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.
Maybe Mitt is planning to put “Big Dog” McLame in a pet carrier, and drive around with him on the roof of his car.
Public sector, executive level experience (as Governor): check
Private sector, executive level experience (at Bain): check
Problem solver (2002 Winter Olympics): check
Effective debator (held his own in debates): check
High energy campaigner (compared to Thompson): check
Deep pockets (for 2008 campaign): check
Vote-getter (#2 at the end of Super Tuesday, won as R in very D state): check
He’s merely waiting for the signal from McCain as to whether or not he’s sucked up enough by calling him “big dog.” I suspect McCain might want him to suck up just a wee bit more, you know, just to make it clear who’s the big dog.
little lindsey has always been mcCain's lap dog
Romney’s merely waiting for the signal from McCain as to whether or not he’s sucked up enough by calling him “big dog.” I suspect McCain might want him to suck up just a wee bit more, you know, just to make it clear who’s the big dog.
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>>”When it comes to national security, John McCain is the big dog, and they are the chihuahuas,” he said.<<
Yep. The big dog that falls asleep on the porch, while the vermin sneak into the corn.
I predict:
—John McCain today condemned remarks by former Governor Mitt Romney that compared the Democratic candidates to chihuahuas.——
Its coming.
..Quite honestly, I don’t think a VP choice means much of anything...
With McCain, it means something, because of his AGE.
I love Mitt. I guess the CPAC along with Laura I,Ann C,Rush,Sean H, etal are ALL wrong...... but I agree with them, Romney was the conservative and fate and the dems handed us mcpain along with the media who HATE Romney. (WHICH IS THE BIGGEST CLUE TO HIS BEING CONSERVATIVE).
I hope he gets over his hair complex and gets it all pretty again.
Mitt on the ticket is THE ONLY WAY I could vote for mccain and i would probably still have to self medicate to do it, and spend a week throwing up afterwards.
McCain and Huck both treated Mitt terribly. Mitt is the only one of the three wtih presidential temperament.
Huck is like Spitzer....ready to steamroll anyone who disagrees with him.
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LMAO...best post on the thread.
the lead dog always has the best view
Hey Mitt, you sold your soul to the big dog. Give up any chance you may have ever had to be the top dog.
You have proved you are just a bi*ch to the big dog.
If it truly means that, McCain shouldn't be running. It's an unnecessary liability to throw into a campaign. I mean it's not as if he was some kind of ideal or even decent candidate. They just decided it's his turn.
Not trusted to do what he says he’ll do after being a liberal governor in a liberal state - check.
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