What Stood Out This Week - 5/18-5/24

If the reality of a campaign won't convince a candidate to quit, will a stupid comment instead? Let's see What Stood Out This Week...

The Republican

It's time for the Veepstakes, dear B&E readers! Who will John McCain pick? Who will he McCain?

- Mike Huckabee's making a pretty open plea to join the ticket. That would throw a bone to the evangelicals.
- Charlie Crist, governor of Florida, appears near the top of any list. He's very popular in Florida, and we all know how important a role Floridians play in US elections.
- Mitt Romney, former candidate and current Mormon, had a sit-down as well. He's a pompous, rich prick with excellent hair. He'll appeal to other pompous, rich pricks with excellent hair, with crossover support from rich, pompous pricks with crappy hair.
- There are a couple of others, too, but they don't Stand Out.

The Democrats

Hillary said something about staying in the race as long as Robert F. Kennedy, who of course had to drop out of the primary campaign in 1968 because he was assassinated.

Now, I'm not the Hillaryist of Hillary supporters, but even I know that she didn't mean to imply that she should stay in because Obama might be killed. Alas, the media (and large swaths of America) love to get offended by unintentionally insensitive remarks. So now, the Obama campaign sits back and watches the fire grow out of control.

These remarks came at an inopportune time for the Clinton Campaign. Bill was floating, even campaigning, for Hillary to join Obama on the ticket as VP. Whoops.

Meanwhile, Obama's campaign has been secretly seeking VP candidates. The potential list is pretty long...

- Jim Biden and Christopher Dodd would bring some national security heft to the ticket.
- Jim Webb would bring military service and a tough attack dog attitude. He'd also bring Virginia into play.
- Bill Richardson would bring a great deal of experience and help in the southwest states (McCain country). He's really not great in a debate, if that matters.
- Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas, would make for a historic ticket, but she lacks charisma, which you might remember if you watched her response to the state-of-the-union address earlier this year.

I think that's pretty much What Stood Out This Week. At least right now. Happy Memorial Day, dear B&E readers.