You guys are not good at delegate math. Hilary only gained back a small number of delegates on Obama with her 'big win' in Ohio and Texas, and then was pushed behind more than that over the next two primaries.

I thought we got rid of Romney a while ago. Please go away Mitt!

I think McCain will choose somone younger than him and a social conservative. Romney has flip flopped too much for voters to trust him and he is no spring chicken. I bet he will choose Kay Hutchison

I honestly think McCain has post traumatic stress disorder, if he were president we'd be in like 5 wars by mid 2009!!!

they are 2 losers…NEXT!!

whom Obama would pick? Hilalry would pick Obama or….?
when we will know?

Ideal would be HRC/BHO or Edwards

just question:
Are all the bloggers here democrats? I do not recall to read any from republicans.
am I right?

Romney is the best choice!
McCain needs help to get my vote!

Hillary and Gerry are off to racist pa. Not my words their own governor said that. Shows you what he thinks of the people who elected him. I'm saying it now. Hillary will only win pa because she is white. Those racist people will not vote for a black man. signed Rendell…

I don't understand why the media isn't talking about the Republicans voting for Hillary in this primary now that McCain's nomination has been secured, "because she is easier to beat" as Rush Limbaugh believes. Or why Hillary is so welcoming of the large, Rush Limbaugh Republican votes for her, in a two-step campaign to beat her later.

Here is Hillary's logic: She endorced Sen. McCain has having more "experience" than her, yet she blames him for more of the same Bush years. If "experience" mattered, as she claims in judging against Obama, putting herself second to McCain, shouldn't McCain be making the most of his "expereince" she attributes to him rather than "offering more of the same Bush presidency"? What does her logic say about her mental capacity, judgement and logic? To the contrary, her logic implies, because McCain with all his "experience" had fallen short and offers more of the same Bush years, she equally fails short, second to McCain, and falls ill to the old, dirty, and ineffective politics of the past of divide and destruction.

There are proud, productive, highly talented and patriotic Americans who would have not been born to parents of different races, religions and national identity, in the world of the divisive Billary politics. As Americans, we are a melting pot of human development for the world to honor and call upon when in need of brave hearts, ever ready and able to defend liberty around the world. And that is what it means to be an American. Not the divisive politics of the Billary's.

Please John ,say it ain't so……….
You'd have to be looking over your shoulder
constantly…He would be the eyes and ears
for the ultra conservatives into your office!

Another example how cult religions are trying to take over the USA.

JOHN, PLEASE DO NOT RUN WITH ROMNEY AS VP.

He did so poorly in the primary because of who he is. Adding him to your ticket would force a lot of democrats who are planning to vote for into having to decide between Hillary and Obama.

I am one of them. I don't want to vote for Hillary or Obama and am planning to vote for you – unless you pick Romney as a running mate.

I don't know what I'll do if you pick Romney and Hillary manages to somehow be the democratic candidate.

Maybe vote for Ralph Nader.

Arrrgh!

What a joke!

So they hated each other and now they're chumming up. How pathetic.

McCain and Huckabee!!!!

I think McCain should take Romney seriuosuly,i think as a VP he would be a viable candidate. So what if he dropped out of the Presdiental race. Go for it JOHN ..it's a good ticket!

Two things:

1) Huckabee STILL has not done better than Romney. Romney still has more delegates than Huckabee.

2) McCain is a horrible choice for President, but better than either Clinton or Obama. The only way to really boost him is to put an actual candidate in. If Romney were willing to accept the VP slot he would make one of the best choices.

Most people who are against Romney are against him for the same reason they love Huckabee. FYI Huckabee helped produce the movie Article IV. Who should we trust>?

I'm a democract , I have a great respect for Sen. John McCain . and have no problem voting for him , It's Ironic what the ( OBAMA ) camp has been crying about these past few days ( PLAYING THE RACE CARD ) .

Who knows better Than Sen . John McCain What it's like to be hated for the color of his skin ( from the yellow man of Viet Nam ) , and where he came from .

He was Shot , Stabbed , Tortutred , Shackeled and chained , He had bones broke . they never broke his sprit , I've never heard of him crying about it , or playing the victim card .

If anyone in our live time has experience extreme racism it's Sen. John McCain .

McCain 08″

What a great combination ….McCain/Romney !! That is a winning ticket!

McCain/Romney 2008 !!

If Romney wants to be on a ticket, how about Clinton/McCain versus Obama/Romney?

Yeah real good for the economic factor; pick the Gov of the State with the absolute worst unemployment numbers who non-Mormon Christians just seem to "love" with all their forgiving hearts!

I really hope McCain does not pick him. I'm okay, but not thrilled with McCain as a Republican, and adding Romney would be a bad idea in my opinion. If he wants to add someone more conservative, add Huckabee, or pick someone that wasn't in the primary at all. Don't know why, but Romney reminds me too much of slick Willy Clinton and John Kerry, two Dems I couldn't stomach. Please, McCain, pick someone else…

Maybe this is the dream team. Cnn and Obama are dream teams, they act just alike and are nuts about each other. They are attacking Hillary Clinton around the clock. If Obama ends of winning it is because CNN played the race card and turned it around as though the Clinton had something to do with it.

I am sick of Obama and CNN. GO John McCain and whoever you choose for VP.

No more Republicans in the White House! Forget it McCain – take your 100 year war in Iraq and your temper elsewhere!
Go Hilary!

Of course Romney is interested. He figures he can make up for the funds spent on his failed election attempt through the Vice Presidency. Just look at Cheney…

Hillary/Richardson 08

Clair McCaskill is a joke. I no more would vote for a candidate with her on the ticket than fly.

Quit begging Mitt…McCain didn't like you before he ran your butt from the campaign and he still dosen't like you. Are you that pathetic that you are willing to take second chair to someone that dislikes you? I bet you think McCain's health is going to prohibit him from finishing his first term (if elected) and like the friend you are, you would love to step in for him….news flash, its not going to work!

I'm a Republican and will vote for the party on basic principal of taxes (yes not perfect but will be better then the Dem's) but Huckabee should be the VP selection, hell pick Christ or Brownback. Romney is just…. too… I dunno, don't trust his eyes. He'll pick up the phone at 3 am and play 'lets make a deal'. While McCain will spit in your eye and throw those 71 (72 by that time) year old fists.

Senator McCain,

Please, Sir! HELL NO, NO WAY!!

We need a proven, rock solid conservative on your ticket. One who will ignite the party's conservative base that you so badly need in November.

The wise choice would be former congressman, J.C. Watts out of Oklahoma!! Both Dem candidates, as well as you, are Senators. It will no longer be a requirement that a Governor be on the ticket.

MCCAIN / WATTS 2008!!!!

Define reverse discrimination. I don't like where this Obama thing is going. Democrats are in trouble. 91 percent for Obama. WOW.

The next President and Vice President of the USA.

Yet Another Flip for that Flop

That would be a great ticket! I would totally vote for a McCain/Romney ticket and I think a lot of conservatives would think that it would be a good balance of the party.

What many made fun of at the time Romney resigned – his statement that he does not want the republican party to divide was invaluable.

I am a democrat but look at what Hillary and Obama have done to the party! McCain will win the general elections because of the way these two have handled this whole thing.

Romney would definately help McCain capture the more conservative vote for sure. Plus Romney has a lot of business background that could help our failing economy.

Mr. Romney adds fiscal strength to Mr. McCain’s strong suit in defense. Adding to the ticket will allow Mr. McCain to go after the moderates of all persuasions while Mr. Romney shores up the “perceived” base of the Republican Party.

They would be a formidable team. As will Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton.

Mike Jax, Fl.

Oh God, I hope not!
People can be and are easily hoodwinked… so it is possible

of course he wants it… McCain would be the oldest president after all… just wait out the presidency.

Has anyone considered Obama/Guevara?

i am a Canadian so what i say is what i hear, see and read about.
Hillary is offering a joint ticket for she knows no one is going to hit that delegates count of 2,052. Not Obama, she can't say i will be number two and you be number one right? This is pretty straight forward to figure out. She is trying to help the discord scenerio. Unfortunately, Obama is greedy and wants it all. If he is not greedy like all politicans he would stay away from A. Rezko day one. If he really cares for the weak and vulnerable he will never help that guy. He even lobbied for him when he is a senator, although he did mentioned a few other politicans did that. Worst of all the Nafta, saying somthing and promising other to us. What a shame that America wants to be politically correct. Race will not be an issue if you don't twist the truth. Black is black, brown is brown and white is white, they all llive together in concord. Unfortunately, when he is the next President you will see discord up in Washington. He is a politican, a typical politican. Give me a break!

A McCain/Romney ticket would open my wallet for donations faster than…. something fast.

That's why he dropped out so early when the race wasn't even over.

McCain needs to pick Hiilary Clinton as his running mate.

Please Sen. McCain…please choose Mitt. /s/ an Obama supporter!

I am not sure ROMNEY is the ideal VP, as not attractive for independents, whichis more important as to be it for conservatives.

But as Secretary of Treasury it would be a good thing

TOM

That will be good!!! Better than Obama and who ever he chooses.

You republicans are very lucky to have chosen your candidate already. Though I do not vote republican, if Mccain wins I hope he can take your party to a point where all people no matter thier party will feel comfortable voting for both republicans and democrats who are well qualified.

Obama has done just that but Hillary has already said that McCain is better qualified to be president!! This coming from a democrat whose family have enjoyed the huge support of black americans, but now because there's a qualifed black candidate running against them, all of the sudden they say: blacks only vote for him 'cause he's black, or say the media is soft on him, hard on her or he gets too much media attention, or any comments made by her or her serrogates of him are racists, or that because he's black, he has an advantage, or that he is somehow preventing people to speak for themselves, or he's attacking her serrogates to somehow hurt Hillary…and all because he has more delegates and more states…because his message is one of unity, respect for differences, and a change from what has held this country back. He has earned his votes but the clintons make it sound as if he's gotten special treatment!!!

Have you republicans heard Obama say white people votefor her because she's white or that she's getting all the latino and female vote because they like her and she's female, or said "shame on you, hillary clinton" or whined about getting the first question or any of the things in previous paragraph?

Do you republicans see how clintons are trying to make even you guys look like a bigger bunch of racists by invoking those inner prejudices (of course, as humans, we all have some prejudice) with the statements she and her serrogates have made to put doubt and fear into you about black Obama to dissuade you from voting for the person you think can bring country together and move us all forward. The Clinton campaign is insulting our intelligence and race baiting us.

Barring something really bizarre, the Republicans are going to lose badly this cycle anyway, so McCain's running mate is a trivial consideration.

sen. clinton used to be a republican. i'm quite sure she'll accept the vp for sen. mccain, if asked. she endorsed him quite openly anyway. sen. clinton can even ask mrs. ferraro to join her again. it'll be a great team i'm sure!

wow… I didnt think the Republican ticket could be any worse, but SURPRISE!

And I agree with a commenter above, if Romney is VP, there is NO WAY I would vote for that debacle over Hilary.

I WOULD vote for Nader, but it would probably do me just as good to write my own name in, hah.

Obama 08 all the way, man!

Let's get away from the white male thing and tap Christine Todd Whitman, 2-term Governer of NJ and former EPA Secretary under Bush (he fired her, a badge of honor if you ask me).

I bet most of you who think that this would be a bad choice are just democrats that wouldn't vote for a republican anyway.Romney would be a much better choice than anyone else that has been mentioned. He has a lot of support and tremendous fund-raising skills. He is the only person on either side who can help the economy. Hillary and Obama will just raise taxes and run on empty promises of change. yeah .. change from our pockets maybe, or a change to socialism. For those Republicans that would rather vote for Obama over a ticket with Romney on it, just because he is on it, are quite ignorant, it would just go to show that you don't care about the issues at all, because Obama represents everything that Republicans fight against. He is a liberal hack and will be the biggest disaster this country has ever seen.

As long as it isn't Obama who got all those votes on charisma with no substance.

Ironically it would be a good fit, because of his (Romney's) staunch support of the Republican Party. Remember the Republican primaries being mostly winner take all (Protocal), took Romney, competitivly out of the race. This race could have been marginally close had it been proportioned ,as the Democrat's count their delagate votes. He's got youth, the East Coast/Pacific Northwest vote, what more else could the Republican Party want?

McCain-Romney would be a scary pair. I believe that Romney's hair would sneak into McCain's bedroom, strangle him and then return to Romey's head to claim its innocence. I don't believe that McCain or Romney have a chance at the presidency, but Romney's hair has delusions of grandeur, as well as an overblown ego. This hair must NOT get into the White House!

Mitt is better than McCain, but both are losers. Barack Obama is our next President.

I don't think McCain can pick Romney, because the electorate doesn't really trust Romney, and he would take away most of McCain's straight talk credentials. Voters aren't going to go for that pair, especially after, well, you know…

"Bush seems like a nice enough guy, but that Dick Cheney just kind of creeps me out."

well , not sur if Johnny agree with it . Watch his face…hum.. not sure at all if that was in his plan. They fight both in their last debate, and that was not to pretty…Imagine them both in the White House /$?////

The Republican Party has begun to realize that aligning themselves with the religious right might not be that good an idea these days, and is trying to move to a more centrist position. Still, you can't just cut ties and move away from your "base" that quickly and not expect some problems. McCain is a centrist, which is why he's having trouble within his party. Taking on Romney as his right hand man would certainly make many of those in the religious right calm down and vote for him instead of not going to the polls at all. How will that play in the real country, outside the beltway? Not well. He's in a very tough position. Turn his back on his party and win an election to an office his party will fight him tooth an nail around, or turn his back on the general electorate and lose his chance at the presidency. Not an enviable position at all.

McCain's quandary may be good news for the Democrats, no matter who comes out on top, but if the infighting and backstabbing doesn't stop on the Democratic side, McCain may very well be elected by people who are tired of the tantrums and silliness…..

Clinton/Edwards 08′

Oh neat.

I didn't realize that Crazy could run with Crazy.

MCROMNEYS. SOUNDS LIKE A NEW …..OLD FOOD JOINT.

Furthermore Midge from Ohio, it doesn't appear that McCain has much to gain in the honor, integrity, and grace attributes from Romney. His flip-flopping and playing to the conservative vote, not to mention his somewhat slimy stage pressence, put serious shadows over his "honor" and "integrity." What would have been and honorable display of integrity is if he had admitted that he changed his positions on abortion to win a general election for the Republican Party once he was out of liberal MA, and that during the course of his campaign he adjusted his campaign mottos to fit the situations (from "Ill bring your jobs back" to get Michigan autoworkers to vote for him, to "Washington is broken, and I am going to CHANGE it.") It was apparent that he saw people on the Democratic side and in the Nation as a whole react to Obama running on "Change we can believe in" and did his best to copy-cat. Smart campaign managers, but not smart enough. Many could see how he, somewhat like Obama, simply told people what they wanted to hear, depending on what group he was speaking to.

As for Grace, Mr. Romney did not look graceful during a portion of several of the debates, obviously disturbed by McCain's jabs and Huckabee's quite accurate insinuations that Romney was the smooth talking, handsome politician with the "perfect" family based in a personally principled but factually challenged faith who changed his tune and smile in order to win whatever election he was running for. Bluntly, he is exactly the type of politician (fiscally stingy, policy flipping, personally untrustworthy) that so many Americans no matter the party, and world citizens in general, do not want leading them.

McCain and Condeleeza Rice….. talk about experience !… and an answer to the black and women fans, too !

Here's my prediction. McCain / Romney vs. Obama / Clinton. Everyone thinks it's the most intense election EVER. We all talk about it for days…..while standing outside around a burning garbage can, under a bridge, begging for food. Anyone of them will bankrupt this country. Good job voting for these guys.

mcsame and the plastic man—i love it!!!! whoever he picks, mccain goes down in FLAMES!!!!!

THE IDEA OF THE CLINTONS GOING BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE GIVES ME THE CRIPS, YOU ALL REMEMBER ALL THOSE SCANDALS, AND BY THE WAY, THAT MARRIAGE IS NOTHING BUT A CONVINIENCE GALORE. ALSO, HAVE YOU LOOK AT HER BEHIND,
SHE NEEDS TO LOOSE SOME POUNDS THERE.

Don't pick him, pick Colin Powell,

That ticket would be unbeatable!

If Obama wins the democratic nomination, the Republicans will win the White House. All of Hillary's supporters would vote for McCain. No matter who he chooses for VP. And the the 2 1/2 million voters in Florida and Michigan will seal the deal.

Hillary 2008

John McCain and Jack Kevorkian would make a great team, since dear John wants to continue the Bush doctrine and laugh about it with his friends as Soldiers die in a war that didn't need to be.

Sure Jack Kevorkian and John McCain JK & JM what a team…

I give Huck 2 days to come out with his own "VP" pitch to McCain. He cannot be outdone by Romney.

OMG, I was dreaming that my husband and I were having a nice conversation on the porch when…I looked down the street and "The Hillary", a big broad thing with heavy hips, was stomping, bobbing it's head, and running over bushes.

We quickly ran inside to call the police, but I woke up…

Whew! That was close.

McCain 08

A great choice! Go for it, Senator McCain.

Can you imagine keeping the flip flopping straight??? Pretty soon Romney will be considered a "straight talker". And people talk of the Democrats being a joke.

GREAT IDEA…Romney has a proven track record of turning around struggling organizations and this ticket would have my vote for sure.

I am a huge Hillary supporter. If Hillary doesn't capture the nomination I will most likely vote for John McCain. If it comes down to Obama without Clinton as VP vs. McCain/Romney there would be no question I would vote for McCain/Romney. Obviously Hillary as the nominee would be an easy choise but I really hope these two do end up teaming up. I am still surprised Romney didn't get the nomination-he struck me as the most "presidential" out of all the Republicans. Plus I think it helped that he was rich and good looking and has a nice deep voice.

I don't trust Obama to do the right thing where Iran is concerned, I trust Hillary, McCain and Romney. Mitt Romney is right in that Hillary did do us a great service by reminding us how serious the job of being president is.

I agree that McCain should convince Hillary to run with him. McCain/Hillary ticket will trounce Obama/whomever ticket. Hillary should switch to Republican. Democrats have gone too far left like Obama. We don't need socialism in this country. I am a democrat and if Hillary is not there, I am voting for McCain. I think I am not alone on this.

McCain-Romney '08

To Shannon from Charlottesville:

"the republican party gave us george w. bush and will forever be irrelevant as far as i am concerned."

Let's throw out everything Republican President Abraham Lincoln ever did. It is now irrelevant.

People here may scoff at a McCain/Romney ticket, but they weren't going to vote for McCain regardless. From the Republican perspective, this may be as much of a "Dream Ticket" as any I could think of. Don't take such a ticket lightly! McCain has the potential to bring in some Independents and Romney can energize the Right. Add that to the ugliness going on with the Democrats and it may look even better. Think about the exit polls in Mississippi! All those Democrats who'd be dissatisfied if their candidate doesn't win. Might they stay home in November? McCain/Romney might heal rifts in theor party that Clinton and Obama are widening in theirs.

Romney would have him taken out a week after the election.

Great move to attract the right wing freaks, but he will lose any chance at the independents. I think this is an excellent idea.

A McCain-Romney ticket is no different from a Bush Cheney ticket. It might fire up the conservative base, but they are clearly in the minority. There are more of us that want change than want the status quo. Romney would send independants running toward Obama.

I'm an Obama supporter, but that would be a smart choice. Could it unite the Republicans? Would it nullify the 'I don't know much about economics' argument the Democratic nominee would use?

It's a good gambit, but chances are high that the Dems will have a better hand.

It's going to be a TOUGH RACE between

McCain/Romney

and

Obama/Edwards !!! (or Obama/Richardson?)!!!

Really tough!

well, romney is sort of a jerk. Thus, I'd imagine McCain would attract the more conservative right if he were to take him as his running mate – as they would understand that Romney would just be an annonymous phone call away from taking the presidency.

However, the primaries speak: the ratio of jerks to vaccant idiots in the republican camp is actually much smaller than it seems, which is why McCain got nominated, and not Romney. If McCain took up romney, he may scare off a significant amount of the non-jerk republicans, who aren't interested in (rich) white power or pillaging other countries anymore.

If he doesn't take Romney as VP I'll vote for Obama. Romney is the only one of the republicans who can salvage this economy.

Carol knows how to spell "lose"

Senator McCain should not chose Mitt Romney as his Vice-President. If McCain does, he will certainly lose his bid of becoming President. It would be benefical if Senator McCain would chose an African American as his running mate.

I m sure that I am not the only one who sees Clinton's "people" doing everything from showing Obama in traditional-cultural dress to saying that he should be at the back-of-the-bus to Fierce-Ferraro…and "AFTER" i has resonanted, Sweet-Dear-Hillary comes out hypocritically and says that that is not what she supports.
Dear Hillary "I AM NOT A FOOL"…if you are that scared …or can't compete 'decently and transparently and fairly'…or don't believe the words you say about changing the way government operates…simply be brave…if you can't walk the talk…walk away.
By the way, I don't believe the words you say about changing the way government operates ALSO.
Goodbye and Goodluck.

Hey Skeptical, ever notice when two guys get into a fight (I mean a real fight with fists and blood and all that) and they are trying to really hurt each other, at the end they usually shake hands, hug nd up good friends. On the other hand, when a man and a woman go at it they usually end up the bitterest of enemies (i.e. hillary and barack). Guess it's just a guy thing but it happens all the time.

Senator McCain should not chose Mitt Romney as his Vice-President. If McCain does, he will certainly lose his bid of becoming President. It would be benefically if Senator McCain would chose an African American as his running mate.

YES! Do it. Just remember, we're not in a hurry here. There's plenty of time. Let's let the Dhimmicrats bloody each other a bit more. There's still Hillary at stage left, trying to pull off an alleyway mugging of Barack Obama – this is too good!

No matter who McCain picks it's going to be a tough year for Democrats. That's why we need Hillary Clinton. She's got the strength to head to head w/ McCain.

You guys are forgetting that Romney lost all the Southern states to Huckabee and came in dead last. This guy brings absolutely nothing to the table but to ensure a Democrat will win the White House.

mccain & romney = defeat for the democrats……….thanks to hillary for destroying the democratic party

On the one hand, that's got to be the scariest looking duo yet.
On the other — it's the best thing they could do for the Democrats.
Note to Sen. Clinton: Please go away, and take Geraldine with you.

Oh brother! Romney all but volunteered for the job. Hope McCain is wiser than that.

I dont mind conservatism in all it's forms except the religious one.

WHO CARES! Obama all the way!

I would really caution McCain supporters, and Republicans in general for pushing for Romney to be added to the ticket. Remember, when given the choice on Super Tuesday between the "strong second place candidate" Romney, and the "no chance" Mike Huckabee, a considerable number of the very conservative went with Huckabee, especially in the South. McCain has already had problems convincing Conservatives from voting for him, and it may be that adding Romney, who is seen as a social liberal to social conservatives who are familiar with his stances and actions as Governor, may be a disqualification move by McCain. It is apparent that Romney has not sustained a principled Pro-Life position during the course of his political campaign, and he actually did more to bring same-sex marriage to MA than some "runaway judge" in that he enforced the judge's ruling prior to a vote from the legislative body of that State.

It is pretty apparent that the momentum is with Obama throughout the nation, and while McCain may gain some votes from the fiscal conservatives he would convince many social conservatives, who he needs to win in November, that they don't have a representative in this race.

Romney is a bored millionaire who should try to get a real job. He's not VP material.

I would go for that! Economic issues are McCain's only weakspot. They would win for sure….and I am a Hillary supporter for the record! No intention of voting for Obama. The only thing that man has done since coming to the Senate is write a book and campaign for President. Not buying it!

I don't care if he picked Mickey Mouse as his VP, I will we voting for him if Obama, the cry-baby, wins the Democratic nomination! I am so sick of him!

It is like George Bush all over again – If you are not with me, you are not patriotic! And now with Obama, if you are not for me, you are a racist!

His supporters and their comments will continue to divide the Democratic Party!

Its a great ticket. Romney is a good economist.

I would vote for anyone except Obama

Hillary/Ford 08

McCain needs a more moderate running mate. He needs to pull votes from democrats and independents who are unhappy with Obama. He needs to select a younger mate with intellect, charisma, charm and wit. He must counter the age argument that will be in the back of some minds. As for the conservative right side, they NEED McCain, not the other way around. Who are they going to vote for? Obama? So are they going to stay home and let him get elected? I don't think so.

Shawn from GA you are a moron. i feel sorry for your stupidity.

McCAIN WILL BEAT OBAMA!!!!!!

I AM A DEMOCRAT AND I KNOW THAT OBAMA WILL NEVER MAKE IT TO THE WHITE HOUSE!

HE HAS TOO MUCH SCANDAL!!!!!!

IF I NAME IT CNN WILL NOT PRINT IT!!!!!!!

THE GOP WILL PULL IT ALL OUT AND IT WILL NOT BE HARD!!!!!!!!

GO SENATOR CLINTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These guys would have to be the favorite at this point. I have hopes for
Hillary to pull it off. I don't think Obama, after he gets the whole
party to resign because of these supposed racist comments.Imagine
a guy who goes to a nut case church, accepts bribes from a slum
lord that freezes out blacks in the middle of Winter and accepts money
from an Iraq dude that was doing business with Sadam after the embargo was put in place, and most likely is caught on a FBI wire
with the slumlord–wow what a nice guy-is leading the race for
the nomination. Dream on

If Romney is VP, I will not vote 4 McCain.

Obama?

The best quote of the entire campaign season:
"Give me a break!" — Bill Clinton on Obama

Romney would be a good choice for several reasons, he's good on the economy, he's good with the conservative base, but he doesn't seem to click well with McCain.

What I've always liked about McCain is that he seems like the closest thing we have running to an independent and as so he shoud pick someone that will appeal to moderates on both sides of the aisle and of course the crucial independent vote. So, why not go with Liberman? Sure he'll anger the far-right for picking a pro-choice VP but who cares McCain picks the judges not the VP. Imagine how great this would be if we had a ticket running together that was essentially a Republican and Democrat running together! The man was Al Gore's running mate in 2000 and clearly puts the country ahead of partisanship. I'd be honored to cast my vote for real change, a bi-partisan ticket that could truely unite the country.

That is the only way we would vote for Mccain, If Romney is VP.
Even Sen.Hatch says Romney is a financial genius , he took the olympics for millions in the hole to millions in Surplus.

I'm not going to vote in this election unless McCain chooses a Reagan conservative and the Huckster aint it. Romney has the background and experience to fill this need.

____________________________________________________

Hillary Clinton Leads with 130 pledged delegates .

But OBAMA insists on revote in FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN

So the party is considering spending 25 million dollars on revote .

If Obama was this far behind ,,do you mean to tell me anyone would care ,,much less spend 25 million dollars.
So they could split the delegates again.
No it would be over.

Vote Mcain cause Hillary is a lying ,cheating , person without morals or scruples .

Very good ticket there: will appeal to those who care deeply about the war in Iraq while at the same time appealing to those who realize our economy needs a lot of work done in a short period of time. McCain and
Romney can get this done. Go get 'em!

Oh fantastic, now we might end up with Dumb and Dumber as pres. and vp.

Allrighty then. McCain , Romney and Clinton all support staying in Iraq and running our Military and our Economy into the ground. The one available candidate to get us out of the never ending hell hole of Iraq is OBAMA 08. Oh I am sorry. Hillary recently changed her mind. Now she hypocritically condemns Obamas plan to withdraw in sixteen months while thinking we are stupid enough to believe that Hillary will withdraw in sixty days. Hillary (monster ) stop the destructive madness and drop out.

i'll take "things that will make me not vote for mccain" for $600 please, alex

Mitt Romney crossed the line with his attacks and McCain will not select him.

and……

Why are all the "pundits" suggesting McCain pick a woman for VP, not based on qualification or abilities, only because it would represent "change"?

Sen. McCain should select someone who has the highest ethical standards/honesty, a conservative, someone with a common touch and has accomplishments in reforming government.  The ideal choice is Sarah Palin.

McCain can have a shot in presidency only if he is smart enough to reach out to Hillary Clinton, otherwise no chance no matter who his VP is. We need someone that can fix the miss Bush has created.

All the way with a McCain-Romney ticket! Don't kid yourself Ricky, this would be the winner. Get it going!

Why not Elizabeth Dole? An experienced, Southern, female…sounds like a good choice.

No! No! The horror!

Weak ticket.

The only way McCain will get my vote is if he picks Romney as his VP.

I don't see Romney as McCain's VP pick, but I suspect he could be part of a McCain Cabinet.

They will have my vote if Hillary is the Democratic choice.

A McCain and Romney ticket would destroy anything the libs could put together! I truly hope that these two people can make this happen. It would be the smartest thing thing McVain could do for the republican party. Gentlemen make it happern!

PLEASE PICK HILARY!!! That way you can get someone thats conservative and running under the democratic name, that way the republicans can steal some of the democratic votes, the women's vote, and it'll overall look good having a Repub/Democr. ticket!!!!!

I didn't really care for Mitt myself but it just might do the trick if Senator McCain can't find a viable black or woman candidate; and, don't mention Condi Rice. She is way to tied to Bush. If she had left the administration a year ago maybe.

Mike Huckabee won the red southern states – Mitt lost them! Mitt and McCain won the Blue northern states. It's a no-brainer. Mike Huckabee should be the VP. Huckabee is the true conservative. Mitt is a fake – pro abortion, pro gay marriage… I will not vote for MITT and many Huckabee supporters will not vote for him either. Mitt fought so dirty and slandered McCain so much that if he would now join up with they guy he said that "you'll never see me on a ticket with McCain", you've simply got to ask yourself what ego / power trip is this guy on? Although, Huckabee didn't agree with McCain, he was at least civil and honorable – something Mitt wasn't.

I imagine there are a few Republicans who would want to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency, especially considering that McCain, while fiery and strong-willed, is pretty old.

Whos the skull and whos the crossbones?

The fact that ROMNEY is such a calculated schemer ,it has to make one wonder. Is he looking at McCAINS ,,AGE and failing HEALTH and thinking that he would become PRESIDENT by default if McCAIN did not live through his first TERM.?? .EVERBODY KNOWS These TWO clearly cant stand each other at all.

If Romney and McCain are together, the Republicans will win. The economy is struggling, a war against terrorism is raging, and these two can help the nation.

Interesting combination. The republicans need a wow factor – I kind of thought that he would pick someone like Colin Powell or Condi Rice to stir up the election and bring some excitement to his team.

Romnney While Govenor of MA made big cuts in education and now with his health care for all many that did not have health insurance and are now required to have it or be fined, are opting for the fine as less expensive. That backfired.

SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLAN………HOPE IT HAPPENS!

Brilliant! There's hope (copyright OH Obama) after all…….

McCain/Romney would be great, however, Romney/McCain would have been better

Yeah…Go ahead McCain…Choose Romney…They could make a reality sitcom about the two of you…The handicapped guy and the sleezy used car salesman…

Whatever you do, or whoever you choose. If Obama is chosen for the Dem's… Then I hope you wipe the floor with him. In the

Final Election Run…

Though I still think of what you do with Hillary at your side

(Not Rickety Rick)….

Hilly you are so silly

Great ticket……I'm a democrat voting republican

Take the Hillary, please.

She was a Goldwater Gal that should speak for something. Please GOP, take her back, take her back. She's driving us crazy. I can't stand her voice, that head bobbing, that phony smile, those exaggerated wild-eye looks.

Take her back……

Romney probably realizes McCain is too old to live through his term.

Don't do it! Take Mike Huckabee, but not Mitt R. Mitt is still a flip-flop (now more than ever since he said he'd NEVER be McCain's VP). Can't trust Mitt at all. I'm a Rep. voter, but won't go for Mitt as P. or VP.

Yes, and then Obama and Clinton will be a joint ticket and pigs will fly. Yeah right, I really hope McCain does not pick the bigot Romney, and I hope Obama does not pick scary Hillary.

Finally, some potentially good news from the GOPers.

Hope this works out.

Ummm…Romney did not carry the conservative vote. Huckabee did. If not for him – Huckabee would have won SC, MO, OK & possibly some others.

If, as Geraldine suggests "the truth is the truth is the truth", then why did Obamas advisor have to leave for calling Hillary a monster?

I'm voting for you John…and begging you…please do NOT add Mitt Romney OR Rick Perry…they're cut from the same used car salesman cloth!!! I don't care for Giuliani’s social views, but would prefer that to these gentlemen.

YOU received the nomination because YOU appeal to the centrist conservative and to those who have followed your political career where you WORK WITH democrats, just as President Bush did as governor.

Just please win and retain that value that gets you there…do not pander to the far right base nor go too far to capitulate the far liberal left.

Centrists discuss issues…the others (Left/Right) follow a party brand!!! They are sheep and only root for a party like a football team!!!

Whatever~the Republicans are going to be toast even if it were a McCain/God ticket.

Carol, I believe you mean lose.

And why wouldn't he want to become a running mate with John Mcain? Because he said so that's why! I forget that in the land of make believe (as politics) what you say and what you do are not synonymous.

Wolf ..Que honda?

A Jonny Mitty ticket would counter and offset a perception and just that a perception. Reality shall dictate the real platform. This includes the fact that in terms of immigration Mitt and the extreme right have become somewhat irrelevant in terms of this debate. So have the media that drives them, namley Lou Dobbs who is featured on CNN.

The nominee is John. He has made his position clear. This is surfac enon substantial illusive pandering. The argument is over. Comprehensive immigration reform is here according to the republican nominees past promises and position.. Wolf tell Lou he lost and his vendetta is irrelevant.

Yeah right, let's bring a cult member to the white house. We need that so much.

McCain-Romney is the GOP dream ticket.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…..

Wake me when they start talking about the Dems.

Obama 08

News? Not!

I'd sooner vote for Britney Spears and Paris Hilton on a combined ticket than Mitt Romney on any ticket. That man is bad news for the bottom 99% of the earners of this country. He's also apparently a huge fan of war and torture. No thanks.

could it really be that easy to elect obama?

pinch me, I'm dreaming.

Romney and McCain would be an extremely strong duo. With McCain's miliatry experience and Romney's economic experience, America could finally move forward.

And why wouldn't he want to become a running mate with John Mcain? Because he said so that's why! I forget that in the land of make believe (as politics) what you say and what you do are not synonomous.

I suspect that Romney exited so early because he cut a deal with McCain. McCain will fight the war on terror and Romney will address the economy and illegal immigrant issues. It is a dream ticket.

The nightmare team. I'm loving it. O8bama.

I'm not sure I'd like to see that. Romney is about a thousand times smarter, more honest, more impressive, inspiring, knowledgable, and charismatic than McCain, and he will quickly outshine him on the ticket. It would be bad for Republicans because it would show how badly they messed up their nomination by the irrational campaigns of fringe candidates like Paul and Huckabee, and bad for Democrats because there would be an actual qualified candidate in the race (a guy who HAS been a brilliantly successful executive leader his entire life, not a senator/life long politician or a short term junior senator like the other three).

I'd have to think about that one for a while.

A far left radical or a moderate conservative? the decision is easy. As a black gay man i support McCain Romney.

Democrats are foolish to think Obama is a uniter just as republicans said in 2000 that Bush was.

The best thing that can happen to the Republican party is for Obama to be president. he DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING!

NO valid experience. NONE! Its not fear mongering.. its a fact. I don\t let my 9 year old drive a school bus.. come on. why has he even gone THIS far? Race and Hillary Hate.. that's NOT a political platform.

….Good! All the more reason to vote for a democrat.

No VP candidate can make McSame as Bush win in November. The only way that will happen is if Obama is the Democratic candidate.

Ron Paul would make a better President

I think a McCain Romney ticket would be AWESOME. We would have someone who understands national security to help with Iraq and someone who understands the economy and can work with congress as the president of the senate.

I can tell you basically the end of the Democratic primaries. Clinton winning PA but most the rest going to Obama. Leaveing Obama with a higher amount of PLedge delegates and the popular vote would either be a tie or Obama winning. Obama probably getting the Nomination.

The End is that the Democrats will not make it to the presidency. I'm a White Male Veteran fully supporting Obama, and think he be the best canidate. The problem is How negative towards Obama Clintons will go. Now two Women Supporters coming out and saying Obama is winning cause hes black, has not right in Politics. Democrats need both Women and African Americans to win. All i see is Obama winning and women feeling so pissed off they rather have McCain (which is everything Clinton and Obama is against) or Clinton wins and African Americans and youth vote not voting. Either way another 8 years of Bush is going to be elected unless people wake up. McCain is the bigger threat to America then Clinton or Obama!!! please remember that!

who cares???? both of you will loose anyway! \

GO HILLARY!

I would guess it is between Romney or Huckabee. McCain has to, I mean HAS TO pick a younger, somewhat good-looking true conservative.

These are MUSTS if he is going to have a fighting chance.

Romney is a clean good guy. He will help McCain secure the presidential election in November. Way to go!

With Romney McCain will win in November

If McCain and Romney can get together after all their fighting and name calling then that means that the Clinton/Obama dream ticket is nothing short of inevitable. Hallelujah!

McCain-Romney is a winning ticket. If Obama is the Democratic nominee I am definitely voting for McCain (I'm a Democrat but support(ed) both Romney and Clinton). It's the economy, stupid! And we need experience in the White House — not speeches and rhetoric. I'm voting for the person (and ticket) that I think is best for America — not gender, and not race — experience is the most important thing we should be looking for. Not a "roll of the dice."

This would be a welcomed gift to the democratic party. Romney is such an easy target with his flip-flopping. Let's not forget that Huckabee did better then Romney while Romney outspent him 100-1. That tells you how well Romney's electability is.

Mitt just wants to be in the White House badly! He'll do anything – switch positions on major issues, say the prevailing buzz words, spend his fortune and make friends with enemies – to accomplish this desire.

Where is the conviction, Mitt?

Mccain can do better by choosing M. Bloomberg as his VP candidate.
Mayor Bloomberg is a good man and a good Mayor of the biggest City
in the world.. He also happens to have unlimited resources.
On the democratic side. The Ferraro statements were not racist but were used by the Obama camp as such. After the So. Caroilna and
Mississippi primaries, in which the African-american Votes were so lopsided against Hillary (80 percent and 90 percent respectively),
I have come to believe that it is the Afro-Americans who have made the RACE issue come out in the primary campaigns. I dont remember any election where this has happened in the Afro-American voting patterns.. If this were not true, in my opinion, at least 20 or more percent of the Afro-Americans would have voted for Hillary
just based on the issues and qualifications and experience of both Obama and Hillary.. I perceivethat indeed Race has entered and will be an issue for the rest of the primaries and even thru the general election. Further , a Georgia super Delegate (J. Lewis)switched from Hillary to Obama after having received so much support by the Clintons (Bill and Hillary) in the past.. Sadly, that kind of non-loyalty summed up: One who has a friend like Lewis , does not need enemies.
is best summed up: One who has a friend like

Well, that would make him even easier for Obama to defeat. McCain isn't very articulate, is he? – using "I got that impression", twice in the same sentence. And then Romney using "honored" repeatedly. . . Hmm, well redundancy from the Republicans does not surprise me. It's always the same, old thing, over and over again.

OBAMA '08 and '12!

pick a popular gov. of a battleground state

When Obama won Iowa, the Clinton campaign said it's not the number of states you win, it's "a contest for delegates."

When Obama won a significant lead in delegates, they said it's really about which states you win.

When Obama won South Carolina, they discounted the votes of African-Americans.

When Obama won predominantly white, rural states like Idaho, Utah, and Nebraska, they said those didn't count because they won't be competitive in the general election.

When Obama won in Washington State, Wisconsin, and Missouri — general election battlegrounds where polls show Barack is a stronger candidate against John McCain — the Clinton campaign attacked those voters as "latte-sipping" elitists.

And now that Obama campaign has won more than twice as many states, the Clinton spin is that only certain states really count.

But the facts are clear.

For all their attempts to discount, distract, and distort, Barack Obama has won more delegates, more states, and more votes.

Meanwhile, more than half of the votes that Senator Clinton has won so far have come from just five states. And in four of these five states, polls show that Barack would be a stronger general election candidate against McCain than Clinton.

I'd love to see it happen, but I highly doubt it will.

PLEASE PICK ROMNEY!
HE WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL!

Mc.Cain expert in national security, and Romney expert in the economy…hmm!!!!! That sounds like a perfect combination, excatly what we need after Bush's mess. I approve!!!!!

If no Hillary/Edwards, then i will vote Mc.Cain/Romney 2008.

It doesn't matter whom McCain picks. The next president will be either Obama or Clinton.

I can't wait for the senate to set up a special prosecuter to investgate Obama's wifes dealings. The might want to ask her how it was that she was being paid over 200,000,.00 per year working 20 hours a week for a hospital whose earnings increased 1 billion her 1st year. And was it a kick back since they hired her 2 months after her husband was elected to office. The hospital was turning away people who couldnt pay and one person even died as a result. How come Obama hasn't turned in his wifes tax return? How about her buying a peice of land from the cheat on trial right now for a fraction of what he paid for it. What is she doing- laundering money? Between the two of them they earned 800,000.00 last year and it should be over 1 million this year? Out for the little guy. right! The only thing Obama is out for is who he can swindle out of money. He bills he wrote started off good but once the companys paid him off he watered them down so much they were meaningless. He is a crook and will be worse than Bush. Think! Where is all that money coming from. Certainly not just you and me. There is some heavy hitters in the back ground and those are the people he will owe favors to in the future.

McCain would lose my vote by selecting Romney.

Hey – if McCain wants any hope of getting anywhere he should choose Hillary as his veep. She'll be available, fighting mad, be carrying the baggage of some racists-obsessive cult followers, and looking for an opportunity to try to build her resume up to something moe than just what is in her own imagination. GO McChillary!!!!!!!

The only way I'm voting for McCain this year is if Romney is on the ticket as VP. Anyone else and I'm voting third party or … *gulp* Obama.

As nice as this all sounds, I would bet a good fortune Romney would never be chosen to run with McCain, let alone accept the position!I love Romney, but he doesn't play second fiddle to anyone!

I bet huckabee is kicking himself in the pants right now though!!….Good!

Romney is a known flip flopper anyway..RonPaul is pricipled he would never change his spots like a chameleon does to suite the current enviroment.shame on you Romney..

I think this would be a good ticket if McCain feels comfortable with it. God knows we need help with our economy; something that Democrats are not particularly noted for. I just really hope that Romney realizes he would be #2 and gets the h*** off his high horse. People don't like people who think too highly of themselves. It's obvious that Romney is a hard worker, but he's not the only person who works hard in this country and he needs to stop giving the impression that he thinks he is. Less talk; more results.

Senator McCain – Please, please don't pick Romney, because then I will have no one to vote for should Obama get the nomination. Could you maybe find a qualified woman?

My dream team, believe it or not, would be McCain/Clintion in either order. Do the thing only you could do, go with a Democrat and get everyone together. Then maybe Congress could finally get some work done and clean up this hell that Bush has left us.

Oh well, we all have our fantasies. Will be happy when this election season is over and my fatasies become more entertaining again.

Nobody can excite the crowds like good o' Mitt. He was willing to say and do anything to get elected so why not say and do anything to get the VP spot. It's not like he has any principles left to lose at this point.

I disagree with Johnny McCain on most issues. However, even I can acknowledge that McCain can do better than Romney.

If McCain really wants to capture all of the Republican vote, Romney would be his best choice.

Definately a ticket I would vote for.

Romney would be an excellent VP choice. His credentials and leadership are amazing! The question is, can McCain swallow his pride and nominate the turnaround kid.

I don't care who your running mate is at this point. As a democrat I will be voting for McCain if Obama gets the nomination. I don't like the way they (Obama supporters and staff) keep turning every statement people make into racist comments, even when they are stated as fact. I like having my freedom of speech and don't appreciate it being smothered. Romney would work for me.

Hmm! McCain does not appear that interested!

Huckabee would be a better choice!

There's no way McCain picks Romney. Super Tuesday proved that the Bible Belt is not prepared to embrace Romney – most likely due to his religion. Any benefit McCain would gain by choosing Romney for his economic strength would be more than offset by losing votes in the religiously intolerant South.

if mitt romney goes with mc cain the democracts are in trouble , and hillary and obama will have to go together …..

I don't think that picking Romney would be in McCain's best interest. He can do better, but its the republican party, so there is only so good that you can do…

Obama Richardson 08!!!

I'm sorry, but McCain doing this would indirectly impart legitimacy to Obama gifting the VP spot to Hillary. J
ohn McCain has plenty of potential problems and this obvious and craven attempt at legitimacy with the Limbaughs of the world will not help. It will only make him look weak.

Ick…

I was considering voting for McCain if Clinton managed to worm her way into the Dem Nomination. I guess Nader will get my vote then.

Condi would be a smarter choice, but don't listen to me. Please pick Romney. It will gaurentee Obama 08!

A far left radical or a moderate conservative? the decision is easy. Ad a black gay man i support McCain Romney.

Democrats are foolish to think Obama is a uniter just as republicans said in 2000 that Bush was.

The best thing that can happen to the Republican party is for Obama to be president. he DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING!

NO valid experience. NONE! Its not fear mongering.. its a fact. I don\t let my 9 year old drive a school bus.. come on. why has he even gone THIS far? Race and Hillary Hate.. that's NOT a political platform.

Romney might be a good pick for McCain, but there are other ones out there too. I'm sure he's looking at all the possibilities. In any event, at least he's getting some ink from the press. Amazing how Clinton keeps whining about the sexist and unfair media. If anyone has a right to complain about media coverage, it's John McCain and the Republican party! Talk about biased coverage of the election cycle when they devote 3 times the amount of news coverage to democrats over republicans.

Anybody but Obama in the White House

That might work. they can FLIP FLOP together.

If McCain is smart enough to ask Mitt Romney to be his running mate then that means I would only have to hold one side of my nose in order to vote for McCain! We need Romney to use his business brilliance, to help our floundering economy. I have been doing some research on Romney by using Google search, from what I read this man is a star in his business dealings and family issues, and we wouldn't have to worry about a nasty scandal such as the one with Spitzer, he is a wonderful family man who loves his wife deeply.Anyway come on McCain, do the right thing for once and ask Romney to be your VP.

I really hope they run together… it will ensure the demise of the Republican Party in the White House (that is, unless Hillary competely destroys the Democratic Party first.)

Hope you read my letter to you 2 weeks ago asking you to pick him!
McCain/Romney 2008! You are the Dream Team!

Who cares……

they will make great odd cuple

Romney is not as half as honorable as McCain is and McCain not as half as educated as Romney. If something is "not going to happen", than it will be the McCain / Romney ticket.

By the way; Barack Obama will be the next president of the U.S.A, not McCain

just from the looks, Romney seems presidential………………just a comment.

I think Romney would serve our country well in any position. He certainly has the credentials and the badly needed leadership skills. He had over 4 million votes (hardly all Mormons) before he dropped out. He is well liked within the party.

I am a little hesitant to think the republicans can pull off a win in November when the conservative portion split during the primaries with bigotry between the evangelicals and the Mormons. Can we trust the evangelicals to stop?

If we can get Hillary and Obama to split up, the Republicans will win because of the cross-over votes. With Mitt as VP, the evangelicals will vote for a pro-abortion candidate before Mitt, which again shows their faulty pride. McCain needs to see what the Dem's ticket is before naming any VP.

A McCain-Romney ticket would have my vote in a second.

I doubt that this will ever happen, because, McCain hates Romney and his money.

There's a scary duo.

If McCain picks Romney and Romney accepts, it's going to be real hard for anyone to believe anything they say. I'll certainly have a hard time with that after months of them belittling each other and slandering one another.

Then we're supposed to turn around and all believe that they have respect for each other and that they can work together? If so, then it just shows the lack of integrity and character in politics.

He would be McCain's saving grace. A man with honor, integrity, intelligence and grace.

Please, please pick Romney John….. and be the first Republican in modern history to balance the budget!!!

Well….this would be awesome.

Mccain/Rommney vs Obama/Richardson

He's toast if he picks that phony.

I voted democratic in the primary but I would definitely vote for McCain/Romney ticket in the General Election.

i've said it once and i'll say it yet again, if romney becomes president i will be forced to move my family out of the country.

Same old people doing same old thing. Not anymore. Obama 08!

Excellent. I'm an Obama supporter but I'm checking our my options now that Hillary is causing the party to implode. I always liked Romney's intelligence and you guys are actually starting to look like the reasonable ones!

McCain/Romney would have my vote.

A McCain-Rommey Ticket would be a lot better than a McCain Huckabee Ticket.

Please, please pick Romney John!

It'll mean a nice, quick end to you.

Getting Romney on the ticket would just be another political game. He'd only be using him to gather (or attempt to gather) the conservative vote. Politics as usual.

Given that the economy is going to be a huge issue, McCain needs to have an economy stalwart as his VP. He already brings the foreign relations/national security. Also the Senator usually needs a Governor to balance their ticket as well.

the republican party gave us george w. bush and will forever be irrelevant as far as i am concerned.

Great have Romney as a VP and I know tons of republicans that would rather vote for Obama. McCain would for sure lose with no doubt!

So What!?
He's not going to get it.

Don't pick Romney

Now this is a dream ticket (so would be Mc Cain and Huckabee)

This County needs strong leadership in our next President. I am sorry but this year the Democratic side just doesn't have it in either candidate.

This would be an unbeatable ticket and we really need someone to help straighten out our broken economy. GO MITT !!!

I think that would be a good ticket.

wow,seems he stopped being arrogant. Thanx to Karl Rove!

A VP bid will be political suicide if it's linked with McCain. Romney no doubt will be eyeing the presidential bid in 2012, and it would be better for him to distance himself from the polarizing McCain.

But it won't matter. Four or Eight more years of flawed economic policy will push more and more people to study and accept Austrian Economics. The Keynesians won't rule forever.

Romney was popular with the traditional conservative vote – those unhappy with McCain. Pulling the two camps together would be a smart move.

A smart move – something the democrats haven't yet made as their two bitter rivals continue tearing each other down… spending all that campaign cash throwing mud.

OH Lord! Not these two guys. If McCain takes on Romney as a VP Candidate then we don t have anything to worry about.

We will win the White House for sure………..Go Obama & Clinton

OBAMA/McCASKILL 08

or

CLINTON/RICHARDS

Sounds to me like Romney is begging for a return on his investments.
The man dropped out tooooo sooooooooon.
kinda makes you laugh.

You need Hillary on your side.. Help get the womens vote…

Her Dad was a Republican I believe…

John and Hillary One and Two

McCain will loose my vote.

I thought Hillary would be a good running mate For MCcain.

It would be a good ticket.

WHO CARES ?