Hey guys, I know it's been a while since I last posted anything lol, but with the recent buzz about HBO's Game Change film, it has gotten me thinking about the potential possibilities that the McCain campaign could have made interms of their shortlist. As far as what has been reported, there were no potential running mates whom were Latino/Latina.
Like I stated above not a single Hispanic American was on the shortlist, I guess my question for this AH is What if Steve Schmidt felt as if there was a way to fracture Obama strong minority support by choosing a Latino runningmate? I understand that the Republican party is alot more diverse than it was back in '08, but were there any Latino or Latino Republican official that McCain could have chosen? Would it come across as a dynamic move or perhaps racial pandering? Could the candidate be able to incite as much intensity in the race as Palin did? And what effects might it have on the Electoral map in '08? As well as 2012...
U.S. Senators
Sam Brownback - Senior U.S. Senator from Kansas, 2008 presidential candidate[15]
Lindsey Graham - Senior U.S. Senator from South Carolina and long time McCain friend[16]
Lisa Murkowski - Junior U.S. Senator from Alaska[17]
Olympia Snowe - Senior U.S. Senator from Maine[18]
John E. Sununu - Junior U.S. Senator from New Hampshire[19]
John Thune - Junior U.S. Senator from South Dakota, endorsed McCain[16][20][21]
Joe Lieberman - Junior U.S. Senator from Connecticut Lieberman is an independent who caucuses with the Democrats. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000.[22]
U.S. Representatives
Eric Cantor - U.S. Representative from Virginia[23] (in May 2009, a source who claimed affiliation with the McCain campaign denied the reports of Eric Cantor being considered as McCain's runningmate, calling them "a complete and total joke", and blaming "Cantor’s PR people" for being responsible for the false reports.[24])
Paul D. Ryan - U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
Governors
Haley Barbour - Governor of Mississippi[16]
Charlie Crist - Governor of Florida[16][20][25]
Sarah Palin - Governor of Alaska.[16][26] Sarah Palin became the GOP Vice-Presidential nominee in 2008.[27]
Tim Pawlenty - Governor of Minnesota and Co-Chair of McCain for President[16][25][28]
Mark Sanford - Governor of South Carolina[16][25][29]
Former governors
Mike Huckabee - former Governor of Arkansas, 2008 presidential candidate[16][20][21][25]
Mitt Romney - former Governor of Massachusetts, 2008 presidential candidate[16][20][21][30]
Tom Ridge - former Governor of Pennsylvania and former Homeland Security Secretary[25]
Christine Todd Whitman - former Governor of New Jersey [31]
Others
Carly Fiorina - former Hewlett Packard CEO[20]
Tommy Franks - former U.S. Army General and former Commander of United States Central Command[citation needed]
James L. Jones- former Supreme Commander of NATO and Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps[citation needed]
David Petraeus - former Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq; Commander of the United States Central Command[32]
Meg Whitman - former eBay CEO[20][21]
Mike Bloomberg - Mayor of New York City[33]
Denied interest
Kay Bailey Hutchison - Senior U.S. Senator from Texas[34]
Bobby Jindal - Governor of Louisiana for only a year, who said he wants to complete two terms[35]
Condoleezza Rice - U.S. Secretary of State[36]
Colin Powell - former United States Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff[37] Powell later endorsed Democratic Nominee Barack Obama[
Like I stated above not a single Hispanic American was on the shortlist, I guess my question for this AH is What if Steve Schmidt felt as if there was a way to fracture Obama strong minority support by choosing a Latino runningmate? I understand that the Republican party is alot more diverse than it was back in '08, but were there any Latino or Latino Republican official that McCain could have chosen? Would it come across as a dynamic move or perhaps racial pandering? Could the candidate be able to incite as much intensity in the race as Palin did? And what effects might it have on the Electoral map in '08? As well as 2012...