MCCAIN CHANGES SCHEDULE TO MEET WITH JINDAL
Readers of The Palmetto Scoop are going to be completely shocked when they read this because we all totally thought Gov. Mark Sanford was going to be GOP presidential nominee John McCain’s running mate, but it looks like there’s a new frontrunner in the Republican veepstakes.
McCain will divert his week-long schedule to battleground states and make an impromptu stop in Louisiana Wednesday where he will meet with Gov. Bobby Jindal, who sources say is being “seriously considered” as a vice presidential choice.
If McCain picked Jindal, it would have several immediate echoes in the race.
First, McCain would essentially cede one of the main pillars of his argument against Obama: experience. Jindal is a nearly a decade younger than Obama and, although he served in Congress before being elected governor, his foreign policy resume is at least as thin as Obama’s.
Second, and more positively for McCain, naming Jindal would be a major symbolic step in fundamentally re-branding the Republican party. Jindal, an Indian-American, would put a whole new face on a party that is widely seen by voters as controlled by old white men.
A Jindal pick is the definition of unorthodox. But, in an election cycle where the Republican brand is as badly tarnished as at any time in recent memory, a “Hail Mary” (or “Hail Bobby”) may be warranted. [Washington Post]
Dammit. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride! Can’t a South Carolina governor who made absolutely no effort to help McCain and has done just about everything possible to emaciate his chances at being veep get a little love?
Oh well, someone cue up The Eagles’ “New Kid in Town.”
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Nobody with at least half a brain wants to ride the Short Bus Express off that cliff.
Nobody with at least half a brain would pick Mark Sanford for Veep.
Loulou - agreed.
Sanford is still being considered. Maybe he can use the publicity to run against Obama in 2012.
I bet they make Sanford Chairman of the RNC. That was supposed to give Gilmore enough power to run in ‘08, but look how far that got him. Of course, Sanford is smarter than that.
WHY would they give Sanford anything. He selfishly shunned Mccain, then didn’t prepare one iotta for the CNN interview with softball questions. Sanford thought CNN would let him get away with having nothing to say like the SC media does. His lack of preparation shows lack of respect for his office.
If Mark Sanford is the best the GOP has to offer for VP, lets all get used to saying President Obama.
McCain would be stupid to offer Sanford anything including Ambassador to Luxembourg.