Lieberman could still never get me to vote for a Clinton, though.

McCain picks Obama

Obama picks McCain

Senator Obama will pick someone who can bask comfortablly in the glow that emanates from his persona, someone who will not threaten to promote substance over style. Given that he is 1) so far from the mainstream, 2) owes the establishment nothing, and 3) is convinced that it is in the bag, I expect him to reach way outside the top thirty or forty candidates and do something totally unexpected. Senator Obama doesn't need anyone to fill the ticket other than in a perfunctory manner just because someone has to be there. I don't know enough about his past to guess who he might pick, but like I said, I'll bet it comes out of, ahem, left field.

IIRC, the democratic primary literally went down to the wire. The result of the race was literally neck and neck with a small lead for Obama. Hardly what I would call a political storm dropping a house on her. Rather it was an incredibly tough political fight that seemed to last forever...

On the other hand...

You have John McCain whose campaign was literally given up for dead and had a zombie resurrection because the social cons wanted Hagee, the fiscal cons wanted Romney and the wacko cons wanted Giuliani. And because of the "winner takes all" rules in the majority of the GOP primaries, McCain could still win with only a plurality of the votes - not a majority.

So, who's the nominee by having a house dropped on their opponent? I'd say it's McCain.

Still, I think I'll do an animation of McCain flying around on the broom and unleashing his flying monkeys just because it makes me giggle to think about it.

"You and your little dog, too!"

I can just see him cackling as he screams that.

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No question, a force composed of conflicting fronts, with great sound a fury, signfying nothing and leaving nothing, "in Toto", but destruction in it's path!
"HAIL FROM THE CHIEF??"

The Constitution requires that VPs be qualified to serve as president. Bill Clinton isn't, owing to having served eight years already.

I don't know if it's so clear. The 22nd amendment blocks Clinton from being elected president again. The 12th amendment says "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States." Eligible to *what* the office? Hold the office? Be elected to the office?

Of course, Bill Clinton won't be (and shouldn't be) chosen, so this is academic.

Let's face it, Obama only stands a chance because a political storm dropped a house on Hillary!

Ah, Floyd? Obama was the storm...

As for Hagel, he was my first choice for president, so having him on the ticket sounds good to me...

As far as I can tell, there's no Constitutional bar to Bill Clinton being elected Vice President, or serving as President should Obama (or McCain) die or leave office.

The Constitution requires that VPs be qualified to serve as president. Bill Clinton isn't, owing to having served eight years already.

Yes, I'm waiting for the unleashing of McCain's Flying Monkeys.

Surrender Obama written in the air with the smoke from his broom.

"It's a pig that looks like a locomotive and tastes like flowers!"

It's hard to imagine this being "bold" when all the Washington media would swoon seeing the embodiment of centrism on a ticket. "bold" would be doing something counter to conventional wisdom which actually makes sense. Choosing someone from the other party would be right in line with conventional wisdom and wouldn't make any sense what so ever.

Still, I want Lieberman on McCain's ticket. Having the whiner twins running would be nirvana. Watching them continuously wag their fingers in a non stop scold-a-thon would be like walking on a cloud of fresh pork.