A Kerry/McCain ticket would have been gold. The press LOVES McCain (at least they did at that time). I agree that McCain is too far to the right on a lot of issues and governing would have been very difficult to say the least. But getting Mr. Piece of Shit out of the White House was paramount. In what was going to be a tough year (wartime president and all that crap) anyway, Kerry got handed a golden ticket and apparently passed.
Can the Democratic Party nominate a guy who has a fucking clue about how to select a VP. First Gore's choice of Lieberman (the gift that keeps on giving) and now this. I'm at a complete loss.
I don't know that McCain on the ticket would have helped Kerry that much. It would have given the GOP more ammunition for attacks and it would have caused problems with Kerry's base. Such a ticket might have worked with a moderate Republican.
It could have been Jesus Christ himself on the ticket and the Republicans were going to make attacks. I think the media would have fawned over McCain and given Kerry props for "bipartisanship." It might all be horseshit, but I believe it would have been very effective.
What problems with the base? Maybe Nader pulls more votes, but I don't know one Democrat who was EXCITED about Kerry. We all voted for him anyway. I don't think McCain would have made me less excited about a Kerry Presidency. McCain would have been a terrific coup.
