I would prefer to see Newt as POTUS and Cain as VP.
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I would prefer to see Newt as POTUS and Cain as VP.
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Unsatisfactory on several counts.
Why would Cain even consider this? He is 65 years old already. A VP is either a training slot for POTUS (and Cain is too old), or a ceremonial position to somehow “balance the ticket”. Cain is nobody’s token.
Cain has momentum out the wazoo. Nobody saw this coming and he could well win just about everything in between now and Election Day - primaries, caucuses, straw polls, and that convention thingy later next year.
He is the CEO-type, the number one guy to do things HIS way - he did not get in this race to be an affirmative action bench filler.
Newt, OTOH, still has enormous baggage re how he handled his dying wife, global warming, and healthcare.
I used to love Newt until he caved to Clinton & Co. He is a brilliant, articulate politician, but he is the insider’s insider. As a Presidential candidate - no thank you.
I could see Newt as an advisor, Chief of Staff, Press Secretary, or cabinet secretary. Not as POTUS or even VPOTUS. He lost his leadership stature, IMHO, after all his missteps outlined above.
I never thought I’d say this but Newt is quickly beoming my guy.
I heard a speech Newt gave in Iowa recently. It was broadcast on C-Span. He laid out a new contract with America that listed the major challenges facing America and how he intended to deal with them. The fact is he is the most intelligent and well-informed candidate running and he has a clear vision of what needs to be done to, as he puts it, “save the country.” He said he wants seven, three- hour debates with Obama with no moderator. Imagine how he could manhandle Obama in a debate. I’d pay to see it.