Posted on 08/06/2008 9:51:25 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan
The conservative anti-tax group Club for Growth said Wednesday that Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has evolved into the kind of vice presidential candidate it could get behind if Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) should tap him.
The group argued that Cantor has been “consistently strong in several economic policy areas” and, after a start in the “key area” of government spending that was “less strong,” the Club for Growth now thinks that Cantor “ranks among the most pro-growth members in the House.”
“Over the past two years, Rep. Cantor has been one of the few Republicans to come to grips with the sorry state of the GOP and lead by example,” the group said in a release. “If Sen. McCain wants to win in November, he will need to choose someone who recognizes how badly Republicans have strayed from the principles of limited government and economic freedom. Eric Cantor gets it.”
The Club for Growth noted that, in 2007, Cantor “rose to the top” of Republican House members, scoring 95 percent on its congressional scorecard and ranking 21st overall.
In the release, Club for Growth President and former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) took the opportunity to praise Cantor as another chance to ding former presidential candidate and ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, long a nemesis of the group.
“McCain’s vice presidential pick will be crucial for his campaign and for the future of the GOP,” Toomey said. “Choosing someone like Mike Huckabee would indicate an abandonment of limited-government, free-market principles. However, picking someone like Eric Cantor, who has tried to help the Republican Party reclaim the mantle of fiscal conservatism, could make the difference between victory and defeat. For economic conservatives, Eric Cantor would be a good choice.”
Club for Growth endorsement. . . .
It’s going to be Fred Smith!
The one really needed attribute needed by both candidates (especially nObama) is executive experience.
How does Cantor rank?
Ah...
A conservative...
Finally...
In this election that might be more than enough, after all we have had a lot of very experienced “executives” fail us...
For me, it is also a deal breaker. Anyone who can't pass muster with CFG is not a viable candidate.
Only two tests remain for me to declare Eric Cantor a great choice:
let’s go!
You question is based on a false pretense.
Well he seems to be on his way, the dems are already hitting him...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057376/posts
What was Abraham Lincoln’s executive experience before he was elected in 1860? How about Harry Truman? John F. Kennedy? Richard Nixon?
Jimmah Carter had executive experience. So helpful, it was.
I’ve been saying this for two months. Nice to see CTG finally heard me.
Cantor could steal all those Jews in FL who don’t want to vote for the black guy as well as be a real conservative on the ticket who has been out campaign for the last six years to get House members re-elected and new members into the House. He knows the states and he has raised money in most all of them. And Cantor is at least at young as Obama.
Plus, he plays real well in front of Christian audiences as a Jew and has more friends amongst the Evangelical community than McCain does.
GOA gives him an A- (which probably means he votes solidly pro-gun, but is not a leader on introducing pro-gun legislation).
NRA gives him an “A”.
I just learned he’s Jewish, too. Very handy not just to take Virginia, but to tempt many Florida swing voters.
And Clinton...
BJ not Hill...
http://capwiz.com/gunowners/bio/keyvotes/?id=8543
The only votes he made that the GOA disapproves of were not voting with a small minority who supported Ron Paul’s “Defund the UN” bill, and voting against the Democrats in support of a National ID bill.
no, the problem with obama is that he is a liberal.
Jon Corzine, with his experience as marine sergeant, former CEO of Goldman Sachs and US Senator (see http://www.state.nj.us/governor/about/) is still a terrible governor and would make a bad president.
Richmond ping for the Eric Cantor bandwagon.
I believe Eric has stopped playing the earmark game saying that is fiscally irresponsible. I’m pretty sure I read that in the Richmond Times Dispatch not too long ago. Corin, is that ringing a bell with you?
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