Posted on 03/11/2008 3:48:22 PM PDT by varina davis
March 11, 2008 Read More: Romney
Romney says he'd take Veep, calls McCain "Big Dog"
Mitt Romney said in his first interview since departing the GOP race that he would accept the number two position on the ticket and that there is no lingering bitterness between him and John McCain.
“I think any Republican leader in this country would be honored to be asked to serve as the vice presidential nominee, myself included," Romney told FOX's Sean Hannity in a broadcast set to air tonight. "Of course this is a nation which needs strong leadership. And if the nominee of our party asked you to serve with him, anybody would be honored to receive that call … and to accept it, of course.”
According to two separate reports, Romney is being talked up as a running mate by members of the Bush inner circle. But McCain and his closest advisers have little regard for their former rival thanks to the bitter, year-long race waged between the two Republicans.
Romney says, however, that he thinks the wounds have healed.
“There are really no hard feelings, I don't think, on either side of this," he said in the interview. "There were no pacts and so forth that make people feel like that we will never come together. Instead these campaigns are all coming together. We are supporting our nominee enthusiastically, aggressively."
Romney said his top fundraisers have already met with McCain's campaign.
"We are laying out ways we can support his campaign.”
Romney also belittled the Democrats, saying that he thought Barack Obama would eventually emerge as their nominee and that such an outcome would play to the GOP's favor.
"I think he is the better match-up for Senator McCain because the public recognizes just how inexperienced he is," Romney said. "With Senator Clinton there is some confusion in perception that somehow being there while her husband was president made her a foreign policy-national security experienced person. She is not. She doesn't have any more experience, really, of a significant nature than Barack Obama does. But in Barack Obama's case, people recognize this guy was a state senator and before that he was a community activist. He has been a United States senator for a short, short period of time. He is in no significant way qualified to lead the country at a time of war, to lead the country out of an economic challenge. This is not a person who can stand up to Senator McCain.”
To make his case, Romney employed a canine metaphor.
Listening to Obama and Clinton discuss their national security credentials, Romney said, is akin to "listening to two chihuahuas argue about which is the biggest dog."
"When it comes to national security, John McCain is the big dog, and they are the chihuahuas," he said.
McCain will be on Romney's turf tomorrow night for a fundraiser in Boston, but aides to the Arizonan's campaign were uncertain if their former rival would be in attendance. The two last appeared together when Romney endorsed McCain last month in the former governor's Hub headquarters.
Romney would truly be better as a possible head of a cabinet position in a McCain administration. IMHO, either Mike Pence, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Mark Sanford, or Janice Rogers Brown would be a better choice for VP for McCain, if he seriously wants enough conservatives to truly be more than willing to vote for him on November 4. My instinct still tells me that McCain will truly pick another RINO to run with him instead, such as Charlie Crist, and this move will only anger nearly all of the conservative voters base even more.
It wouldn't bother me if Romney carpetbagged his birthplace and ran for Governor, it's an open seat in 2010.
We sure could use a little help here...
Why do you say that?
Unfortunately Romney’s sounding less like a true “quote Conservative” and more like a party tool...
LOL!
To: AuntB
He already blew his kids’ inheritance.
30 posted on 03/11/2008 4:03:47 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
The democrats are gonna have a lot of great options this year. They can vote for liberal democrats or they can vote for liberal republicans. Seems the FR RINO’s here are quite happy with that option too. Sad.
“’There are really no hard feelings, I don’t think, on either side of this,’ he said in the interview.”
You wish.
Anything to piss off our own base and cause them to sit this one out. Nothing to vote for just dems the republicans hope you hate enough to vote to the polls to vote against. To bad they have not taken time to study the history of their own voters....just stupid.
Romney is still the second highest popular vote getter, and the second highest in delegates...
Mitt Romney is the best choice for McCain’s VP
He is the smartest guy around ....he knows economics...(McCain’s weakness)
“He’s almost begging for the job.”
Well, McCain isn’t going to live forever.
:P
A great matchup. Just stack it up against any possible Obama ticket and it’s a powerhouse.
I say that Huckabee’s political career is over due to how he ran his campaign (pandering to a special group way too much) and staying in the race way too long. He has work to do to “make it up” to the party. Let’s see what he does.
Romney is sooo good at saying the right thing--the classy thing, at the right time. Remarkable!
He would have debated the pantsuit off of Hillary and would have made Obama look like the inexperienced all fluff and no substance candidate he is.
We COULD have had real must see TV...but noooo we had to choose the Beevis and Butthead giggling McCain. Just lovely.
BTW...DID ANYONE LIKE COLMES' NEW GLASSES, AND DARK LIPSTICK??? HE LOOKS LIKE LARRY KING NOW. WEIRD.
Your #132
:)
I actually listened to the interview, and he was asked. And he said “anybody” would say yes. And that it would be an honor.
When he was then asked if he EXPECTED a call, he said there were a LOT of people on McCain’s list. He gave no suggestion he thought he should be ON the list or be the choice.
it’s just a simple fact that democrats voted for romney because of dailykos just as republicans voted for hillary in texas because of rush. The results were compromised and you can’t say that it gives you a good indication for the general election.
Yes, his father was governor in the 60’s-70’s. And he wasn’t exactly known for limiting the size of govt and cutting taxes.
“one of George Romney’s major achievements as governor was a new income tax, which he pushed for years and which finally passed the Michigan legislature in 1967.”
That is a history that won’t be used to help Mitt if he wants to make the case that he’s good for the economy.
Also, Michigan is just one state. If he’s on the ticket, many social conservatives will just stay home as they have enough problems with McCain.
I ruled Huckabee out the day I heard his global warming rants.
But I think he ran a respectful campaign and I’m glad he stayed in until the end. Frankly, the partisan push that “Huck should drop out” or “_____ should drop out” was a real turn off to a lot of voters.
The GOP needs to get back to issues and sell ideas and quit playing party games, IMO.
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