Posted on 06/05/2012 10:52:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
He is going to pick someone equally as boring as he is. He won’t dare pick someone like Palin. Romney is not a risk taker. He plays it safe.
Just my 2 cents ...
Picking Palin will cement his nomionation of Conservatives across the nation. Those who hate Palin, won’t vote for Romney anyway - and there are MILLIONS of people who love her.
I see her as a “can’t lose” choice, personally.
Anyone he picks will become a relentless target.
I respect Chris Christie as a like-minded politician, however (and sadly) elections can be lost on physical appearance.
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Scott Walker is not available.
I like Paul Ryan, but he is relatively inexperienced being so young and having never been a governor or CEO.
Bobby Jindal is my favorite but he isn’t perfect. He lacks easy charm on the stump, and he is not well known or from a swing state. Also the leftist media would trash him for being a devout Catholic and unrepentant social conservative.
He already has the nomination. He doesn’t need to “cement” a damn thing.
I was referring to winning the election.
Conservatives outnumber Liberals - by a large margin. If he choses a lukewarm RINO, he will lose a lot of the base. They simply won’t bother to vote (as they have time, and time again).
However, if he energizes his base - the numbers of Conservatives voting a Romney/Palin ticket would outnumber the voter fraud the DNC is probably already orchestrating.
And outside of Free Republic, there's millions who loathe her. Romney won't pick Palin. She's too divisive. To win, Romney needs to win back those white, middle-class voters who voted for Bush in 2004 and went to Obama in 2008. These folks don't want to see Palin on the ticket.
Romney will pick someone with conservative credentials to appeal to the base but without Palin's negatives that chase away the middle.
McDonnell would be a good VP pick. He balanced the budget in Virginia without raising taxes. He is a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army reserves. Virginia is a battleground state. As far as I know, McDonnell has not abused any corporate credit cards like Rubio has done.
He is the DREAM pick. It would be a HUGE mistake for Romney not to choose McDonnell.
All upside, no downside.
I LOVE Sarah, but the media has destroyed her. Romney is not that brave. He will not choose Sarah.
Neither Palin nor Romney have the skills to deal with a media slaughterfest that would result if he picked palin.
I’m thinking Romney will opt for someone like Sen. John Thune from SD. Well-spoken, mild-mannered, bland but capable...
I'd be quite happy with McDonnell. He's done a great job as Governor here in VA... not flawless, but no one is. McDonnell is an outstanding campaigner as well.
Isn't everyone?
I somehow don't see Sarah Palin running for the same spot on the ticket two elections running, especially alongside a man who it appears attempted to smear her four years ago.
If Palin wouldn't run for President due to family concerns, why the second spot to the worst Republican nominee since Alf Landon would appeal to her is beyond me.
The problem isn't the second spot on the Republican ticket. It's the first.
Palin is still the biggest player in republican politics aside from the presidential candidate, and she is the definite leader of the Reagan wing of the GOP.
” . If he choses a lukewarm RINO,he will lose a lot of the base. They simply won’t bother to vote (as they have time,and time again).”
No he wont. His base is voting for him even if he picks chuck e cheese.
My view is that if a real Conservative, like Palin, agreed to be on the Romney ticket, it would only taint that
Conservative. Much of the real Conservative base would see Palin as a sellout and phony if she joined Romney.
On the other hand, a VP pick like Palin would probably stir up the irrational hatred of those on the left and help energize Obama’s base.
I’d love to see Sarah Palin on a GOP ticket again, but at the TOP of it, or at least with a real Conservative at the top.
Of course, if it was revealed that Mitt only had a few months to live, I might think differently. :-)
After Gov. Walker fights off the recall he’ll be prime. The way he stood up to the unions is awesome! After today he’ll be very popular.
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