VP de McCain el 29 de agosto

El Senador John McCain tiene previsto presentar a su compañero de fórmula el día después de que Obama acepte la nominación demócrata, que coincide con su 72 cumpleaños. El lugar elegido es Dayton, Ohio, donde el candidato republicano espera reunir a unas 15,000 personas para la ocasión. De allí se dirigirá ese mismo día, siempre en compañía de su running mate, a otros rallies similares en Pennsylvania y Michigan. McCain to name VP at Ohio rally

(...) The campaign has begun building a crowd of 10,000 for Dayton, Ohio, according to an organizer. McCain is scheduled to appear with his running mate at a large-scale event in Pennsylvania shortly thereafter.

Senior Republicans are in the dark about who he’ll name, although they say former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty are prime contenders after a trial balloon by McCain gave him very negative feedback about the idea of picking a pro-choice running mate like former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge.

(...) The announcement strategy – provided McCain doesn’t change it – calls for naming the pick early Friday morning to try to suppress Obama’s bounce coming out of his convention.

“You’re going to own the weekend,” a McCain official said. The Republican convention begins the following Monday in St. Paul, Minn. McCain advisers say they don’t think it would make sense to name the pick earlier because the impact would get diluted by Obama’s selection. And since the GOP convention is second, they have the advantage of knowing the opposition ticket before showing their own cards. (...)