Posted on 07/11/2008 8:41:37 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney - 25 percent
Rep. Eric Cantor - 14 percent
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal - 11 percent
An outsider - 8 percent
Former OMB Director Rob Portman - 6 percent
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge - 6 percent
Also receiving votes: Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, Vice President Dick Cheney, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, retired Gen. Jim Jones, former Rep. John Kasich, Rep. Sue Myrick, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, 3 percent each.
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I’d like to see me as the VP. That way I know at least we’d have a good VP.
No votes for Jeb Bush?......
McCain can kiss my @ss!!!!
VP choices?
How about American actually get a choice for President?
Over 300 million citizens and we get to chose between Obama and McCain?
Pretty sad when you really think about it.........
Thankfully Lindsay Graham is nowhere on the list. Don’t even think about it, Mac.
Conspiracy Guy ‘08
I would prefer you on the ticket too. But at the top. And there are any number of Freepers who could fill that VP slot as well as any of the “leaders” being proposed. Heck, if given a choice between the 545 people who currently fill the three branches of government and any 545 Freepers picked randomly I would go with the Freepers every time.
This country is Bushed out. Nothing would be surer to lose an election than to run another one.
Carolyn
Either would be great as VP in 2008
Not really. Remember McCain said he was interested in only one term. His VP choice will almost assuredly be the GOP pick in 2012. Lets make it a good one.
That’s one vote!
I’m with you on that entire plan
Hey! That’s 2 votes.
Over 300 million citizens and we get to chose between Obama and McCain?
That’s my biggest gripe also.....McCains a retread and Obama’s resume is blank....
agree. shame it isn’t right for him to run for president. Jeb would make a great one.
I will never vote for another Bush for political office again.
Intriguing--a woman, and one who's actually accomplished something in the real world.
I nominate Congressman Duncan Hunter, he represents California’s 52nd Congressional District consisting of eastern and northern San Diego County. He is a Vietnam veteran, who served in the 173rd Airborne and 75th Army Rangers. In 1973, Hunter attended Western State University Law School (now Thomas Jefferson School of Law) in San Diego on the G.I. Bill, while also working at farming and construction. Opening a law office in Barrio Logan San Diego, Hunter assisted many in the Hispanic community free of charge and without government compensation. In 1980, he was asked to run against Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin, an 18-year incumbent, where, in a 2-to-1 Democrat district, Hunter won the Congressional seat.
Hunter’s first assignment in Congress was to the House Armed Services Committee, where he is presently Ranking Member. Hunter focuses his national security efforts on providing the President the resources he needs to win the nation’s military conflicts, modernization initiatives that quickly move new and effective technologies into the field, making the Department of Defense more efficient by moving resources from redundant and unnecessary bureaucracy to warfighting capabilities, and strongly supporting our nation’s military personnel and their families by ensuring that they are well-compensated and well-equipped with safe and effective weapons and equipment. Prior to his current position as Ranking Member, Hunter served as Chairman of the full committee from 2003-2007, responsible for a defense budget totaling more than $500 billion. Hunter also served as Chairman of the Military Research & Development Subcommittee from 2001-2002 and the Subcommittee on Military Procurement from 1995-2000, where he presided over $60 billion for the acquisition of military weapon systems and components.
Having a district located in the California-Mexico border region, Hunter has made border enforcement a major priority. In 1988, Hunter authored legislation making the military the lead agency in illegal drug interdiction and was successful in obtaining military units for building roads and fencing along the U.S. border with Mexico. Over 40 miles of fencing and border infrastructure have been constructed to date. Additionally, Hunter passed legislation in 1995 to authorize an additional 5,000 Border Patrol agents in response to the Clinton Administration’s budget which attempted to cut agency resources. Hunter remains committed to sealing the U.S. border to illegal alien and drug trafficking, ensuring that the region remains safe for communities on both sides of the international boundary.
Hunter’s other legislative priorities include fulfilling promises to our nation’s veterans, providing tax relief to America’s working families, and continuing cleanup efforts at the New River and Salton Sea in Imperial County, which he previously represented for 20 years.
Well with what we have to choose from I would gladly take 4 more years of GW Bush.
I know, no homo-Romneo.
Was down at the County Clerk office the other day to pay my enormous property taxes and had to endure the complaints of a man of color who was bitching that he should be ahead of me in line.
He was there to get a free fishing license, but hey, at least his vote counts as much as mine.
Unbelievable.
I would pick Romney
Cantor seems really popular.
If you love liberals and a man with a singular record of destroying the GOP, *omney’s your man.
GOP Congressional Insiders Sens. Lamar Alexander, Jim Bunning, John Cornyn, Jim DeMint, Lindsey Graham, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Johnny Isakson, Richard Lugar, Mel Martinez, Lisa Murkowski, Olympia Snowe, John Sununu, John Thune, David Vitter; Reps. Michele Bachmann, Brian Bilbray, Marsha Blackburn, John Boehner, Kevin Brady, John Campbell, Chris Cannon, Eric Cantor, Michael Castle, Tom Cole, Mike Conaway, Tom Davis, John Doolittle, David Dreier, Phil English, Jeff Flake, Scott Garrett, Bob Goodlatte, Kay Granger, Doc Hastings, Pete Hoekstra, Bob Inglis, Peter King, Jack Kingston, Mark Kirk, John Kline, Ray LaHood, Dan Lungren, Kenny Marchant, Jim McCrery, Patrick McHenry, John Mica, Candice Miller, Marilyn Musgrave, Sue Myrick, Devin Nunes, Mike Pence, Tom Price, Deborah Pryce, Adam Putnam, Dave Reichert, Tom Reynolds, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Mike Rogers of Michigan, Paul Ryan, Pete Sessions, John Shadegg, Christopher Shays, Adrian Smith, Mark Souder, Pat Tiberi, Fred Upton, Zach Wamp, and Joe Wilson.
When I see Lamar!’s name at the head of the list, it reminds me of why he’s been King RINO of my state for years. He practically killed the TN GOP in the 1980s. No surprise why he’d be supporting a liberal like *omney.
Yeah, like Chris Cannon, who just got his clock cleaned in the primaries.
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