Posted on 07/13/2012 9:18:17 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
Mitt Romney is not going to put Condoleeza Rice on his ticket. This is a head fake that many people have fallen for. Coming on the heels of his successful appearance before the NAACP, Mitt Romney has flipped the political script.
By mentioning Rice he has put Barack Obama on defense on the issue of race, something nobody, least of all Obama, ever expected.
By floating the possibility that he could pick former George W. Bush Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, an African American female, as his Vice President, Romney has slammed the Left into a Hobson’s choice that will require them to either praise the choice or attack the idea of having Rice on Romney’s ticket.
This is a “heads I win, tails you lose” situation for Romney. But it’s not real.
The Drudge factor
To help stoke this Rice “fire” Matt Drudge who has been in the tank for Romney from day one, has put a poll on his opening page. With 300,000 votes the Yes vote is running 2 to 1 ahead.
Romney’s plan relies on the “experts” on both sides playing their parts – and they will.
Immediately the conservatives started to howl that they hated the choice – rightly so I do as well- Condoleeza Rice would be a terrible choice. Rice is not a conservative and is on record as being a “mild supporter” of abortion.
As a member of Bush’s inner circle, Rice would be an invitation to the Left to change the subject of the campaign from Obama to Bush whom they have been running against for four years.
Van Jones a Communist who served as Obama’s Green Jobs Czar commented on a possible Rice selection. He said, “… if you want to do something shocking,… Condoleezza Rice….”
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The Left has never had a problem attacking Rice or any other black Republican or conservative.
Or perhaps he’s serious.
One or the other... :)
>Mitt Romney is not going to put Condoleeza Rice on his ticket.<
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Sigh of relief.
I’d put Allen West above either of them as a choice and both of them would be great.
romney going to israel, europe... hope condi joins the trip! pick vp later
I can’t figure out what benefit accrues to the campaign to make a head fake. How does this help him?
I really don’t get it.
You’ll never see Romney select an intelligent conservative for VP. He’ll select a RINO sidekick who will “make him” look good.
Who knows? There’s no accounting for the idiocy of Romney and his handlers.
To the republican elite’s way of thinking Rice is perfect.
They fear Romney is perceived as too conservative so the VP has to be more liberal.
They fear Romney is too white so the VP has to be rich in melanin.
They fear Romney is too male so the VP must have no taint of testosterone.
Rice is perfect in their minds.
By the way, what’s the meaning of a mild abortionist? Someone who kills babies with kindness?
Operation change the subject away from Bain, outsourcing, swiss bank accounts, etc.
I can see Rice as Sec of State but VP please don’t pick her.
Coach is right about as often as Coach is full of it.
I think he’s head faking that it’s a head fake.
I’m still saying that Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is on the short list.
He’s relatively unknown with a good economic record (of signing bills sent to his desk) he doesn’t make a lot of noise and he’s liberal enough to make Mitt seem conservative.
Cain I’d go for. Not Condi.
But too white, to male.
(I’m channeling Romney’s elite advisers. It’s not me speaking).
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