Mitt Romney’s ‘veepstakes’ begin

The Washington Post ^ | March 30,2012 | Philip Rucker

[no dems]

All you have to do is read the excerpted part I posted to know that once RINO-Rom gets the nod, Conservatives (Newt Gingrich) Youth (Paul Ryan), Minorities (Marco Rubio) and women (Sarah Palin) can go to hell. He'll pick an old, white, moderate fart like Mitch Daniels or Jeb Bush or New Jersey Fats as his running mate. I'm betting right now, his VP choice will be Christie.

[Terry Mross]

Folks, we might as well go back to 2008 without Sarah.

[saganite]

Not Christie. Too much regionalism in the ticket and Republicans have no chance with two RINO’s on the ticket. It won’t matter to me anyway. If Romney gets the nomination I’m voting libertarian.

[Drew68]

Romney’s short list is going to be real short: Marco Rubio.

[johncocktoasten]

Romney/huntsman
Romney/pawlenty
Romney/Lieberman
Romney/powell
Romney/will
Romney/specter
Romney/McConnell
Romney/crist
Romney/snowe
Romney/Collins
Romney/Giuliani
Romney/voinovich

The possibilities are endless.....

[EGPWS]

This time, one Romney adviser said, “politics will matter less than you’d imagine.”

Since when has Romney ever done anything for political purposes?

Romney should FIRE that adviser!

[nhwingut]

This is the WaPo trying once again to divide.

The Romney people know (if anything has taught them this primary season) that he is not liked at all among the base.

So the WaPo idea that he will feel “liberated” is pure bunk. He would have felt liberated if he had won in a landslide after say Florida. Not now. This article makes no sense.

He knows if he picks a Daniels, or a Portman the base will yawn. And he’ll lose in a landslide. He needs to picks Rubio. Period. It starts and ends there.

[Old Badger]

He won't unite me and I suspect there are others on this forum, the TEA party, and conservatives at large who will not support this phony a$$hole who should actually be running as a democrat.

And for those of you who say not voting for Romney is a vote for Obama, a vote for Romney is a vote for Obama ......... their templates are the same and Obama will crush Romney in the general election. This whole situation is a result of "go along to get along" Republicans and GOP-E. It's disgusting to say the least!

It's time to turn out the lights on the GOP-E.

[Diogenesis]

FLASHBACK:

The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++4 to 10 pts
in some polls, days prior to Election 2008.
So rather than helping the GOP, Romney and
TeamROMNEY and the RNME (Republican National Media Establishment)
decided …to attack Gov. Palin to throw Election2008.

Romney, and the Van der Sloot RNME RINOs for Obama in 2008

Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."

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The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.

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"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

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"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

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"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

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[9YearLurker]

I think it’ll be Rubio, which will be a mistake.

[Mercat]

I heard two possibilities last night that I had not considered - Petreous or Senator Ran Paul.

[MadelineZapeezda]

that’s why Ron Paul hasn’t attacked Myth...holding out for his son....and he said he would do the vp slot

[no dems]

He needs to picks Rubio. Period. It starts and ends there.
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Rubio is my choice.

[Caipirabob]

What’s the point? He’s going to get creamed if he’s permitted to be the candidate.

[X-spurt]

Someone please update me. When did we as conservatives thrown in the towel on Natural Born Citizen?

Yeah, Rubio is a Prince and would otherwise be fantastic, but unless there is proof otherwise, he is not a Natural Born Citizen.

[no dems]

Senator Ran Paul.
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Oh geesh!!! RINO-Rom is boring enough, but, Rand Paul has the charisma of a foot stool.

[Drew68]

When did we as conservatives thrown in the towel on Natural Born Citizen?

Nobody is buying that "2 citizen parents" crap that birthers made up.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

We may see a choice between Rubio or Newt. Either choice would make it a bit more palatable.

[no dems]

I read both sides of the Natural Born Citizen arguement. The Supreme Court is going to have to decide this sooner or later. But, if Rubio is chosen for the VP slot, and his NBC status is challenged, that would force a call from the media for Obama to prove that he is a NBC.

[moovova]

Mittens looked pretty chummy with Paul Ryan last night, sitting side-by-side, on the BOR show.