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February 25th, 2008

McCain’s running mate

When most peopel talk about who will partner with John McCain to run against Barack Obama, what most of the mainstream media wants to talk about is the 71-year-old senator’s age and how important it is he choose a young running mate.

Personally, I’m not enthralled by most of the names that are being bandied about. Sure, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Florida Governor Charlie Crist are young … but ideologically, they are as liberal as McCain is. As a person who supported Mitt Romney in the Minnesota caucus, I have to say that, far more important than age/youth balance is political balance.

OK, so the country club GOP is in control right now and we won’t have a real conservative at the top of the ticket this time out. Well, just on the off-chance that McCain does win, which is looking less and less likely every day, we should at least see a real conservative at the bottom of the ticket.

We dont’ need Pawlenty pushing green products down the throats of conservatives or Crist pushing late-term abortions down our throats, either.

My choice for McCain’s running mate? Former GOP Congressman from Oklahoma, J.C. Watts. He’s young, successful, principaled, an excellent conservative apologist, and he happens to be African American, which could blunt the Barack factor. Plus, Watts would make an excellent conservative president.

Watts would be the right call.

By Craig Hansen • Posted in Republicans • No Comment
February 25th, 2008

Rice won’t run… or co-run

One of the best Republicans in the country still steadfastly refuses to consider running for elected office, even as someone else’s running mate. Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice, whose foreign policy expertise and broad appeal could help John McCain win back conservative report while also blunting the effect of a Hillary or Barack-fronted Democratic ticket, confirmed again this weekend she has no plans or higher poltical aspirations than to serve out her term as Secretary of State for George W. Bush and then return to the private sector.

“I have always said that the one thing that I have not seen myself doing is running for elected office,” Rice said at a news conference. “I didn’t even run for high school president. It’s sort of not in my genes.”

McCain, who is so old he needs to wear a medical id bracelet just to cross the street, could have his candidacy significantly bouyed by Rice’s inclusion on the ticket, has not confirmed whether he’s asked Rice or not, but it appears pointless. Of course, it is the fact that better-qualified candidates has sat on the sidelines this presidential year that has led to a weak, liberal Republican like McCain becoming the GOP nominee.

By Craig Hansen • Posted in Election 2008 • No Comment
February 25th, 2008

SNL’s return rates big

Tina Fey, Carrie Underwood, a long writer’s strike and the new presidential race all combined to make this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live broadcast the most-watch episode of the late night comedy jam the highest-rated in two years, pulling in a 6.1 rating.

Host Tina Fey, the former head writer of SNL, returned to keep the show’s political balance intact for a change, with an opening sketch that made fun of the news media’s tendency to fawn over Democrats in general and Barack Obama in particular; the show also made fun of Mike Huckabee, who appeared in a Weekend Update cameo making fun of his own hopeless dark horse candidacy to upset John McCain’s all-but-certain GOP nomination.

While typically uneven from sketch to sketch, the show was fresh and funny more often than not and the entire cast deserves a free pair of golf shoes.

By Craig Hansen • Posted in General interest • 1 Comment