So.... who replaces Palin as VP candidate for the GOP.

[Buzz Clik]

She's damaged goods. Hopeless. She must go.

Huckleberry? Mittens? Ms Fired HP CEO?

I smell rotting flesh.

[ReadTomPaine]

1. This late? Won't that be a logistical/legal/political nightmare? n/t

[Buzz Clik]

8. Better than the nightmare she is already? "Unlawfully" used her power.

Yikes.

[ReadTomPaine]

13. Whether she leaves or not, this has been one strange campaign

FYI - I just heard Lawrence O'Donnell say something to the effect that while the report is harshly critical, they say she was 'within her power as chief executive' to fire him. However, they are saying she abused the authority of her office and there are other questions, but the actual firing was not unlawful. Should be interesting to see how this plays out.

[Buzz Clik]

28. That sounds like enough wiggle room to keep her on the ticket.

Excellent.

:bounce: :hippie: :evilgrin:

[stray cat]

2. She isn't going anywhere

[EFerrari]

5. No, they'll defend her and their idiot base will, too.

They still don't understand these people couldn't care less about them.

[Duer 157099]

3. Damaged in whose eyes? Surely not her fans - they endorse this crap

I doubt it will matter one whit to them. If anything, it makes her even *more* qualified for their ticket.

[southernleftylady]

4. No way.. sorry but I don't think it will happen and I would be scared to see it happen

people are running away from her now... if he picks someone who unites them again it could be a tight race again

[Buzz Clik]

7. My thought exactly.

Anyone would be better than Palin and would give McCain a spike.

[malaise]

6. Down they go together

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::party: :toast: :bounce: :party: :toast:

[LeftyMom]

9. Too late- ballots are at the printer, early voting has started some places, and absentee ballots are

in the mail.

They are, to use the technical term, completely fucked.

[PFunk]

10. Anit going to happen.

Behind closed doors the repugs know they lost this one. And they are going to use the next four years to do some serious purging to make the party more people and 'eithinicly' friendly. To if nothing else avoid being nothing more than a regional party. I also think the religious right is one of the elements the repugs will purge post-election.

[notadmblnd]

11. Ghouliani, he sucked some major McCain ass during the convention.

[saltpoint]

12. I've got 50 cents on her staying in place. It's almost too late

for McCain to do anything. He's likely out of theatrical gestures and the electorate, meanwhile, grows increasingly and justifiably uneasy about the future of the economy.

McCain, if he wanted to really be a maverick, should haven Ridge or Lieberman when he had the opportunity, but he let the fundie nutbags steamroll him in exchange for vigorous support. Bad trade.

If he wanted to appease the nutbags, he still chose poorly. He should have gone with Franklin Graham. With Graham, he would have thrilled the fundies far more deeply, motivated them to turn out at the polls, kicked in a major fundraising component, and would have taken North Carolina by a huge margin.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. It's been over a hundred years since a VEEP has been dropped

and never this close to the GE...

Will be interesting

[Retrograde]

23. Muskie was dropped in 1972

but much earlier in the election run-up.

Why drop Palin? Cheney's abused his office and he's still VP *shudder*

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. As I said this close

ironically that was a republican... let me see if I can dig some info

Here you go

President William McKinley's number two, Garret Hobart, died in 1899, and in 1900 the Republican convention named New York Gov. Theodore Roosevelt in his stead. William Howard Taft was elected in 1908 along with James Sherman. Just days before the election in 1912, Sherman died and was replaced on the ticket by Nicholas Butler.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1810034

[bemildred]

15. Barney the purple dinosaur. Everybody trusts Barney. nt

[wtmusic]

16. Rearranging deck chairs on the McCaindenburg.

It don't matter.

[marions ghost]

17. My bet--they'll treat it like noo big deal, try to

defend her to the hilt... and bray that it's another plot by the Dems and the evil media and oh yeah Bill Clinton and Teddy Kennedy. Beat the war drums and yell USA, USA!

Privately the campaign will be praying...

Now the Barracuda's a real liability to the ticket.

:thumbsup: stocking up on :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[malaise]

22. You win

Fox is spinning this already.

[SmokingJacket]

18. Don't count on it.

She's the best thing he's got, even now.

Too bad.

[Stinky The Clown]

19. At **this** point? I see only two possibilities ..... Gomer and Holy Joe

Hahahaha

[ThoughtCriminal]

20. Here... hold this boat anchor and step off the dock

I suppose that someone with an eye on 2012 might be foolish enough to grab on.

[lligrd]

21. Maybe He Can Ask Paris

and win her parents support back.

[kayakjohnny]

24. McPills, maybe. Hell they've got nothing left. Throw her on in.

[RedG1]

25. my guess?..JulieAnnie

[madamesilverspurs]

27. And there's a difference???

[ColbertWatcher]

29. Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

LOL!

At this point who the hell cares?

I'm more concerned with making sure we can get our votes counted!

[Buzz Clik]

30. True enough. But, Rudy would be amusing as hell.

[ColbertWatcher]

31. Why the hell not? America "knows" Rudy as well as she "knows" McSame! n/t

[Buzz Clik]

32. What would he add to the ticket?

Another crazy asshole with a ton of baggage.

He certainly would be a contrast to Miss Alaska -- who utterly despises East Coast politicians.

[ColbertWatcher]

33. "What would he add to the ticket?" A name in the VP slot! n./t

[wickerwoman]

34. Doesn't matter. He's already lost.

He can't win without the fundie whack jobs she brings to the table and they'll hate him forever for dropping her. Well, he can't win anyway but he doubly can't win if he ditches her. None of his supporters care that she's ethically challenged. If they didn't have a problem with eight years of Bush are they really going to care that she tried to get her brother in law fired?

[salguine]

35. She'll so totally wig the fuck out they'll have to tranq her from a helicopter.