How to Muff Your Chance to Be a VP Pick

By CQ Staff | July 17, 2008 5:23 PM | | Comments (0)

Lee Bandy of the South Carolina Insider writes that Gov. Mark Sanford probably killed any chance he had to be John McCain's running mate when he performed poorly in a CNN interview last Sunday. When asked how McCain would be able to draw distinctions during the campaign between himself and President Bush on the economy, Sanford said, "I'm drawing a blank, um, I hate it when I do that, particularly on television,"

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has forgiven the $45 million he loaned himself during the presidential campaign which the Los Angeles Times said was a move that cleared the "legal deck" for him to be on the GOP ticket should McCain want to choose him. Romney, the Times says, has been "increasingly visible" on the campaign trail on McCain's behalf.

The Huffington Post notes that former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele accompanied McCain to the NAACP convention today in Cincinnati. Felicia Harvey writes: "Is Steele really a possible VP pick? With the recent buzz from some black Republicans potentially supporting Sen. Barack Obama, adding African-American Steele to the ticket could bring back those voters."

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