Posted on 06/30/2008 9:01:16 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Surprising many Republican insiders, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is at the top of the vice presidential prospect list for John McCain. But lack of personal chemistry could derail the pick. “Romney as favorite” is the hot buzz in Republican circles, and top party advisers said the case is compelling. Campaign insiders say McCain plans to name his running mate very shortly after Barack Obama does, as part of what one campaign planner called a “bounce-mitigation strategy.”
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That’s good news. I hope conservative and libertarians will be pleased with Romeny getting the nod for VP.
Romeny is a very capable guy and really would help McCain.
So, you’re saying DON’T pick Romney, right?
Never select someone who is smarter, more competent, more attractive, and generally just more appealing than you are.
This rule puts the RINO relic in a box, Romney would clearly outshine the train wreck that is the presumptive nominee.
On another note completely, check out the hate mail that Obeyme supporters are sending to the (Hitlery-based) site, TexasDarlin. It really exposed them for who they are:
http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/hate-messages-from-obama-bloggers/
I don't know that he would be my personal number one pick, but he would be a solid choice.
Yes. He needs to pick a Conservative. More likely he'll pick someone like Graham or Romney instead.
Romney would bring parts of New England into play as well as the upper midwest, at a minimum, possibly even Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Dont worry about the South....the word from Georgia’s election officials in back rooms is that there has been no surge in black voter registration that is out of proportion with other groups. Its a myth, to use their words. Obama will not carry a single Southern state.
Ah, but when you’re elderly, and people have to know there’s a possibility the VP will have to step in at a moment’s notice, then it does make sense to have someone like Romney.
Well, that leaves out...just about everyone...
"I will support and endorse efforts to provide those domestic partnership benefits to gay and lesbian couples," Mitt Romney" Bay Windows, 10/24/2002 "I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts [as Boy Scout Leaders] regardless of their sexual orientation." - Boston Globe He [Romney] is a supporter of the federal assault weapons ban." - Romney campaign website Regarding the Brady Bill which required waiting periods to buy a handgun, Romney stated, "I don't think [the waiting period] will have a massive effect on crime but I think it will have a positive effect."
You can call it the “Mitt and Jeff” ticket!
Apologies to cartoonist Bud Fisher.
If Mitt the VP, Maine might be in Play! i hope mitt can help Charlie Summers get elected!! :-)
Yeah, but in this case, that rule might be a bit tough to follow. It means finding a candidate who is dumber and less competent than McCain, is less physically attractive (that’s a tall order!), and has less personality than Mr. Monotone-Drone-A-Thon.
I dunno...
Agree 100%. I really don’t expect McCain to live much longer. I will be surprised if he survives the rigors of campaigning. We really really need a VP choise who will be ready on day one to take over. Romney is the only person out there that (in my opinion) fits that description. I would be more likely to vote for McCain if I could be voting for Romney as well, because I would feel like I was voting for Romney for president.
The only state in New England where McCain has a prayer is New Hampshire.
Yep, those Obama supporters are a bunch of sweethearts alright. No bias there and such compliments they heaped on Texas Darling,/SAR. Don't they realize they need those voters to elect obama, or are they just counting on voter fraud to get him in the white house? I notice they all throw the race card in their post. You would think one of them would come up with something original.
choise=choice
So, you’re saying DON’T pick Romney, right?
Yes....I would like him to go further RIGHT and pick a strong conservative but he may succumb to Romney’s money tree....
I liked Mitt Romney when he hosted “Love Connections” but that’s about as far as it goes with me.
McCain needs to beg Fred Thompson to be his running mate if he wants my vote.
I, personally, would love to see the Alaskan Governor named as VP, she is solidly conservative and would be the best bet for getting the idiot McCain elected. Of course it will never happen but a person can dream.
Romney would make a fine VP choice for Obama.
Romney could continue the socialist work he started in MA, bankrtupting the entire nation, instead of just the state with socialized medicine.
Romney record on gay rights, support of gay marriage, general support of abortion, tax payer funded abortion $50 co-pay for abortions!), support of gun control, and general
nanny stateism is wonderful in the Democratic platform.
Romney’s father’s betrayal of this country in Vietnam and his fundraising for Planned Parenthood for years is great evidence that Romney is no Johnny-come-lately to liberalism -— he was raised as a big government liberal from birth, so he’s a natural among the elites in the Dim party.
I’m fine with Romney And McCain should pick him now, stop waiting. He needs to project his younger running mate to the public and McCain needs help on the campaign trial. Further the VP designate will get lots of free media.
That rule leaves McInsane with VERY few options, doesn’t it?
Thanks. I wasn’t 100% sure, although i was leaning that way in my assessment.
She is pretty good, but as I mentioned in my pervious post if she was picked and accepted she would lose credibility with most of us who are conservative/libertarian.
He's a great, solid, personable CONSERVATIVE - from a state full of ‘bitter, bible reading, gun clinging’ states. He's a solid family man with a personable family. He's ‘old stock’ America.
Go to his official site for his stances...and then go to his site with videos from his last campaign...
“ for a look at how personable he would be on the campaign trail.
Official site:
http://thune.senate.gov/public/
site for videos:
http://www.johnthune.com/index.php?content=comm04
scroll down and watch:
“Important We Work Together”
and
“Unique People “
and
“Grow the Economy”
His genuineness would resonate. And the camera loves him...much more personality than the obamination.
I can see him sliding comfortably into the presidency next election...
My list: first, John Thune
second, Mitt
Political spinners continue the mantra that McCain harbors animosity toward Romney. If we compare and contrast the ‘unity’ speech event of McCain-Romney last February, with what we saw on the stage with Obama-Clinton last week, we can see that there was more genuine feeling and respect between the two Republicans than ever between the two dems.
I think McCain’s face showed respect, and perhaps surprise, at how gracious and supportive Romney’s words were.
Political spinners don’t like reality to interfere with their preferred version of events. Hence, “lack of personal chemistry” becomes the mantra.
Based on your rule, which by the way I agree with, who could McCain possibly choose? I can’t think of many people who are less appealing, dumber, less competent or less attractive than He is.
The primary is over. And he no longer supports those positions.
Two old men with Cancer, yea that’s the ticket.
Ditto. Besides, Romney would be ideal in the VP role (as defined by Cheney). He would make a great CEO.
“— Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who would delight conservatives and is at the top of the list of the party’s prospects for the presidential race in 2012 or 2016. He was described to Politico by a McCain confidant as a possible “compromise” if the senator can’t stomach picking Romney.”
Thune would be an attractive candidate, but IIRC he was a strong opponent of all the amnesty nonsense of McCain/Kennedy, and which Juan just declared to be his top priority for the first 100 days of a McCain administration.
How would the two square that difference, and if Thune did such a huge flip-flop, it might turn a large chunk of Republican voters against him.
This amnesty crap has damaged the party tremendously, but Juan is pigheadedly determined to cause even more damage to get his way. And if he succeeds, he will have given the Dems. millions of new voters for the foreseeable future.
I am a thinking toe tapping Senator Larry Craig or the Senator Goober Graham.
Baloney.
Romney is a lifetime liberal who ran to the right in a transparent effort to be elected.
One example I love is his joining the NRA two weeks before running for office.
Romney is dishonest and disingenuous.
I can’t believe people fall for this con artist.
Two old men with Cancer, yea that’s the ticket.
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At least there would be one conservative on the ticket, as opposed to none on a McCain-Romney ticket.
For a millionaire’s wife to give $150 to PP is truly a token gesture. Yeah, it was empty pandering and they shouldn’t have done it but oh well. 1994 donations that barely qualify for triple digits aren’t an issues to me 14 years later. Especially when the primary is over.
Romney should get the nod. When McCain, not to be morbid, passes away, Mitt can name the Alaskan Governor as VP. That could mean Republican White House in 2012, 2016, and 2020.
Capable? Yes.
Conservative? No.
A Romney VP pick will help Obama get elected by further splintering an already splintered conservative base.
Romney ran as a liberal in 1994 and 2002 but he governed as a downright conservative (for Massachusetts) and ran as a conservative this last primary season. It’s good enough for me. Do I support MittCare? No. Has he been disingenuous and dishonest (like every politician)? Yes.
But I also recognize he’s an intelligent and successful businessman, sharp debater, youthful (for his age), and has traction in several swing states. I’d be a fool to pass all that up on a VP ticket.
Have you seen Romney's record in Mass.?
Romney ain't a conservative.
Waitaminute...McCain and Romney don’t even like one another. As great a VP as he would be, bringing the business savvy McCain lacks, I don’t see how Romney could have got short listed to begin with.
“Romney’s father’s betrayal of this country in Vietnam and his fundraising for Planned Parenthood for years is great evidence that Romney is no Johnny-come-lately to liberalism -— he was raised as a big government liberal from birth,”
Huh??? That’s weak. Both of my parents are libs. Big time. I learned to hate the Nags when she had NOW meetings at our house back in the early 70’s and those witches seemed to glare at me and my brother(now a Boortz type libertarian) with venom. So I guess that means all the conservative beliefs I have are an illusion based on your way of thinking. I better stop this Charles Stanley sermon pod-cast I’m listening too right now, as my parents are Atheist/Agnostic... So I guess that means I have to be one too.. I don’t think so! LOL…
1994? Try 2002.
Romney repeatedly spun a tale about how his “family friend” died in a mythical back-alley abortion, so he would always support abortion rights -— well, until he decided to run for office.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9IJUkYUbvI
Romney is a transparent liar who ran to the right to get people elected. I can’t believe people fell for his lies.
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