Keeping VP chatter alive, McCain appears with two of The Mentioned
YORK, PA. - The bay door opened under a giant U.S. flag, John McCain's Straight Talk Express bus rolled into the exhibition hall to the inevitable (in Pennsylvania, at least) strains of "Rocky," and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee emerged with not one but two of The Mentioned.
Long shots, to be sure. One of McCain's travel companions, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., has already run for vice president -- as a Democrat. The other, former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, is a favorite son in this battleground state but is considered suspect by much of the party's conservative base elsewhere.
Still, McCain has campaigned extensively with those thought to be on his shortlist, and the campaign has called upon the potential running mates to promote the senator on television and elsewhere.
Just Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty went on "Fox and Friends" to tout McCain's "wisdom" in the Russia-Georgia crisis. But Pawlenty brushed aside questions about his vice presidential prospects.
Another governor whose name has cropped up, Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, was booked to show the flag on Fox's "Hannity and Colmes."
It's either the world's longest audition or one of the most elaborate head-fakes in political history. In truth, very few know who is on the really short list. The candidates are being vetted outside the campaign, and McCain aides say the decision is discussed only within a circle that includes McCain, his wife, Cindy, and a small clutch of senior advisers.
Yet public appearances such as those this week keep the speculation alive.
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