May Madness

Tue, May 27, 2008 - 4:27 PM

MSNBC.com is doing a little crowd sourcing to handicap the frontrunners in John McCain's search for a running mate.

The site set up an NCAA basketball tournament-style bracket and is inviting readers to pick which potential Veep picks will advance to the second round. The Republican (or independent, in Joe Lieberman's case) that garners the most votes advances to the next round.

So far the voters haven't picked many first-round upsets, although as of this writing Gen David Petraeus is losing to former Sen. Fred Thompson and Colin Powell is edging Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.

We assume that when it comes to the final round MSNBC.com voters will pull a Dick Cheney and pick themselves as McCain's running mate.

-- Mark Young