McCain overlooked experienced, charismatic candidate for veep By Whitney Blake FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint September 5, 2008 4:00 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint Related Content Business NPR and PBS federal funding halted as GOP ignores Democrats’ shutdown demands White House Trump slashes funding for blue state projects as shutdown clash escalates House Clinton and Harris slam Trump and GOP over government shutdown Columnists The shutdown fight is a critical moment in the expansion of the government World Israel stops Greta Thunberg’s ‘Hamas-Sumud flotilla’ before it can reach Gaza