With Biden on board Obama's train, McCain will find himself boxed in by events.
He can't choose Tim Pawlenty -- a man with arguably fewer foreign policy credentials than Obama. He still doesn't trust Mitt Romney, and he's stung a little by the thought of a 15-houses-between-them ticket. (Doris Kearns Goodwin disagrees; she thinks Romney is now the obvious pick because of his debating skills.) He can't choose Lieberman because he fears a pro-life revolt.
So --- he chooses Meg Whitman. eBay's CEO. A former Romney fundraiser. McCain trusts her judgment on economic matters. (He told Rick Warren that she would be one of the three people whose advice he could not do without.) She's
It's a thought.
But eBay's lost a lot of value in ten years. There's a lot about Whitman we don't know. A lot that social conservatives might object to: eBay is very good to its gay employees, for one thing. And Whitman has her heart set on the governors's mansion in California. Is she ready to lead from day one? When was the last time she went to Iraq? Etc. Etc.
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