Could they be laughing about the results of "Operation Chaos"?
Posted on 03/27/2008 5:06:42 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - In a show of Republican unity, one-time bitter foes John McCain and Mitt Romney raised money and campaigned together Thursday for a single goal - getting McCain elected president.
"We are united. Now our job is to energize our party," the Arizona senator said in an airport hangar, flanked by Romney and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., an early McCain supporter. Both have been mentioned as potential vice presidential picks, and McCain praised each.
Romney lauded McCain and promised to do all he can to help, saying: "He is a man who is proven and tested" and without question the right man to be president.
In February, Romney won 90 percent of the vote in Utah to McCain's 5 percent. Romney's ties to the state run deep, from his Mormon faith to his work overseeing the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
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"Look, that wasn't the only state I lost to Governor Romney in - it was just the largest loss,' McCain said chuckling. He joked that it was abject humiliation but understandable given Romney's Utah links. "I was at least hoping to break into double digits though!"
"I think he did just fine in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, California ...," Romney said, laughing about states McCain won.
The two then headed to Denver for another fundraiser accompanied by Meg Whitman, the outgoing chief executive of eBay Inc. (EBAY) and a former Romney backer who now supports McCain.
On the flight, there seemed to be little residual acrimony between the former rivals.
They sat next to each other and ate turkey sandwiches. They laughed and talked during the hourlong flight, and were complimentary of each other when talking to reporters traveling with McCain.
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A tanned and rested Romney said it was fun to be campaigning again and nice not to feel any pressure. "I don't have to worry about goofing up," he said. He brushed aside questions about a No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket.
At one point, McCain answered a question by lamenting an accelerated GOP primary process that he said doesn't allow voters to scrutinize the candidates as much.
"Mitt just went through the process," McCain said and turned to the former governor.
"The process was very good to you ...," Romney responded. McCain, laughing, said the process was good to him, too.
McCain, who has struggled to raise money compared to Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, is on a weeklong Western fundraising swing. Romney is popular in Utah and Colorado, states with large numbers of Mormons.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, dropped out of the race last month after it became apparent it would be near impossible to topple McCain in the convention delegate race. He endorsed the Arizona senator a week later and pledged to help him win the nomination.
Since then, McCain has praised Romney repeatedly as someone who is certain to continue playing a large role in the GOP. Romney, for his part, has suggested that he'd accept a vice presidential slot, though some Republicans privately speculate that he's looking ahead to a possible repeat run in 2012.
Neither man appeared especially fond of the other during the campaign. Romney cast McCain as outside of the GOP's conservative mainstream and a Washington insider who contributed to the problems there. McCain, in turn, argued that Romney's equivocations and reversals on issues indicated a willingness to change his positions to fit his political goals.
Could they be laughing about the results of "Operation Chaos"?
Strange bedfellows?
OR
The Republican ticket?
{{shudder}}}
shudder? Romney on the bottom of the ticket is about the only way McCain can make himself acceptable to me.
Those two liberals can’t unite me with the Republican Party
Sorry, no offense to Romney supporters, after what McCain did to Romeny during the debates, forgive and forget?
It would take more than that for my vote.
a lot more, unfortunately.
Sorry, Romeny = Romney
And Mccain sort of looks like Howard Dean. But I'm sure that's where the likeness ends. There's that, at least.
And for the love of Pete, Romney's looking like John Kerry in that one picture.
Is this some kind of bad dream?
"...and then she actually said, "I misremembered" or "I misspoke" or something like that!"
Put Romney in charge of all economic decisions. Lay out a plan to implement. Great combo.
Looks like Johnny Mac and Mitt are becoming fast friends. Sounds like a winning ticket.
The one thing I agreed with Romney on was his plans for all the illegals in this country.
He and McCain couldn’t be further apart on that subject.
No...
But these two may:
Give him a year and he will have a completely different position on the issue.
This liberal BS artist would have no problem reversing himself 180 degrees.
Romney has little experience in national defense issues. McCain has even less in economic issues, Romney's strong suit.
McCain could also stick a finger in the eye of the fundamentalist right and distance himself from Hagee and Robertson at the same time he cozies up to Catholic and Mormon voters. Yet, since Romeny has made a genuine effort to court the Evangelical voters, it wouldn't be sticking a finger in the eye of most of these voters.
Probably Romney's biggest asset, however, is his debating skill and willingness to swing at the glass jaw of a lightweight like Osama or Hitlery, something McCain seems unwilling to do.
Do I think McCain has the smarts to make such a selection? Probably not. Romney is just being a good soldier-- possibly trying to minimize the Republican bloodbath at the polls, possibly setting himself up for 2012.
Would I change my mind and vote for McCain if he did? Right now, it is doubtful-- McCain seems determined enough to win without conservatives and the Democrat duo seems stupid enough to let him. But the bigger question I have to ask myself is if a McCain presidency would be all that different from Hillary or Obama.
I now regret supporting Romney in the primaries after FRed dropped out. But then, I now regret supporting FRed. I’m done with anyone who sucks up to the RINO McCain.
Gee, what an exciting ticket.
"No, it's the Moron Grab An Apple Choir!"
Ooops, I thought this was a 'caption this' thread...nevermind...
Two rino AMERICANS trump any of the traitors from the treason party... by a mile.
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