Posted on 02/17/2008 9:00:09 PM PST by CreativePerspective
Anti-Perry people in TX are a large majority, but they are divided into four warring factions and hence ineffective.
I agree. But it ensures McCain the all-important gay vote....
I know that saying experience aside would be a stupid thing to consider...
But at this rate, I would take Bobby Jindal over McCain for the top job anyway...And I don’t think its a stretch at all...
But I will bet one thing though...Jindal would refuse the invitation out of conservative principle...That’s his saving grace...
McCain’s/Barbour in ‘08!
(sorry couldn’t resist)
Priceless caption!
Sarah Palin. She is a babe.
Yeah, this may be true...
But somewhere along the way he probably said something true about McCain, therefore that was bad for the country-clubber republicans and the moderate psuedo conservatives...
Bogus article that is cast in such a manner as to lend creedibility to the writers speculation
“remember obama killed keyes 2 years ago.”
Well that article intentionlly left him out among other less well known candidates. The question is why? The article also has little good to say about any conservative. It seems to be cheering on ilk like Giuliani. Lets look at what it says about other conservatives:
“Sen. Fred Thompson: (P, I) A cantankerous, old, white senator from the South to balance a cantankerous, old, white senator from the West? ...
Rep. Duncan Hunter: (S, I) It’s tough enough for a senator to jump to the White House, let alone a little-known congressman. Another old white male hawk from Capitol Hill? Nope....
Tancredo, Tommy Thompson, Brownback, Ron Paul: No, no, no and HAYUHL no.”
Keyes was as you say “killed” by Obama in the dem stronghold of Illinois. Any other outsider last minute GOP candidate would have been as well. They sure understand voters fraud in Illinois. Keyes was obviously a sacrifice, but at least he got to debate conservative issues with Obama.
The only way McCain has any chance whatsoever is if he appeases the conservative base. And not with a faux conservative. Perhaps someone like Fred or Duncan or Newt. Naming a “conservative” like Huckabee or Giuliani will not gain him conservative votes. It will just embolden the conservatives that already can’t stand him.
Newt? No.
Hunter? No.
Hunter endorsed Huckabee...doh
OMG! SANFORD'S A KOOK!
What kind of pick would that be? Pick someone that nobody outside of Minnesota knows about?
Reagan did it in ‘76 as a last ditch effort to win the nomination from Ford. It did not work.
From the article you linked:
“The Top Ten
So how do we sort through this jumble of names and letters? Well, you can’t determine a Veep by mathematical formulae since each brings a nuanced set of advantages and disadvantages. Maybe some of these people have some unknown skeletons in their closets while others would never accept a role as VP. Nevertheless, applying my above observations, some political common sense, and my own set of biases, here are the Top Ten vice presidential candidates for the GOP in 2008.
1. Gov. Tim Pawlenty
2. Gov. Charlie Crist
3. Mayor Rudy Giuliani
4. Gov. Mark Sanford
5. Gov. Haley Barbour
6. Gov. Sarah Palin
7. Rep. Rob Portman
8. Sen. John Thune
9. Gov. Mitt Romney
10. Rep. Chris Cox”
I can’t say that I agree with several of the names here, but overall it’s a fair list. John McCain’s most important job right now is to ensure that conservatives support him during the general-election campaign, so I think that Crist and Giuliani need to be eliminated because they’re pro-abortion and that Romney is similarly a non-starter due to his liberal record as governor of Massachusetts. I think Pawlenty and Sanford are the two best names on this list and, in fact, they’re the top two names I’ve been mentioning as potential McCain runningmates. (The other names I’ve mentioned, Congressmen Mike Pence, Paul Ryan and Steve King, are absent from this top-10 list.)
The term "Asian" was used precisely because the Telegraph is UK. People from both India, and Pakistan are, and have been for over a century, routinely described as "Asian" in the UK...
the infowarrior
"They", meaning the RNC, wanted this candidiate. At the beginning of this cycle, which was premature by any sane standard, McCain's candidacy was a moribund joke, due largely to his support of amnesty for illegal immigartion. Now, he is the uncontested nominee. Who, do you suppose, made that happen?
the infowarrior
Then it may as well be Pawlenty. He has zero chance for a third term as governor anyway.
So popular he damn near lost his last race for re-election.
Oh my gosh........That would upset the Dimwits......
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