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RUMOR: Pit Bull VP Candidates (Chris Christie, Gingrich?) being considered to counter Obama attacks
July 15, 2012 | Ralph Mitchell

Posted on 07/15/2012 5:26:53 AM PDT by mitchell001

Could the Romney campaign be forced to consider Pit Bull candidates such as Chris Christie or Newt Gingrich to help the GOP go on offense against Obama's unfair, untrue Romney attacks? Milktoast candidates such as Pawlenty, Condi Rice, Portman, etc. may not fit the bill.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: christie; gingrich; obama; romney; vanity
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1 posted on 07/15/2012 5:27:05 AM PDT by mitchell001
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To: mitchell001

Problem with Gingrich is his full blown attacks against Bain Capital in the primary. He won’t be the pick.


2 posted on 07/15/2012 5:30:02 AM PDT by Sudetenland (Member of the BBB Club - Bye-Bye-Barry!!! President Barack "Down Low" Obama)
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To: mitchell001
Robert Costa on Twitter: Top Romney source tells me “no Condi.” Romney wants someone more comfortable in ‘attack dog’ mode.
3 posted on 07/15/2012 5:33:46 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: mitchell001

Hillary is available. She’d be a perfect combo with Willard.


4 posted on 07/15/2012 5:34:10 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: Sudetenland
Newt's attacks on Romney were nothing compared to Romney's bullsh!t attacks on Newt.

If they have buried the hatchet...anything is possible.

5 posted on 07/15/2012 5:34:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Sudetenland

That’s too bad. Gingrich could be the perfect prescription for Gov. Romney’s campaign. Knows the issues better than anyone else on the horizon and can out_debate them all.


6 posted on 07/15/2012 5:34:30 AM PDT by faithhopecharity
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To: mitchell001
The Lt. Colonel says "hi"!
7 posted on 07/15/2012 5:35:00 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2
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To: faithhopecharity
Gingrich could be the perfect prescription ... Knows the issues better ... and can out_debate them all.



8 posted on 07/15/2012 5:38:13 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: mitchell001

Let’s face it. It’s a beauty contest. There isn’t enough lipstick and eyeshadow for either one. Next!


9 posted on 07/15/2012 5:39:21 AM PDT by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: Servant of the Cross
Newt would be the dream Veep for me.

He is a pitt bull that would destroy Obama and Biden, energize the base, bring to Romney a deep understanding of how the system works (and doesn't work), bring to Romney a vast knowledge of foreign affairs and history, and keep the responsibility for the requisite nastiness away from Romney.

10 posted on 07/15/2012 5:43:57 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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romney is getting a taste of his own tactics after what he did to Newt and Santorum along with four year ago attacks on huckleberry and McCain. If romney has a brain his VP would be Hurricane Palin, Newt, or West. Palin has already been vetted and the commies fired every bullet at her and she is still standing strong. They have no more ammo to fire at Sarah and she would be an excellent pick.


11 posted on 07/15/2012 5:44:29 AM PDT by biggredd1
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To: Sudetenland

Both Newt and Krispy Kreme have mouths that Romney wouldn’t risk adding to his team.

Instead, I think we should look to whom among the milquetoasts he would perceive to be politically assertive. TPaw, maybe?

Nah, I still guess that Portman’s the guy he wants to pick—and so he’ll find a way to rationalize that.


12 posted on 07/15/2012 5:45:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: mitchell001

Ryan or West could shred Barry0.


13 posted on 07/15/2012 5:45:48 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Eccl 10:2

Amen on Allen West. He’s the best pit bull and a quick responder.


14 posted on 07/15/2012 5:46:44 AM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: Servant of the Cross

Why do people constantly feel the desire to parrot pundits? In response to this latest RUMOR about Condi, her spokeswoman said no almost immediately and then Condi came out again and said no.

Just what is it that people just don’t understand about NO!? But no, they’re just too fargin smart to realize that if she were to flip after being so emphatic that she and the campaign would be discredited big time anyway. Sheesh!

Must have been a slow day at the Drudge novelty stand. Maybe he should do what he does best. Sell papers, candy and sodas while looking important at spreading rumors. He was played by someone big time.

Top Romney source my arsche! I would wager it is the etch-a-sketch douche-bag wanting to stir things up just to show everyone just how friggin smart he is, not. The Stupid Party never ceases to amaze me with their total and utter incompetence or the people who support them to fall for it EVERY TIME IT IS TRIED.


15 posted on 07/15/2012 5:49:57 AM PDT by mazda77 ("Defeating the Totalitarian Lie" By: Hilmar von Campe. Everybody should read it.)
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To: mitchell001

Actually, has Romney considered asking Obama to be his VP? They see eye to eye on everything!


16 posted on 07/15/2012 5:52:05 AM PDT by albie
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To: mazda77

I’d more likely suspect dem subterfuge. They have done it for years.


17 posted on 07/15/2012 5:53:20 AM PDT by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: 9YearLurker

Newt would be a good pick but I think he will go for someone else—They will be a former Governor and from the southern states. They will not be everyone’s choice but I tend to think they will be conservative to some degree. Someone who did well in the primaries would be good. A pit Bull is needed to carry the fight to the foe. I don’t see any republican women, save Sarah Palin, who could do this and she is toxic. Rubio is too much of a pandering choice—a vain attempt to get Mexican votes. Christie would be interesting—but he may well be better for another job. The Governor of Texas? Bobbie J.? A political animal is needed—and one that will make the Tea Party sing loud and hard and bring in the south.


18 posted on 07/15/2012 5:55:34 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: PowderMonkey
Let’s face it. It’s a beauty contest.

That is conventional, inside-the-box thinking.

Romney's success in life is due almost completely to his application of the Bill Bain approach to problem solving and growth...and that is the use of "strategy" and the relentless way it is implemented.

Strategy, in Bain's case, is defined as (I paraprase) "determine the goals (long and short) and develop an equation of how to get there...and then wage all out war to implement said strategy and achieve the objective."

Thinking outside the box is a big part of what Bain and Romney do!

19 posted on 07/15/2012 5:57:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Yeah, but Romney is already under attack over Bain and no matter how much of a total BS red-herring the attacks may be, Gingrich’s having made such attacks would only lend support to those attacks.


20 posted on 07/15/2012 6:01:21 AM PDT by Sudetenland (Member of the BBB Club - Bye-Bye-Barry!!! President Barack "Down Low" Obama)
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