Time for plan 9 from outer space.
Demand Newt be placed on the ticket with Romney. After Romney wins, impeach him and we have a Newt presidency.
Great idea ... except loser ROMNEY CANNOT win.
He was an economic failure (as governor)
AND he was evil (destroyed the Constitution),
and he is a backstabber and dog abuser.
HOW WILL THAT MAKE HIM ACCEPTABLE TO AMERICA?
Perhaps his off shore accounts?
Or his staying in a Nazi-stolen building in France
which just happened to be later sold ... with profits
to his church?
Romney WAS CHOSEN BY Obama and the DNC.
“Time for plan 9 from outer space.”
We should insist upon a conservative VP, but it won’t be Newt (and he’d be the first one to tell you). And assuming that we’d be able to impeach and remove a President Romney (for what “high crime or misdemeanor,” exactly?) is risible (we’d need 67 votes for conviction in the Senate). That’s not the choice before us.
We’re stuck with Romney now, and if he doesn’t win in November, Obama will. I have a very low opinion of Romney and his interest and ability to move the conservative agenda, but I know exactly what Obama has in store for a second term, and it would be far worse than anything Romney could do. We need to hold Romney’s feet to the fire, demand a conservative runningmate, elect large conservative majorities in both houses of Congress, and put the fear of God into Romney so that he signs conservative legislation and nominates conservative judges or else face a conservative primary challenger in 2016 (when, if Romney’s performance as president didn’t match his campaign rhetoric, he’d be toast).
I was an ABR (Anybody But Romney) guy since 2008 (when I supported Fred Thompson, but switched to McCain after FDT dropped out in order to stop Romney), and this year I was a strong Santorum supporter, but we have to face facts here. Romney will be the GOP presidential nominee, and if he doesn’t get elected Obama will get reelected. The choice is clear; I don’t like the options any more than you do, but there’s no doubt in my mind that 4 more years of Obama would do permanent damage to our nation while 4 years of Romney would at least give us a fighting chance of turning this around.