# Who will/should McCain pick as running mate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-should-mccain-pick-as-running-mate/453391>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 18, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-should-mccain-pick-as-running-mate/453391 "2008-06-18T19:42:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-should-mccain-pick-as-running-mate/453391/201 "2008-08-29T13:12:33Z")

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Done.

If McCain does pick Lieberman it’ll be interesting (rather unlike Lieberman himself, but oh well) because it will be such a major play for the middle. They’ll be playing up the whole national security angle and McCain will talk about how he’s going beyond partisan politics and so forth. Does it work? I don’t know, and I don’t know how much it will alienate conservatives - and not just the religious right, because Lieberman isn’t an economic conservative either.

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**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-should-mccain-pick-as-running-mate/453391/202 "2008-08-29T13:16:49Z")

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I hope it’s Lieberman. That would really impress me.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-should-mccain-pick-as-running-mate/453391/203 "2008-08-29T13:40:23Z")

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[QUOTE=JohnnieEnigma]  
If the rumors about Palin prove to be false and he chooses Ridge, I’ll be disappointed.  
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And I’ll look like an idiot.

[I say this because CNBC is reporting that a “GOP Strategist” says it’s Palin.](http://www.cnbc.com/id/26454655)

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