Republican strategist Karl Rove said on Face The Nation
Sunday that he expects presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama to
choose a running mate based on political calculations, not the person's
readiness for the job.
"I think he's going to make an intensely political choice, not
a governing choice," Rove said. "He's going to view this through the
prism of a candidate, not through the prism of president; that is to
say, he's going to pick somebody that he thinks will on the margin help
him in a state like Indiana or Missouri or Virginia. He's not going to
be thinking big and broad about the responsibilities of president."
Rove singled out Virginia governor Tim Kaine, also a Face The Nation guest, as an example of such a pick.
"With all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he's been a governor
for three years, he's been able but undistinguished," Rove said. "I
don't think people could really name a big, important thing that he's
done. He was mayor of the 105th largest city in America."
Rove continued: "So if he were to pick Governor Kaine, it would be
an intensely political choice where he said, `You know what? I'm really
not, first and foremost, concerned with, is this person capable of
being president of the United States."
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