Why McCain Will Not Pick Lieberman

By Kleinheider Posted on August 28, 2008 at 11:57 am

Because the rules forbid it:

The major thing standing in the way of a Lieberman Vice-Presidential pick for McCain is a seemingly small thing - an RNC rule that states that a Vice Presidential nominee must have been a Republican for at least 60 days prior to nomination.

There are only two ways around that rule as far as I know - the first being that Lieberman has already switched his party affiliation a couple months ago secretly without letting anybody know (highly, highly, highly unlikely). The other option would be for the delegates to vote to waive that rule at the RNC — and it’s not hard to imagine how that would go.

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Tags: 60 days, Joe Lieberman, RNC Rule, Veep, Vice-President

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3 Responses to “Why McCain Will Not Pick Lieberman”

Christian writes
August 28th, 2008 12:10 pm

What does Ken Whitehouse’s sources say? I’m just sayin!
Sean Braisted writes
August 28th, 2008 12:55 pm

Define “Republican”? He’s been campaigning for Republicans for nearly a year now. Is it just his voter registration? If that is the case, nobody from Tennessee could be picked because nobody is a registered Republican.

The thing stopping Lieberman from being the VP nominee is the fact that he is a “tax and spend” social liberal (or at least he was before nestling his head beneath John McCain’s cheeks.
MissSharonCobb writes
August 28th, 2008 4:02 pm

McCain’s gonna pick Kay Bailey Hutchison.

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