I think any reports on the demise of a John McCain nomination are greatly exaggerated. In fact, I think he will be the cornerstone of a strategy to hold together the a GOP ship, at least for the time being. As much as I wish I could write this off as cynicism and snark, but I'm thinking there's the perfect storm brewing for such a scenario, morbid as some of the aspects may sound.
First of all, I'll preface this with the following notion. As much as people like to think that the choice for VP nominee is of stellar importance in a presidential race, such a concept has, time and time again, been shown to be untrue. For example, as much as the Dems would like to believe that a "southern state" candidate will help them pick off electoral votes in the south, it hasn't, and won't.
That said, I think there will be a strategy for the GOP's nomination, but not for all the traditional reasons. No, I don't think they'll name someone who they think will strategically help them win. Rather, I think they'll name someone who doesn't have a lot of exposure -- and won't, even as a veep nod, specifically because people don't pay attention to him/her?
Confusing? Probably, on its face it sounds at very least fairly contrarian, but there's a method to the madness.
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