Got age issue? McCain staffers name drop Jindal

By David Kaiser, Editor

Filed Under Race for White House 2008 on May 5 

While it may seem that the McCain campaign is on their couch with a tub of popcorn, watching the shoot fight-to-the-death between Clinton and Obama, they actually are doing some work in preparation for the general election.

One of the key issue McCain will inevitably face is his age.

And how do you combat the fact that your candidate would be 72 on the day of his inauguration?

Simple – float the name of a 36-year-old governor as your Vice Presidential nominee!

Bobby Jindal’s name has been mentioned by several McCain staffers in recent days, on the tail of McCain’s spending time in New Orleans with the young Louisiana Governor.

Even if this is just an attempt to keep McCain’s name in a news cycle dominated by the Obama/Clinton death match, it is further indication to me that despite strong calls to do so, I believe John McCain will not pick a “strong conservative” as his running mate. At the very least, I don’t feel it will be the primary qualification for his potential running mate.

The GOP Veepstakes are warming up quickly…

Comments

  • David

    Dont Choose Jindal, Lousiana needs him to much.

    Maybe in 2016

  • Troy La Mana

    It doesn’t matter who he picks for VP unless you are advocating taking him out a month after he takes the oath of office. (by no means is that a suggestion)

  • Barry Phillips

    The scary thing is… Johnny Mac considers himself a true conservative. Using his own definition, he may choose Hillary! Okay, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch, but I doubt a true conservative my most our standards is what he’ll come up with. I still hold a glimmer of hope for Romney, only because of the economic strength. Well, slightly less than a glimmer – a quark’s worth of hope.

    • David Kaiser

      Barry, there is one graph in the article I linked that I think buries any chance Romney has at the nomination:

      “Another McCain staffer called my attention to this finding in the latest Fox News poll: McCain led Obama in the straight match-up, 46 to 43. Voters were then asked to choose between two tickets, McCain-Romney vs. Obama-Clinton. Obama-Clinton won 47 to 41.”

      Ouch, that one has to hurt Mittens.

  • Pdiddy

    I say NO chance he takes that big a risk