Posted on 05/21/2008 5:29:16 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Charlie Crist, Bobby Jindal and Mitt Romney better hope John McCain isn't banking on Tony Blankley for guidance on his Veep pick. Newt's former press secretary is blah—at best—on all three.
Blankley, also the former editorial page editor of the Washington Times and who continues to write a column there, made his remarks on MSNBC's "Race for the White House" this evening as part of a panel reacting to the news that McCain has invited the three governors—past and present—to meet with him over the Memorial Day weekend.
ON CRIST
DAVID GREGORY: What would Governor Crist bring to McCain's ticket?
TONY BLANKLEY: I don't think he brings much. I think if McCain can't carry Florida on his own, he's not going to carry it. He needs to carry something else. I doubt, I don't think he brings much to the ticket.
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Veepstakes: Blankley blah on Crist, Jindal, Romney. Ping to Today show list.
Romneycare in the tank, the Mormon problem (flds in the news), $400 per vote ROI. What is McCain thinking.
Jindal makes some sense.
He has less experience than Obama.
Think. Don't pander to minority voters. That's what got people thinking about Rice for so many years.
Isn’t the gov. of Minnesota Republican? Minnesota has been a blue state but could swing to the GOP.
Mike Huckabee?
J.C. Watts? Could he attract both some black voters and excite conservatives?
My thinking too! He needs to choose someone who is at least more conservative than he is, that shouldn't be too hard but it damn sure isn't Romney.
He does, indeed. But at the root of it, he doesn’t like conservative ideas, so he can’t pick someone ‘too’ conservative. He’s very limited, and his past bills and the things he’s said fly in the face of his attempt to adjust to the right of late.
>>> “He has less experience than Obama.” <<<
I beg to differ with you:
http://www.bobbyjindal.com/bobby/bobby_experience.aspx
http://www.gov.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&navID=38&cpID=1&cfmID=0&catID=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jindal
He's held an elected position in an executive spot for a year. That is nothing, practically speaking.
He may be conservative. He may be well spoken. But he is not prepared to be President should something happen to McCain.
Obama isn't either.
Jindal needs some years and seasoning under his belt.
There are plenty of conservatives who can articulate the conservative message who have more experience. Mike Pence is one.
MN’s Gov is more liberal than McCain.
Jindal makes no sense. 10 years from now, maybe.
I can’t say I disagree. Crist and Romney don’t bring the conservative cred and Jindal is too young right now.
Agreed, though Jindal is very special. I heard him interviewed by Hugh Hewitt and was very impressed.
George Allen
Rick Santorum
Haley Barbour
John Thune
Some of my picks.
He must be more conservative and younger.
Otherwise it’s Dole/Kemp all over again.
No doubt Jindal is a rising star in the party. But I’d like to see him serve at least a full term as governor, and get that experience under his belt, before we move him up to the White House.
Who knows? If McCain doesn’t win this time around, Jindal could be a frontrunner to take on Obama in 2012.
Agreed. Putting him on the ticket is like taking a pitcher out of single A and putting him in the starting lineup of the major league club. Let him develop, and in ten years he could very well be on the ticket. By the way, the Republican Party needs four or five more Bobby Jindals — young, well educated, smart people from a minority background who want to make a career out of government.
Jindal would be completely wrong when one of the “safer” knocks on Obama is his inexperience. All BHO’d need to do is point at Jindal and say, “him too, so it’s a wash.”
What about Mark Sanford, Gov. of South Carolina?
He’s younger, he’s more conservative, he solidifies the South for the GOP....
From what I see, he’d be an ideal pick, as he’d be ideal for the top spot in ‘12.
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