McCain to name his veep choice on Aug. 29?

August 19th, 2008 – 9:21 AM by Bob von Sternberg

According to a report posted online this morning, John McCain plans to name his running mate on Aug. 29, which happens to be his 72nd birthday — and, not coincidentally, the day after Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination.

The report, attributed to unnamed Republican sources by the Politico, emphasized the fact that McCain has kept virtually everyone in the dark about his choice, but referred to Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as “prime contenders.”

The report goes on to say:

The campaign has begun building a crowd of 10,000 for Dayton, Ohio, according to an organizer. McCain is scheduled to appear with his running mate at a large-scale event in Pennsylvania shortly thereafter.

Senior Republicans are in the dark about who he’ll name, although they say former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty are prime contenders after a trial balloon by McCain gave him very negative feedback about the idea of picking an abortion-rights running mate such as Tom Ridge, the former governor of Pennsylvania and the first secretary of homeland security.

Sources close to McCain say he has wrestled with the choice, torn between a high-stakes, high-reward pick like Ridge or Connecticut Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman — the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000 — or a safer and more conventional selection such as Romney or Pawlenty….

The announcement strategy — provided McCain doesn’t change it — calls for naming the pick early Friday morning to try to suppress Obama’s bounce coming out of his convention.

“You’re going to own the weekend,” a McCain official said.

The Republican convention begins the following Monday — Labor Day — in St. Paul, Minn.

Update: More tea-leaf reading on the veepstakes, courtesy of MSNBC’s Chuck Todd:

“The growing Republican CW is twofold. One, Pawlenty appears to be the safest pick, given that one no one is vetoing him. And two, McCain is more likely than Obama to upend the CW with his decision.”

Later update: The Associated Press is reporting that Pawlenty is heading back on the road to stump for McCain.

Prospective vice presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty is gearing up for a weekend campaign swing in Ohio and Pennsylvania on behalf of Republican John McCain.

Minnesota’s GOP governor says he’s heading to the two important battleground states to give speeches and rally McCain supporters. Pawlenty has been on the road for McCain much of the summer, including Monday in Wisconsin.

He refuses to answer questions about his possible place on McCain’s ticket. Pawlenty says he might travel to Denver next week as a McCain surrogate during the Democratic National Convention. No details on that trip have been firmed up.

38 Responses to "McCain to name his veep choice on Aug. 29?"

Professor Dickface says:

August 19th, 2008 at 9:58 am

Robert Grant Rules!!!

Robert Grant says:

August 19th, 2008 at 11:45 am

Pawlenty would be a fine choice.

Robert Grant says:

August 19th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

3 Questions that all canidates need to answer correctly before they get my vote: #1 What are the 10 best Def Leppard songs (Excluding Pyromania of course) #2 Dale Jarrett or Dale Earnhardt? And #3 How does the posi-track on a 77′ Plymouth work?

Robert Grant says:

August 19th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

Answers to follow……..Don’t want any cheaters

Robert Grant says:

August 19th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

Professor Dickface Rules!!!!!!

Fred Goldberg says:

August 20th, 2008 at 11:12 am

What’s with the comments?

Obama will lose big, and Franken won’t even be a factor. The DFL better pull their collective heads out of their behinds.

Robert Grant says:

August 20th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

Ich bin am besten!

Fred Goldberg says:

August 20th, 2008 at 1:11 pm

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Robert Grant says:

August 21st, 2008 at 9:58 am

Poll: Obama up in Minnesota by 10 points
Last update: August 21, 2008 - 9:21 AM

A Minnesota Public Radio and University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute poll shows that Democrat Barack Obama has a double-digit cushion in Minnesota Republican John McCain in the race for president.

WOW!!!!!

A MPR and Humphrey poll???

This is absolutely shocking.

You folks at the Strib are brilliant.

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August 22nd, 2008 at 8:07 am

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I am the Best!

Robert Grant, sounds very intelligent says:

August 22nd, 2008 at 10:41 am

Du bist ein dumkopf. Ich bin am besten!!!

Robert "DickPhace" Grant says:

August 22nd, 2008 at 10:43 am

Silence, for I am the Best!

Robert Grant says:

August 22nd, 2008 at 3:46 pm

you spelled Dickface incorrectly.

Robert Grant says:

August 22nd, 2008 at 3:52 pm

Bush Told To Sign Birthday Treaty For Someone Named ‘Kyoto’

Last Update: August 22, 2008 - 9:27 AM
Associated Press

WASHINGTON—Enlisted by members of the House and Senate, presidential aide Rebecca Tandy brought a copy of the international climate-change treaty to President Bush’s desk Monday and asked him to sign a birthday document for a Japanese dignitary named “Kyoto Protocol.” “Mr. Protocol really likes treaties, so we got him this treaty instead of a card, so if you could just—all the other countries have already signed it,” a nervous Tandy reportedly said to Bush, who quickly scrawled his signature on the treaty and told her to tell Kyoto he said “hi.” “And now, if you could just initial here, and here, and here, and, oh, you can ignore all that stuff about sulfides. That’s just an inside joke.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi later attempted to get Bush to sign a “bar mitzvah stop-use agreement” for the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clusterbomb.

THESE ARE THE REAL ISSUES PEOPLE!!

WAKE UP!!!

I AM THE BEST

Old Bob says:

August 24th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

I want to state unequivocally and for the record that John McCain has not asked me to be his vice president.

Robert Grant says:

August 25th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

Obama Selects Biden Over Kaine
Last Update: August 24, 2008 - 4:20 AM
Associated Press

RICHMOND, VA—Inciting further speculation that Virginia governor Tim Kaine would be named Sen. Barack Obama’s running mate, snickering reports from the Kaine household have indicated that the 50-year-old father of three has the experience and leadership qualities necessary to become vice president—assuming the position is vice president of being a total dork. “Oh, sure, yeah, [Kaine] is definitely ready to fill out the ticket by appealing to white blue-collar workers and Latinos,” said Tim Kaine expert and daughter Annella Kaine, 13. “Not! He’ll probably be like, ‘Vote for me and I’ll make everyone go to bed early. Derr, derr, derr.’” For now, no official decision has been announced regarding the Democratic ticket, and Kaine’s children continue to maintain that nothing short of a high-level cabinet position will convince them to allow their dad to talk to any of their friends

OdinofAzgard says:

August 25th, 2008 at 10:23 pm

It won’t be Tim. When Minneapolis finished its poor imitation of London, Tim was finished in higher politics too.

The bridge falling down is too easily used as a metaphor for the last 8 years of Republican neglect.

And Tim looks better in profile, which might screw up
McCain’s efforts to replace Lincoln on the penny.

Robert Grant says:

August 27th, 2008 at 9:46 am

Bob,

I’d like to thank you for your updated info from the DNC. You do a hell of a job.

This paper couldn’t survive without you.

Tell Barnes that she’s a peach too.

Brain Wizard says:

August 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pm

Obama Modifies ‘Yes We Can’ Message To Exclude Area Loser

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last Update: August 27, 2008 - 10:20 AM

COLUMBIA, SC—In a nationally televised speech Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama altered his vision of a unified America to exclude Minnesota loser Robert Grant.
According to Obama, the 32-year-old Grant, who has lived with his parents intermittently since receiving his associate’s degree in 2001 and still does not have a credit card in his own name, no longer figures into the senator’s long-term plan of rallying Americans from all walks of life around a common, higher purpose.
“People of South Carolina, people of the world, this is our time, this is our moment,” Obama said before 72,000 supporters at the University of South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium. “That is, unless you live in apartment 3L at 1254 Lyndale Ave., you watched Money Train on TBS last night at 3 a.m., and your name is Robert Grant.”
An excerpt from Obama’s speech draws on his message of unity-minus-one.
“I have always said that the change we seek will not come easy, that it will not come without its share of sacrifice and struggle,” Obama continued. “And the last thing we need is dead weight like Robert Grant adding another 20 or 30 years to the process.”
The speech, entitled “A More Perfect Union Minus Robert Grant,” was 26 minutes long and contained the words “change” 12 times, “hope” 16 times, and “Robert,” in conjunction with the phrase “with the exception of,” 34 times.
Although Obama remained vague on issues such as health care and foreign policy, the Illinois senator was praised for finally publicly addressing the issue of Nate Walsh. Obama took a hard-line stance on Grant, calling the part-time driving-range employee the lone aspect of America he doesn’t believe in, a citizen who can languish in the past for all he cares, and “on top of everything else, kind of a jerk.”
“When I began this campaign, my mission was to help this nation share my vision for one America—not a black America, or a white America, or a Latino or Asian America,” Obama said. “But now what I see, what I envision, is a Robert-free America. And once we get rid of that guy, there is nothing we can’t accomplish. Nothing we can’t achieve.”
According to campaign strategist David Axelrod, Grant’s failure to remember his mother’s birthday five years in a row, along with the fact that for the entire month of July he washed his hair with a bar of soap because he was too lazy to purchase shampoo, are examples of the kind of hopelessness Obama is trying to avoid.
“I am reminded of an instance early last year when Robert told his sister, Elizabeth, that he was going to start going to the gym three times a week after work,” Obama said. “I was rooting for Robert. I thought that this time things would be different. That this time Robert would be capable of change. But it was just like 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2002 all over again. He went to the gym twice and quit.”
“What a loser,” Obama added.
In the hours following the speech, members of the McCain camp scrambled to respond to Obama’s views on Grant. In a statement last night, McCain applauded Obama’s position on the loser, but criticized him for not offering any real solutions to the Robert Grant problem. McCain went on to promise that, if elected, he would rid the world of Grant within his first 48 hours in office without raising taxes.
Perhaps the most stirring moment of Obama’s speech came at its conclusion, when he reasserted his call for change on the part of everyone except Grant, whom he urged to just change the channel to the Golden Girls marathon on Lifetime like he knows he wants to.
“People of America, not Robert, we have the ability to heal this nation,” Obama said. “Yes we can, Robert excluded, seize our future. Yes we can, with the exception of Robert and his stupid cargo shorts that he never washes, turn the page to a new tomorrow. I am confident that where we—and by ‘we’ I mean everyone but Robert—are met with cynicism and doubt and fear and those who tell us that we can’t, we—again, not Robert—will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of the American people in six simple words: Yes we can, Robert Grant.”
Added Obama: “God bless the people of South Carolina, God bless America, and fuck you, Robert.”

Robert Grant says:

August 27th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

Swell of Clinton delegates voting for Obama after nudge by her speech
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press

Last update: August 27, 2008 - 3:04 PM

Bob,

Do you people actually read this crap before you post it to your site?

Is Nedra related to Will Tacy?

Robert Grant says:

August 29th, 2008 at 10:41 am

Well, It’s official. Our entire political model needs an enema. This has become too much to stand. Obama is not qualified, McCain may be too old. Obama picks Biden (a real change), and McCain picks an unqualified woman.
His hope is to capture the female vote, and Obamas hope is to capture the young and minority vote.

Not one person involved is interested in any of the voters concerns (that’s us) If anyone thinks they are, they’re wrong.

Term limits are a must. Far too many political whores in Washington.

Strappo says:

August 30th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Sarah Palin! What a breathtaking pick!

I offer you this poetically true “interview” on a wine blog:

http://tdh46.typepad.com/mondosapore/2008/08/sarah-palin-goo.html#more

Robert "DickFace" Grant says:

September 1st, 2008 at 4:08 pm

Obama Modifies ‘Yes We Can’ Message To Exclude Area Loser

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last Update: August 27, 2008 - 10:20 AM

COLUMBIA, SC—In a nationally televised speech Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama altered his vision of a unified America to exclude Minnesota loser Robert Grant.
According to Obama, the 32-year-old Grant, who has lived with his parents intermittently since receiving his associate’s degree in 2001 and still does not have a credit card in his own name, no longer figures into the senator’s long-term plan of rallying Americans from all walks of life around a common, higher purpose.
“People of South Carolina, people of the world, this is our time, this is our moment,” Obama said before 72,000 supporters at the University of South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium. “That is, unless you live in apartment 3L at 1254 Lyndale Ave., you watched Money Train on TBS last night at 3 a.m., and your name is Robert Grant.”
An excerpt from Obama’s speech draws on his message of unity-minus-one.
“I have always said that the change we seek will not come easy, that it will not come without its share of sacrifice and struggle,” Obama continued. “And the last thing we need is dead weight like Robert Grant adding another 20 or 30 years to the process.”
The speech, entitled “A More Perfect Union Minus Robert Grant,” was 26 minutes long and contained the words “change” 12 times, “hope” 16 times, and “Robert,” in conjunction with the phrase “with the exception of,” 34 times.
Although Obama remained vague on issues such as health care and foreign policy, the Illinois senator was praised for finally publicly addressing the issue of Nate Walsh. Obama took a hard-line stance on Grant, calling the part-time driving-range employee the lone aspect of America he doesn’t believe in, a citizen who can languish in the past for all he cares, and “on top of everything else, kind of a jerk.”
“When I began this campaign, my mission was to help this nation share my vision for one America—not a black America, or a white America, or a Latino or Asian America,” Obama said. “But now what I see, what I envision, is a Robert-free America. And once we get rid of that guy, there is nothing we can’t accomplish. Nothing we can’t achieve.”
According to campaign strategist David Axelrod, Grant’s failure to remember his mother’s birthday five years in a row, along with the fact that for the entire month of July he washed his hair with a bar of soap because he was too lazy to purchase shampoo, are examples of the kind of hopelessness Obama is trying to avoid.
“I am reminded of an instance early last year when Robert told his sister, Elizabeth, that he was going to start going to the gym three times a week after work,” Obama said. “I was rooting for Robert. I thought that this time things would be different. That this time Robert would be capable of change. But it was just like 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2002 all over again. He went to the gym twice and quit.”
“What a loser,” Obama added.
In the hours following the speech, members of the McCain camp scrambled to respond to Obama’s views on Grant. In a statement last night, McCain applauded Obama’s position on the loser, but criticized him for not offering any real solutions to the Robert Grant problem. McCain went on to promise that, if elected, he would rid the world of Grant within his first 48 hours in office without raising taxes.
Perhaps the most stirring moment of Obama’s speech came at its conclusion, when he reasserted his call for change on the part of everyone except Grant, whom he urged to just change the channel to the Golden Girls marathon on Lifetime like he knows he wants to.
“People of America, not Robert, we have the ability to heal this nation,” Obama said. “Yes we can, Robert excluded, seize our future. Yes we can, with the exception of Robert and his stupid cargo shorts that he never washes, turn the page to a new tomorrow. I am confident that where we—and by ‘we’ I mean everyone but Robert—are met with cynicism and doubt and fear and those who tell us that we can’t, we—again, not Robert—will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of the American people in six simple words: Yes we can, Robert Grant.”
Added Obama: “God bless the people of South Carolina, God bless America, and fuck you, Robert.”

Robert Grant says:

September 2nd, 2008 at 7:32 am

Bob,

Does the Strib site moderate posts?

I’m not sure “fuck” should be allowed on a public blog site (see above.)

Your name is attached to this site, despite the fact that you have no interest in contributing.

Brain Wizard says:

September 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm

Dear Robert,

I find it funny how you think people, like BOB (Who you personally address many of your super awesome comments to), read this. Funny and sad…….but mostly funny. Anyway….have fun living in your illusion! Keep up the good attitude toward others! And remember, the world does revolve around you Robert!

Cheers to moderation. Fuck you Robert!

Robert Grant says:

September 2nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm

Bob,

Who do you think McCain will select?

Brain wizard, you just don’t get it, do you?

This paper is in ruins because of it’s moronic thinking. They rely on people like you to determine their success, but we both know you don’t have the brain power or financial means to make them succeed. You see, you are in the minority with your thinking. You just don’t realize it yet. Perhaps you never will.

Robert Grant says:

September 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 pm

urrbody iz stoopid cept mee

Brain Wizard says:

September 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 pm

“You see, you are in the minority with your thinking.”

And you think with the majority? I thought the world was stupid except for you? I don’t give two fucks about the tribs success or your opinions. You just don’t realize it yet. Perhaps you never will.

Brain Wizard!!!!!! says:

September 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm

NASCAR RULES!!!! DALE EARNHARDT DIED FOR OUR SINS!!!!

Brain Wizard!!!!!! says:

September 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 pm

“Who do you think McCain will select?”

Little late for this question eh Robert? Pretty sure he made his choice way before you asked this. “This paper is in ruins because of it’s moronic thinking” Thanks for your thoughts

Robert Grant says:

September 3rd, 2008 at 7:47 am

Brain wizard,

Here’s a job for you today. Research the definition of “ironical.”

See if you can use that word in my question to Bob.

You’re right on top of things. I think the name fits well.

You were posting pretty late last night. Must have been break time at White Castle.