The running mate question

There is of course great speculation about who is going to be the running mates for the US presidential candidates, Obama and McCain.

Personally, I find the question of the latters running mate the most interesting. Because it seems like right now this is the place where a VP candidate could have the most to win - and the most to loose. Why? Well, McCain isn’t young anymore, so even though the odds still are slim, there could be an opportunity to step up during the term, if the worst should happen. Even though nobody would admit it - and one should never hope for such uglyness - my bet is that this is a factor for the potential candidates in question.

On the other hand, McCain has so little real momentum that a lot of people see it as a foregone conclusion that he will loose. And who wants to be on the loosing side?