Running Mate -- But Who?"
Posted on 03/31/2012 12:19:13 PM PDT by Windy City Conservative
This year may be an exception, however, as some Republicans are whispering in Romney’s ear. What Democrats call “the Republican war on women” is mostly hype, but there is a constituency that the GOP primary season has given short shrift to -- and that constituency is Latinos.
Although it’s axiomatic that Hispanics are the fastest-growing demographic group in this country, there is, of course, no bloc Latino vote anymore than Hispanics themselves are monolithic. But loose talk about building moats (stocked with alligators, no less) along the nation’s southern border, enforcing laws designed for ethnic profiling, and “self-deportation” -- this last (inane) formulation is Romney’s own -- has created a crying need for the Republican nominee to send a signal to 40 million Americans that they are not going to be marginalized by the Party of Lincoln.
But this need is also an opportunity for Mitt Romney: He can be the first nominee of a major political party to choose a Hispanic running mate.
So then the question becomes: Who should it be?
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“Romney Needs a Latino Running Mate — But Who?”
Well, unless he can get Mike Lee to change his name to Mike Lopez, having a Latino running with him will not make me more likely to vote for Willard—playing ethnic/gender/racial politics will make me less likely to vote for him.
Republicans = stuck on stupid.
My local paper reported this morning that the Ron Paul delegates have made a deal with the Santorum campaign in WA State to throw the Ron Paul delegates to Santorum.
This has been confirmed with the WA Ron Paul campaign. The state GOP is furious.
Will other states follow?
When I saw Romney and Ryan sitting together on Hannity Friday night, I’d swear they were THE ticket!
Since he’s a Mexican national, why does he need another Latino?
Milton Friedman-Sanchez
What Romney needs to do is drop out now and spare the GOP the humilating loss that will occur if he is the nominee.
Romney Needs a Latino Running Mate — But Why?
I say: Romney / Palin.
For real.
Rick Santorum, after he changes his name to Ricardo Santomayor.
The Romney campaign has been playing this game from the beginning. Three weeks before the WA caucus, we received an email from the state GOP, saying that a conservative wman congressman from Eastern WA was at the top of VP short list. Then we heard it was Rand Paul. I would bet that Romney haslayed those games in other states as well.
José Jiménez
Carlos Santana (but only if he promises to stop playing and grimacing!)
go to the local home depot and pick up a day laborer. any one will do why not, our usurper in the white house is an illegal alien.
I think the Frito Bandito is a good choice!
Less we forget, Romney’s father was a MEXICAN! Mittens IS the latino.
Nothing shocking or exciting will happen if Romney gets the nod. He will do the predictable thing and being 99% risk adverse, play it safe and we’ll be stuck with a ticket more boring than Al Gore that will go down in flames AGAIN!
I say he does NOT need a Latino. They will vote for Obama no matter who is the VP. He should pick Jan Brewer.
Romney is latino
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