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Veep Picks From Me, Sciacca, & Keller

Greater Boston's Jeff Keating recently solicited VP predictions from, in his words, "three of the smartest political commentators around": me, Joe Sciacca of the Boston Herald, and Jon Keller of WBZ (and former Phoenix reporter). Our responses are on the GB blog. Just how wicked smart the three of us really are, I'll leave to you all to judge.

I predict Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia for Obama, with Sen. Claire McCaskill as my second pick; and Gov. Mark Sanford of SC for McCain. Sciacca says Sebelius or Edwards for Obama, and Crist or Romney for McCain; Keller says Crist for McCain and either Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybek or Joe Biden for Obama. See the link for the reasoning behind our choices.

Published Jul 21 2008, 11:16 AM by David S. Bernstein

Tony Schinella said:

Interesting. Hey David, was there a Freudian slip there:

<i>Keane has downsides (most notably his anti-abortion position and lack of military background) ...</i>

Keane? You mean, like Tom Keane?

Serious though, gotta love my buddy Jon Keller picking a TOTAL wild card.

My guesses? Pretty safe and pretty close to Sciacca:

For McCain, Crist or Romney, although he should pick a woman or person of color.

For Obama, Sebelius or Rendell, although he should pick Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio.

July 21, 2008 11:28 PM
Matt O'Malley said:

I'll play:

McCain's Conservatives-be-damned pick: Frmr. Guv Tom Ridge (PA)

McCain's I-can't-stomach-my-own pick: Frmr. Guv Mittens Romney (MA/UT/MI)

McCain's Conservatives-love-her-plus-I-may-win-over-some-Dem-women pick: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (TX)

Obama's I-really-wanna-win-the-Old-Dominion-State pick: Guv. Tim Kaine (VA)

Obama's Clean-and-Articulate pick: Sen. Joe Biden (DE)

Obama's smartest pick: Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY)

July 23, 2008 6:31 PM