Let’s see...Romney has no stance on the Chick Fil A situation...pissed off the Catholic League and social Conservatives....there goes one part of the voting block.
Now he is gonna go with General Liberal for VP?
He is handing the election to Obama with a bow on it.
Rubio is the only pick that makes sense. He is hispanic, a tea party member, and the future for how the GOP should be. Even Stevie Wonder can see that. Romney would lock up Florida and at least 50% of the Hispanic voting block in this country with that one pick.
Suicidal choice to go with anyone else but Rubio. The General brings nothing to this ticket but problems and more Bush era campaign commercials.
I am in favor of Rubio, but be prepared for the outcry from birthers.
Apparently, Mark Levin has no eligibility issues with Rubio (neither do I).
So just how is Jeb and all of the Bushies now a days?
Actually, I think Romney handled the Chick-Fil-A controversy correctly. Politicians weighing in on local matters or just what one business owner said has gotten out of control. In the old days, the President was above such trivial things. 0bama changed that with ‘the cops acted stupidly’. He’s reduced and demeaned the office but that’s part of 0bama’s mission, right? Romney was right not to weigh in. Let’s hope he at least tries to bring dignity back to the office of the president.
“Let’s see...Romney has no stance on the Chick Fil A situation...pissed off the Catholic League and social Conservatives....there goes one part of the voting block.”
Only a trivially insignificant portion of his “voting block” has dropped and it never supported him in any way in any case. So that is all false. Catholics are one of the strongest blocks of the Democrat coalition (most only give lip service to commands about Life) and social conservatives (both these affiliations consider the other somewhat, it not completely, heretical) will vote for him. There is no real alternative.
Rubio is not a Natural Born Citizen and don’t for one second the Enema-media will let that drop. It doesn’t matter that The Disaster isn’t either. And, we know, 35% will be outraged that Mario isn’t while not giving a shiite that The Disaster isn’t.
While Petraeus would not hurt him having little or no political profile, I doubt that he will be named as the candidate.
My guess he will name the most colorless and uninspiring person available.
HOWEVER, he could have a sex-change operation and call himself Mitzie and would still be 100x better than The Disaster. She would get my vote if it is the last thing I do.
“Suicidal choice to go with anyone else but Rubio...”
Rubio is NOT a natural born Citizen.
Three types of citizenship are recognized by our government: native born; naturalized; and citizen-by-statute. All have equal rights. All can serve in Congress, either as a Representative in the House, or as a Senator in the Senate.
The above are known as “statutory citizenship” and are defined by law.
The following link will take you to the government’s own Immigration Service web page describing the three types of citizenship.
Natural Born Citizen is NOT a type of statutory citizenship as per the Federal Government. Natural Born is ONLY an eligibility requirement for the U.S. Presidency per Article II, Section 1, clause 5, of the U.S. Constitution.
The definition of natural born Citizen is found in the unanimous SCOTUS holding of Minor v. Happersett (1874). Virginia Minor sought to run for President, contending she was a citizen under the 14th Amendment, and the Supreme Court instead classed her as a natural born Citizen, born in the United States of U.S. citizen parents.
No one has the RIGHT to be President. The eligibility requirement of Natural Born Citizenship (jus solis + jus sanguinas: born in the U.S. of U.S. citizen parents) must be viewed as a means to prevent split allegiance for any President of the United States.
The unincorporated territories, including Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal Zone, are not considered part of the United States and those born there have statutory U.S. citizenship only, and are not considered natural born Citizens.
“Rubio is the only pick that makes sense. He is hispanic, a tea party member, and the future for how the GOP should be.”
I hope better minds persuade Romney pick someone else.
Because I oppose Rubio in some personal or policy position way? No.
I believe Rubio helping to produce Conservative positions and victories in Congress over the next 8 years, from his Senate seat, will be more beneficial to Conservative causes than will he be as a mere VP to Romney. We need him more in the Senate and he and Romney should not put his safe Senate seat at risk at this time. The Senate GOP votes will be slim, even if the GOP can gain a majority in the Senate again, a mere majority will not save us from the RINOS there on some issues. Rubio needs to stay in the Senate. That’s where we need him. Romney CAN win with others on his ticket.