townhall.com - 8/27/2008
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The selection of Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate changes the whole dynamic of the Veep choice now facing John McCain. Sure, Biden brings credibility and experience and reassuring familiarity to the Democratic ticket, but he hardly adds sizzle or novelty. The Democrats feel that they’ve got enough pizzaz with their standard bearer, so it doesn’t hurt that they take a Vice Presidential ...
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What About Kay?
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I've already noted that I'm backing her for governor in 2010 -- but I'd be glad to see kay Bailey Hutchison as our next Vice president instead. Michael Medved makes the case for that move. I would suggest strongly that the campaign reconsider the Senior Senator from Texas, the Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison. Okay, shes not a dynamo of fiery charisma; in fact, as Ive noted before, shes a bland and sometimes boring speaker, and a pleasant if unprepossessing television presence. Nevertheless, she is a she--- and that fact in itself would allow McCains choice to upstage ...
Jonathan Garthwaite: Chatter over Hutchison as possible VP pick gets louder...thanks to Townhall.com
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From the Houston Chronicle : Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's long-shot prospect for vice president is getting a push from conservative and other pundits in the lead-up to next week's Republican National Convention. The latest flurry of speculation online and on cable television constitutes at least a third or fourth wave of chatter about Hutchison, whose name surfaces occasionally as a possible Republican vice-presidential candidate. ...Hutchison, 66, would be "an excellent choice," syndicated husband-and-wife columnists Dick Morris and Eileen McGann said in a piece that catalyzed renewed speculation on the subject. In his online column for the conservative ...
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