Is McCain looking to be a 4 year president?

[Colobo]

Listening to Romney's speech yesterday, it gave me the impression he's already thinking about 2012... and then I wondered: or either he's thinking about a McCain loss in 08, or he's thinking about McCain's age. He'll be 75 or 76 in 2012, and I don't see Americans electing someone that old for 4 more years of presidency. Maybe Romney is thinking about topping the Rep. ticket in '12 after McCain, if he wins in November, decides not to run anymore.

[Zueda]

1. McCain is supposed to "take a fall." n/t

[Eurobabe]

2. McLame won't make 4 years, he is not in good health

[formernaderite]

4. so that means his vice presidential pick becomes

very important

[Eurobabe]

11. you got it.

now, who will THAT be?

Gomer?
Mittens?

[formernaderite]

14. gomer...

you would think...him and romney went at it too hard. Just as i can't see obama wanting to be on the same ticket as hillary.

[Catchawave]

25. Jeb Bush?

First name that popped in my mind...scary, huh?

[TwilightGardener]

3. Romney is assuming a Dem will win. Anyone who thinks McCain would voluntarily

give up power, once he's spent his whole post-war life grasping at it, is naive. He could have a stroke, a recurrence of cancer, a heart attack, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's--anything while in office--and they'll prop him up, and the Republican powers that be will cover for him like they did for Reagan.

[mohc]

5. I'm not so sure

Boston Globe Article

McCain's words were, "If I said I was running for eight years, I'm not sure that would be a vote getter." He went on to say, "You shouldn't run for eight years. Because then you think you've got eight years to get these things done."

At his age, running on an 8 year plan simply does not make sense.

[TwilightGardener]

7. That's assuming honesty on his part. He won't step down--ever. If he

made it to the WH, they'd have to carry him out, stiff and in a box.

[TexasObserver]

6. he's not suppose to win, he's suppose to stop the carnage down ticket

... for Republicans

they're playing to hold seats in the congress and state houses, and regroup for 2012 on the presidency

[Vickers]

13. That's a very interesting theory.

:thumbsup:

[racaulk]

26. I think you're totally right about that.

The more I watch this race unfold, the more it seems the Republicans just aren't trying very hard this time. I'm also of the opinion that they're considering the Presidency a wash this time and are just trying to hold onto what they can in the Congress. They'll be back with a vengeance in 2012.

[Emit]

8. I had a premonition yesterday that McCain will pick Mitt as his running mate

...that the deal was sealed with persuasion by the powers that be in the Republican Party which convinced Mitt to call it quits (and give it up to the War Party)-- still gives him a chance for a Pres bid in 2012.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4458722&mesg_id=4458886

[Mz Pip]

10. I don't see it.

THey can't stand each other.

Mitwit called it quits because there was no way for him to win. Even his personal fortune couldn't buy him the White House. And I think he's just too damn full of himself to settle for #2 on the ticket.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[GoldieAZ49]

15. Kennedy and Johnson could not stand each other

didn't stop them from joining forces

[ReadTomPaine]

17. And Reagan couldn't stand Poppy...

During the RNC in 1980, he specifically stated that he would never pick GHWB as his running mate - yet three days later he did.

When the arms start to get twisted, anything goes.

[Emit]

22. Well, that was yesterday's premonition

Today's may be totally different. :)

Seriously, though, as other posters have pointed out, the candidates aren't the ones calling the shots. They'll do what they are told. end of story -- especially with the Repug authoritarians

[CK_John]

12. Lynne Cheney is my pick for his VP. n/t

[Alexander]

9. I read somewhere that McCain pledged himself to only 1 term.

I could be wrong.

[GoldieAZ49]

16. When asked in an interview he said:

He would be 72 when sworn into office, younger than Reagan in his second term.

Asked if he was going to serve only one term, McCain said he could not say that.


His 96 year old mother shows some long living genes.

He will fight hard to win, this is his last shot. He quoted Goldwater in 2000: "once you get bit by the presidential bug, the only cure for it is death".

[Renew Deal]

19. He didn't pledge it.

But he suggested it's possible.

[Renew Deal]

18. He said that he might only run for one term.

Chuck Norris thinks he might not even make it that long.

[Alexander]

20. That makes me wonder about his health even more.

If McCain's not 100% confident that he'll serve two terms, what does that say about his evaluation of his own health?

Usually politicians are the first to say "I'm completely healthy, everything's fine". If McCain isn't sure that he'll make two terms, he could be in pretty bad shape.

[Renew Deal]

21. McCain did say he was fine

And his mother is like 99 years old.

[Stephanie]

23. I think McCain's health is worse than Cheney's.

He really doesn't look that well. I doubt he'd last more than one term.

[Pacifist Patriot]

24. McCain will never be president.

What he's looking to be? *shrug*