Posted on 08/30/2011 6:24:02 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
In the postnomination chaos of the 1960 Democratic Convention, John F. Kennedy, a Massachusetts liberal (and a Catholic to boot), realized that Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, his erstwhile rival for the nomination, had something that he needed: entree to a then-Democratic South that was inherently suspicious of liberals and Catholics. Thus was born the Austin-Boston connection.
For JFK, that connection was a lifeline to the White House. These days, it is the GOP that may give serious consideration to a reconstituted Austin-Boston connection: A New England politician with a suspiciously moderate past (and a Mormon to boot) may come to realize that he needs what a certain Southern governor with tea party and evangelical bona fides has to offer. As in 1960, when JFK-LBJ tied together the frayed and disparate wings of the Democratic Party long enough to win the White House, Mitt Romney-Rick Perry could be just the ticket for the GOP to unite its increasingly disparate wings and make Barack Obama a one-term president.
"For a Republican Party torn between hard-money conservatives and social conservatives, it would be an intriguing way to balance the party," Texas Christian University political scientist James Riddlesperger said.
"Romney is clearly the front-runner, and depending on how (Perry) conducts his own campaign for the presidency, he's a viable vice-presidential pick," Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson said.
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Won’t work....two white guys....gotta have either a woman or a minority on the ticket....
It’s tea-colored water if rick is on the ticket. And overpriced crap foam latte if Mitt is.
Re: Post 82. LOL.
Although I’d liken Romney more to vanilla chai. The perfect drink for those who really don’t like tea, but want to appear as if they do.
Kinky Friedman should challenge Barack Obama for the Democrat Party nomination. He could run a musician ticket with the deceased Boots Randolph. Kinky Boots 2012.
“Chai Party”. I think I’m gonna use that. ;D
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