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It will be Romney/Rubio vs Obama/Clinton
The Examiner ^ | January 28, 2012 | Dwight L. Schwab Jr.

Posted on 01/28/2012 6:23:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

One future presidential nominee needs someone with a totally different ethnic and social background. The incumbent needs someone who doesn't trip over their tongue and has star power to rekindle his fading one.

The future looks bright for a showdown of major proportions this November. The stakes have never been higher and both sides will send their biggest players to the sandbox for the tournament that produces just one winner.

Hillary Clinton is tired of traveling the world as this country's Secretary of State (who can blame her) and she's ready to park it for four years. Where better than as vice-president to her former adversary and boss, Barack Obama, where she can contemplate a run for President in her early 70's the next four years while attending state funerals and shopping center openings through her largely ceremonial position.

On the other hand, bright and ambitious up-and-comer Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is fresh out of the box and itching for a fight with Obama. Who better to compliment Mitt Romney's Beacon Hill reputation than a refugee Cuban from South Florida who just might turn the Latino vote on its ear with his brilliant oratory and grasp of the issues. Young and vibrant, a perfect vice-president who can be groomed for the next eight years, as George H.W. Bush was under Ronald Reagan. It would be hard to stop Rubio's candidacy in 2020 to be the 46th President of the United States....

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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Be it Newt or Mitt, they better choose one helluva VP running mate.
61 posted on 01/28/2012 10:17:41 PM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow - 2 out of 2 are ineligible!

Are these people insane?


62 posted on 01/28/2012 10:48:33 PM PST by jcsjcm (This country was built on exceptionalism and individualism. In God we Trust - Laus Deo)
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To: jcsjcm

Newt/Huck then.


63 posted on 01/28/2012 11:32:21 PM PST by CainConservative (Newt/Rubio 2012 with Cain, Huck, Petraeus, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Bachmann in Newt's Cabinet)
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To: CainConservative

How about Newt/Allen West

I wanted Allen West to run! He would have made a really fine Commander in Chief.


64 posted on 01/29/2012 6:01:40 AM PST by jcsjcm (This country was built on exceptionalism and individualism. In God we Trust - Laus Deo)
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