Will McCain ask Tim Pawlenty or Mark Sanford to be his Vice Presidential nominee?

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Ryan
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Is the question really, "Will McCain ask ...?". I would expect that to be settled as Yes, if McCain was reported as asking either Pawlenty or Sanford to be his running mate, even if they decline.

TruthWrangler, was that your intent in creating this question? I'm not being contentious, just trying to clarify things. I have a whole H$100 invested in Yes, so this is (not so) obviously of (less than) critical concern to me 8^)

A-A-A, that's an excellent point of clarification.

I suppose I could have asked "Will either ... Pawlenty OR Sanford be the running mate with John McCain?" (and, on some level, I'm surprised I didn't ask it that way ... ) That is/was the meaning of my question.

I guess I've internalized the sentiment of the saying (source unknown) that when a potential running mate is asked, (usually by the press) "are you interested in running as Vice President, everyone says they're not interested [in the #2 position], but when they're actually asked, no one says 'no' ".

If either of these guys is asked and declines, then that would be bigger news than this question ever thought to capture! (and anyone predicting "yes" on that basis would also win)

This will be settled if he asks the two governors, not if they actually accept. But as Truth said, no one turns down the VP spot, usually...

Ryan
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