Don't tell my employers but I've got $5 riding on Joe Biden in the Washington Center vice-presidential faculty pool.
And he's now moved onto the very short list and there may be an announcement by the end of the week.
ME and at least three other people on the WC faculty picked Biden in the pool the other night. I was tempted to go with a long shot but somebody already beat me to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Hegel.
It looks like I could win a cool $50 (for the charity of my choice, of course).
At the start of presidential primary process, I suggested to several people that Mitt Romney might have a problem courting Christian evangelical "values" voters because he's a Mormon.
Apparently, that also applies to any aspirations Romney has for becoming John McCain's vice-president.
Prominent evangelical leaders are warning Sen. John McCain against picking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as his running mate, saying their troops will abandon the Republican ticket on Election Day if that happens. They say Mr. Romney lacks trust on issues such as outlawing abortion and opposing same-sex marriage and because he is a Mormon. Opposition is particularly powerful among those who supported former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the Republican presidential primaries earlier this year.
Prominent evangelical leaders are warning Sen. John McCain against picking former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as his running mate, saying their troops will abandon the Republican ticket on Election Day if that happens.
They say Mr. Romney lacks trust on issues such as outlawing abortion and opposing same-sex marriage and because he is a Mormon. Opposition is particularly powerful among those who supported former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the Republican presidential primaries earlier this year.
As usual, the Religious Right wants public leaders whose values are founded in religion.
Just not that religion.
So if Mitt gets the nod, it could mean mean "goodbye GOP base" in 2008.
There's also this little problem: Candidate McCain's mother doesn't like Mormons either.
