NEW YORK - The waiting is over.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said he will be running for president of the highest office of the land with a guy from “The Office.”
At a taping of the Daily Show in New York on Wednesday, the Arizona senator gave presenter Jon Stewart the scoop on his vice presidential pick.
“You heard it here first, Dwight Schrute.”
Dwight Schrute is a fictional character on NBC’s sleeper hit “The Office,” portrayed by actor Rainn Wilson, who plays a salesman at a paper goods distribution company.
The character is an assistant to the regional manager with ideas above his station. He longs to lord it over others and relishes any minor task given to him.
Stewart shot back that he had a better idea.
“You know who your running mate should be if you want to win this election? Senator Hillary Clinton … Don’t you think that’s a great idea?”
McCain was unimpressed.
“It’s one I’ve never contemplated.”
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so, why don’t you contemplate ?
- Posted by hlgMcCain as President with Hillary as VP is a bipartisan dream ticket. A lot of people I know no longer like Obama because he has a lot of serious issues. Their team-up will crush Obama completely. I’m a hillary supporter but if she’s not getting the nomination, she should either run as independent or team up with McCain.
- Posted by neil from new jerseyVote none of the above!!
- Posted by cthings[...] Presidential hopeful, John McCain, wants Dwight Schrute to be his running mate. [...]
- Posted by Watching The Office » Blog Archive » The Office Round Up May 12thDwight K. Schrute for President!
- Posted by Team JDRE: THE OLD GRAY MARE, SHE AIN’T WHAT SHE USED TO BE!
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
From (AP) Saturday May 3, 2008
– Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys.
The day began with hope and pomp. Bolstered by the sentimental support from 157,770 fans and endorsed by presidential contender Hillary Clinton and cheered by daughter Chelsea, the filly finished second in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
She crossed the wire 4 3/4 lengths behind favorite Big Brown. Then, with the second-largest crowd in Derby history still whooping it up, Eight Belles collapsed with two broken front ankles. And, with no other choice, she was euthanized by injection.
“Ah-ha,” said Hillary, “I could win this yet. Barack could Ba-reak a leg anytime.”
- Posted by Dennis RuterI do not know why people get mad when obama said only what was true of us small town people our friends and family do complain about society and government and rather than demanding outcomes of trust and promise from the government which starts with your vote and keeping tabs on them. They get guns and threaten the government look at the Oklahoma bombing or they go to church after stating continously I am just going to pray about it. America stop getting mad at the truth. If we do not face our truths we all may be gone and it would not even matter.
- Posted by passion