Posted on 01/20/2012 7:44:14 AM PST by Paddy Irish
WASHINGTON - Texas Gov. Rick Perry's retreat Thursday from the race for the Republican presidential nomination is likely to be a permanent exit from the 2012 race.
He makes a poor pick for vice president, SO WATCH NEWT PICK RAND PAUL!
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PLEASE....I’d have to move out of the country or commit suicide
Losers!
He already has started talking about the gold standard. Paul’s 15% is crucial if we are to win the general. Obama got it in 2008. Newt understands that there is an opportunity to pick it up ourself if we throw some bones.
“What if Newt picked Rand Paul?!”
Most of those Ron Paul voters, rather than occupying themselves on election day with debates about Austrian economics between hits off the bong might actually show up to support the G.O.P. ticket.
For once.
Paddy ... hittin’ the sauce a bit early today?
Bad idea.
Wrong. Watch a Newt townhall meeting sometime on youtube. He has a great connection with young people. How do you think he keeps getting wives so young?
Now that’s the kind of honest analysis I wish we’d get on cable.
Me too.
But what would Dad say???
That’s exactly right! Newt has an awesome mind. He can sense the anti-piracy law, the gold standard issues, and the problems with young unemployment.
I have a big WHY?
Why not pick Sarah Palin for VP? She is heads above any other candidate out there. It would counter Newt’s image, and this go around she would be let loose to be herself.
West would be better.
Listening to Glenn Beck this AM thinking that he might say something about the debate. Between endless commercials about for crap you don’t need, (e.g. some emergency food rations, a safe, gold etc.), he talks about the debate and like Ann Coulter, I can’t hear one positive thing he says about Newt.
IN FACT, AT ONE POINT, HE HAS IDIOT COHOSTS OVER THERE START CALLING NEWT A “DIRT BAG”....YES, DID ANYONE ELSE LISTEN TO HIM THIS MORNING WHEN HE’S REFERRING TO NEWT AS A “DIRT BAG”?
And Ron Paul for fed chairman. Now that would shake things up.
The VP slot is going to come from a battleground state. PA or OH. Any influence that a VP can bring is needed.
Kasich has been suggested.
If Newt wins SC, a Santorum VP choice is a good possibility.
1. Exchange an endorsement for a VP position - a win-win for both
2. Santorum influences the Pennsylvania vote - a key state
Yes, they’ve had disagreements. If you recall, so did Reagan and Bush (Sr). That seemed to work out well.
I don’t listen to Beck. If he has cohosts doing as you said, and he’s letting that slide, then he’s sunk lower than I realized.
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I don’t think he would want the inevitable baggage that would come from picking a Paul as VP. That opens up all kinds of issues with Rand Paul’s father being a nutjob, inviting media charges of insanity by association. Republicans don’t run against Democrats. Republicans run against the media.
Sarah Palin is a much better choice, if only because she’s a known quantity who can fire-up the base. Santorum might be a good choice, as might Jindahl. Rubio might be a good choice, but there are concerns about eligibility there. Mitch Daniels also might be okay. I also like the current governor of Arizona.
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