Shomer fuckin’ Shabbos.
That probably rules out Cantor too, then.
Do we know that Lieberman definitely doesn’t roll on Shabbos?
Apparently - for campaigning at least - unless he’s flip-flopped. 
Ok, I guess you are right, he won’t roll on shabbos. Damn!
I believe the official VP announcement rally is on Friday, not Saturday. So unless it goes past 5PM or so, Lieberman’s still good to go. Lieberman would have to miss any Saturday morning/afternoon rally, but the VP candidate doesn’t have to show up to every single one, does he?
But I doubt it will be him. Gotta say, McCain really does have a crappy field to choose from. Pawlenty is an unknown and young, and goes against McCain’s whole “look at how inexperienced and callow Obama is!” tactic. Romney is a millionaire who hurts McCain’s “Obama is elitist” cry. Lieberman is prochoice and, as much as he fellates the Bush administration, is still not as rightwing as the Republicans want. Also? He persists in being not Christian willfully and with malice aforethought.
Really, there are huge negatives for almost every likely choice.
I never understood why the Marc Sanford from South Carolina didn’t get more attention. On a passing glance he appeared to have all the bases covered.
The often overlooked (around here) truth is that Lieberman is an old-fashioned Democrat who is only with the Bush administration on the war and national security issues, and on some cultural issues like entertainment which aren’t getting a lot of attention in 2008 anyway.
I still think Sarah Palin would be a good choice for him. A youthful, popular governor, pro-life, fiscal and social conservative, publically Christian, son in the military, life-time member of the NRA, executive experience, and, uh…something else…uhhh…oh, yeah, two X chromosomes! Which would be an excellent way to court some people interested in seeing a woman [an old-man’s-whithering-heartbeat-away from being] in the White House.
Wel, the stars are aligning for this one. I know there is a lot of excitement in my neck of the woods for Obama and PA and OH might actually follow suite. Who knows - but it’s ripe for a democrat - I will say that!
And while I know Shodan loves to prattle on with his “evil mean libruls” shtick, I wasn’t aware that there are lots of people on the SDMB that hate him. Just a lot of “meh”.
-Joe
What part of the country is Bag End in, actually? I mean, besides the Shire? Or is that my answer - you live with Kucinich?
Connecticut. Bag End has always been in Connecticut but here in CT we call it Gungywamp - it resembles Bag End, here’s the Wiki entry for it.
She would have been, before she got butt-deep in her own scandal. Even if there’s not much to it (and I really don’t know that much about it), she’s going to have to spend a lot of time talking about it, not to mention the rest of the woes among Alaska Republicans.
How cool is that?
I hadn’t heard about her scandal; what’s it about?
I’m surprised Mike Huckabee hasn’t been getting more attention. As an articulate, personable, conservative evangelical Southern ex-governor who did pretty well in the GOP primaries and never really beat up on McCain, I think he’d be a natural as a running mate.
The AP says McCain could announce his Veep pick as early as tomorrow.
Here’s the section from her Wikipedia page. Basically, she fired the state’s Commissioner of Public Safety, and he says it’s because he wouldn’t fire a state trooper who had a nasty divorce and custody battle with Palin’s sister. She says that had nothing to do with it.
There may not be much there, but it’s not like there has to be much there for it to be an issue. (See Rezco, Ayers, et. al.)
He was so great on Colbert last night; I love him every time I see him. It’s my secret shame.
Romney would probably help McCain in Michigan, at least to the extent that any vice-presidential candidate can. His message during the primaries was heavily focused on the economy, which is probably more important here in Michigan than everywhere else.
And he was born and grew up in Michigan. Now, I don’t think the “Romney legacy” (his father was governor in the 60s) will win McCain any votes that he wouldn’t have already gotten from older Republicans. However, Mitt can tell stories about growing up in Michigan, and knowing Michigan workers, and sympathising with them and so forth, and understanding the Michigan manufacturing economy, and that likely will go over well.
Contrasting Romney’s history with Obama’s avoidance of Michigan in the primaries may be appealing from the Republican side.
Whether all that will be worth a bucket of warm spit (to reuse a phrase) come election day, I don’t know. There are a few other factors that I suspect will play a larger role thatn the VP pick. But Romney would surely help McCain more than anyone else, at least in Michigan.
The scandal involves Palin firing the Commissioner of Public Safety. It’s alleged that she fired him because he didn’t fire a certain state trooper – who is the ex-husband of Palin’s sister with whom he’s currently involved in an ugly custody battle. The trooper sounds like a fruitcake with a violent streak, since he is alleged to have tasered his own stepson and threatened to kill his wife’s father (i.e. Palin’s dad)
In her defense, Palin says she fired the Commish because he didn’t fulfill certain trooper hiring practices, or something. She also says that she didn’t know about boatloads of taped conversations from her aides’ offices to the Commissioner’s office.
I dunno. If the trooper’s this big a nutcase who threatened someone’s life, seems like he should’ve been suspended or fired anyway. But one can’t condone misuse of political power. So it’s a tough situation. Palin’s incredibly popular, though, and I can see her riding the storm pretty easily.