I can't see this - not the VP offer itself, but if you were offered the VP, you can't plan an announcement 6 days in advance, or however long this timer has been going. McCain would announce it when it was ideal for him, and you can't know 6 days in advance that it would be a particular day for sure. What happens if some event happens 4 days from now that takes the attention away from his campaign? Now what? The ticker just stops? If he was offered the VP, it doesn't seem like you'd do something like putting that ticker up.
It launches April 15th so my guess is that it has something to do with Tax Reform... Last night, the Cornell College Republicans announced that Mike Huckabee, former U.S. presidential candidate, will speak at Bailey Hall on April 15 from 6-7:30 p.m. Tickets are available starting today at 9 a.m. in the Willard Straight hall ticket office. Huckabee’s Web site — which resembles his campaign site — has a clock counting down the seconds until 12:00 p.m. EST on April 15. He is also scheduled to give a speech at Cornell University that evening called, “In God We Trust: The Role of Faith in Politics.” “The First Amendment requires that expressions of faith be neither prohibited nor preferred,” Huckabee said in a Cornell press release announcing the lecture. “We should not banish religion from the public square, but should guarantee access to all voices and views. We should share and debate our faith, but never seek to impose it.” Rumors of Huckabee’s next step have been swirling since he won the Iowa caucuses in January. Some have suggested he could play a leading role in galvanizing religious conservatives, or that he could launch a program around his Fair Tax proposal (his big rollout is on Tax Day). Others believe he may become a political commentator or host a television show. His name has also been mentioned as a running mate for McCain. Huckabee’s daughter, Sarah, reiterated that the former Arkansas governor is not running for anything this year — the filing deadline to run for Senate in his home state has passed — and said the countdown is for the launch of Huckabee’s new Web site. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/09/871423.aspx
I don't want to see Huckabee named VP. I'd prefer Romney or a critical swing state candidate who could help vote totals in a given state or region.
I would have a hard time voting for McCain, since I am selecting that box at the top of the ballot labeled Democratic Party.
