McCain: Palin Could Win It

Plus, John McCain, Michele Bachmann, Lindsey Graham, and Mitch McConnell

(NEWSER) - Add Hillary Clinton to the list of people not exactly choking back tears over Moammar Gadhafi's death: The secretary of state today said that while "no one wants to see any human being" meet such a grisly end, "I know what a great relief it was to millions of Libyans that the past was finished." Libyans can now "make up for lost time of 42 years" and develop the "democracy and prosperity" they deserve. But Clinton wants the Lockerbie bomber back in prison, notes Politico, saying, "I will raise it with the new Libyan government," and calling his release "a miscarriage of justice." Elsewhere on your Sunday dial, as per Politico: More»

Gingrich says it's 'inconceivable' that he'll be the pick

(NEWSER) - And on the seventh day, inquiring Republicans again debated who Mitt Romney will pick to run for vice president: John McCain, a person who knows a little something about picking a veep, said qualifications reign supreme —and that Sarah Palin's won her the No. 2 spot on his ticket—and that having a "person (Romney) knows he could trust" is also paramount. He added that the GOP at least has a "very deep bench" in this election. Asked if he could be the guy, Newt Gingrich responded, "Inconceivable. Would you pick me as a vice presidential nominee?" Elsewhere on the Sunday talk show dial, as per Politico : More»

Plus, Darrell Issa wants to clean house at Secret Service

(NEWSER) - Tim Geithner today summed up Mitt Romney's contention that women had lost the majority of jobs in the recession: "Ridiculous," the Treasury secretary told This Week. "It’s a political moment. You’re going to see a a lot of politicians choose to campaign in fiction, but we have to campaign in fact." Pressed further, Geithner said the statement had "been largely debunked." "The crisis was a very damaging crisis, hurt everybody, and a lot of the early job losses in 2008 affected men because they affected construction and manufacturing." More from your Sunday morning dial, as per Politico : More»

Mitt blames president for high gas prices

(NEWSER) - President Obama is not only responsible for high gas prices, he actually wants them, and he needs to can the three Cabinet secretaries who share the blame, Mitt Romney charged today. "When he ran for office he said he wanted to see gasoline prices go up, he said that energy prices would skyrocket under his views," Romney said. "And he has selected three people to help him implement that program: the secretary of Energy, the secretary of the Interior, and the EPA administrator." Further, “This gas-hike trio has been doing the job over the last three and a half years and gas prices are up. The right course is they ought to be fired." More from the Sunday talk show dial, as per Politico : More»

Also, will Eric Cantor or Rand Paul be vice president nominee?

(NEWSER) - Today's talk show theme: Pile on Rush Limbaugh. The conservative talk show host took a bipartisan drubbing worthy of a gold-stuffed piñata, reports Politico , as both sides lambasted his slut comment and subsequent apology . A sampling:

• Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "I know he apologized, but forgive me if I doubt his sincerity, given that he lost at least six advertisers. Rush Limbaugh said he was trying to be humorous. I don’t know any woman in America … that thinks that being called a slut is funny.”
• Ron Paul : “I don’t think he’s very apologetic, I think he’s doing it because people were taking their advertisements off his program."
• Newt Gingrich: "He made a mistake, and I think he did the right thing," in apologizing.
• Eric Cantor: “I don’t condone that type of language in any arena, including the political arena. It was insulting, and Rush has said as much."