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John McCain at a news conference with Mitt Romney in Denver, Colorado, in March.
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Posted on 07/18/2008 8:24:36 PM PDT by Plutarch
It was not so long ago that the idea that Senator John McCain would even entertain tapping Mitt Romney, his bitterest primary rival, as his running mate would have seemed preposterous, rating at least 7.0 on the strange-bedfellows scale.
The McCain-Romney feud was the juiciest of the Republican primary season, featuring two men who generally just did not seem to like each other. Mr. Romney said Mr. McCain would set a “liberal Democrat course as president.” He said that one of Mr. McCain’s proudest accomplishments, his campaign finance bill, took “a whack at the First Amendment,” and told voters grappling with money woes that Mr. McCain “has said time and again that he doesn’t understand the economy.” Mr. McCain, for his part, witheringly cast Mr. Romney as a flip-flopper.
But that was then.
These days Mr. Romney, a telegenic former Massachusetts governor, is serving as a wingman extraordinaire for Mr. McCain on cable television. He has dutifully raised money for Mr. McCain. And Mr. Romney has developed a reputation as a campaign surrogate who can talk fluently about the economy, and who has roots in Michigan, an important swing state.
Now Mr. Romney is attracting perhaps more buzz than anyone else as a potential running mate for the man he once derided... [excerpt]
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John McCain at a news conference with Mitt Romney in Denver, Colorado, in March.
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Give it a rest.
Whee, the NY Times picks our presidential candidate, and now they’ll pick the Veep, too.
Personally, if he is going to do so, I think McCain should pick Romney soon so he can begin touring MI/CO/NV/NH/MA and raising money for the campaign before the convention. Obama needs to be taken down several pegs and Romney would do well as the “bad cop.”
NY Times sure does love liberals. They’re hot for Republican party killers like Slick Willard *omney.
thanks for putting me on the Romney for Veep ping!
What’s cool about now is.. Romney can attack but the others aren’t attacking back.
Because he isn’t running with McCain yet. So they’ll milk this time for all it’s worth.
You’re welcome!
Thought you would enjoy being in on the “Pick Mitt” threads.
What a lib douche.
Yeah, but you also don’t get the coverage as an official candidate (for VP). I suppose there are advantages to either way.
Interesting...
Whoever the VP nominee is.. as soon as they’re picked it’ll be on.
So that’s why McCain is taking so long. They said it’ll be only right before the Convention.
I think we all kind of already know who it is anyways.
Let’s face facts. In every Presidential election, we have to consider filling the VP slot with someone we would accept as President. With McCain’s age, this becomes even more important. So, we are in essence, electing a president via the VP slot … something to strongly consider. In past elections, most voters have put little stock in the VP slot, we can’t afford that in this election.
BTTT
I just don’t think it will happen.
Go to bed, junior. This is a CONSERVATIVE website. Take your liberal fraud Slick Willard and head on over to DU.
I agree.
From some of the mailings and e-mails I’ve gotten from Mitt, it’s clear something is up.
Pray that it doesn’t. Slick Willard is as close to being the RINO Anti-Christ as they come.
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