Thu Aug 21, 10:04 PM Pacific • posted by Jed Lewison
The McCain-Romney Gambit = Out-of-touch * 2
Mark Halperin is reporting that two GOP sources are saying that John McCain has picked Mitt Romney as his VP. If this is true, McCain will probably leak the information hard tomorrow as a ploy to get the story off of his little housing problem.
My take: go right ahead, John. Not only would such a gambit look desperate, but:
- Mitt Romney is just as out-of-touch as McCain. Romney is the only potential VP who is both wealthier than John McCain and owns more homes in more states. And when it comes to the economy, he might as well be Phil Gramm.
- Announcing now means a bigger bounce for Barack. McCain'll have nothing to announce after the DNC to slow down our mo'. (Bonus: It will put even more emphasis on the Monday speeches by George Bush and Dick Cheney.)
- If the leak is false, Romney's conservative supporters will be crushed. That would be fun to watch.