Those phoney hispanic republicans will help Perry topple Obama. He’s played his cards like a poker player and it will reap dividends. I know that makes me sound like a RINO doesn’t it? I’m not. I’ve sat back and watched Perry weave a nice little web that’s going to take in a bunch of hispanic support ALONG WITH RUBIO when he’s announced as Perry’s VP selection. I don’t normally forecast the future but I hope this is his choice.
Love Rubio and hope one day he’s sitting in the Oval Office, but think ‘12 is too soon for him as VP on any ticket. A year ago he was a state legislator in FL. Now we want him “a heartbeat away” from the most powerful office in the world?
Have we learned nothing from watching what happened when the Dems foisted an ‘historic’ but utterly inexperienced candidate on us? There’s a good bench for the eventual GOP presidential candidate to pick his/her running mate from (at the moment I favor Santorum), but we should let Rubio get some seasoning before pushing him into a position he will be but is not yet ready to assume.
Fortunately, we haven’t had a VP step into the presidency in nearly 40 years, but the office exists solely to allow an instantaneous transfer of presidential power. It’s not a training ground for the office. We DO have to look at the VP candidates as potential POTUS from Day One.