Posted on 08/02/2012 7:17:21 AM PDT by Former Fetus
The Romney campaign announced Tuesday that it will alert Mitt Romney's supporters of his pick for vice president via smartphone app, renewing speculation about a potential VP and Mr. Romney's timeline for announcing the decision.
The great mentioning game for the Republican vice presidential slot has featured the same few names over and over: Tim Pawlenty, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Mitch Daniels, Rob Portman, even Condoleezza Rice. But there's a candidate that Romney should be considering, someone who could help him with the Jewish vote, gain him support in a crucial swing state, and give him an exciting surprise selection bounce: Eric Cantor, the majority leader of the House of Representatives.
But Mr. Cantor, the strongest pick for Romney, isn't even listed on predictwise's otherwise exhaustive set of 26 possibilities, which even includes such unimaginable choices as Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul.
Why reach way back into the obscurity of the House of Representatives to Cantor, passing over so many able governors and senators, most with much bigger national name recognition?
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Joe Lieberman? Fast Eddie Rendell from PA?
Joe Wilson
... There, fixed it.
Alan West...
Allen West!!!
I have a can of beans in my pantry that would be as good a pick as Eric Cantor. Not much use, not much harm.
Let’s see . . .
Eric Cantor - one of the triumvirate (Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy) that decided not to defund Obamacare even though campaigning against it. He/they have no courage of their convictions. Or, is it they have no convictions?
Gwjack
Alan West...
No. The whole Family Guy voice actor thing ruined his carefully crafted campy Batman persona.
Oh, the other one......
Wait, wait, I got it! Perfect Solution! Here's a list of candidates that the average American has ALREADY voted for, and what a pool it is!
Kelly Clarkson
Carrie Underwood
Taylor Hicks
David Archuleta
Am I not right? They've already been vetted by the media, some of them are already embracing key Leftist groups, it can't miss!
(Mugawd, thinking like a sheep, I need a shower...)
So does this mean if we pick Allan West we can get the Black vote?
That and they’re 2% of the public.
Yuck. I have never seen him put up a proper defense of the party in a TV news type debate with a Dem. All he does when he is up against someone like Wasserman-Schultz is repeat his prepared talking points with that creepy smile on his face.
I am not impressed with Cantor at all.
Cantor?
Overall, a reasonably conservative record, though squishy on earmark and taxing issues.
But if Jewish voters aren’t already convinced not to vote for Obama... which, because of their predisposition to vote for dems, they aren’t... Cantor isn’t going to help much.
Romney did say he’d pick a conservative. I don’t see Cantor as being that conservative, but then, I could be wrong. There will probably be only a small Jewish vote pickup in this election for the Republicans. I know that many democrats are conservative, but it is in their blood to vote that way and they cast their vote for the same party and then complain. That is the definition of insanity, but there you have it.
NO...I don’t want someone who chastises a Congress member who is looking into America’s security (I believe he said Michelle Bachman should NOT be questioning the Muslim Brotherhood connections of Abedin)
Well, somebody IS talking about. How about the one no one is REALLY talking about: yours truly?!
Cantor has generally struck me as a RINO. No thanks.
Has he given the "No-you-dumb-cracker-this-is-what-I-really-said" statement?
Get back with me if he ever does. If.
Oh, the image that conjures...
Willard/Cat In 2012.
He’s said a lot more things that I like than dislike and I would be proud to support him for President let alone Vice-President.
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