Posted on 01/27/2008 11:00:20 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
Fox News' Special Report noted that "in recent days, Thompson's aides promoted him as a vice presidential pick." Romney was the first to weigh in." Asked if Thompson would be on his "shortlist," Romney answered, "Anybody who ran for office in this field is a very strong individual and should be considered as a VP nominee for me or somebody else. He is a terrific and highly capable guy."
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And, there ya go. Now I wonder if Fred's up to it...
I’m sure we both think the same of you!
It happens all the time, for a variety of reasons. A potential VP candidate doesn't want to be associated with a losing campaign, desires to stay in their home state, wants to go into the private sector, etc. Generally the person will make it clear in advance that they have no interest in the office.
If Romney is the eventual nominee, he's going to need someone from the south, midwest or southwest in order to balance the ticket. Both attract a kew demographic (midwesterners for Pawlenty, actual conservatives for Romney).
As far as a "nationally known figure", how much name recognition do you think Dick Cheney had?
Should read
"Both attract a kew demographic (midwesterners for Pawlenty, actual conservatives for Sanford)."
Barbour would be another very good choice.
Anyone know what Bill Owens' situation is? How's his personal life / marriage?
I like Steele as well. The only thing that concerns me is his record seems a bit thin.
I really don’t know that much about him, except what I read about him in the Maryland race and what I’ve seen on FOX. He’s an impressive speaker who comes across as intelligent, self confident and frankly impressive, without being a show man like Obama.
Peggy Noonan is getting old and doesn’t know what she is talking about. I saw her on Fox and she didn’t make sense.
GWB has done very well under the circumstances.
Yet another reason for me NOT to go voting....
I think Hillary would have to make an offer to Hussein in order to not have the black base pissed off at her if she takes him out using dirty tricks
I recognized him as a prior SecDef, but did not remember (till I cheated just now) that he was WH Chief of Staff under Gerald Ford. Who knows, I have no feeling for Mitt’s VP choice. You might be right.
Are you saying the Gov. of Missouri, the guy who everyone is so unhappy because he is not running this year, who as I recall is real strong on guns, taxes, abortion and spending, is not a conservative? Please explain.
Mitt is seriously trying to please everybody with that answer. Mitt seriously needs to put both Tom Tancredo, who has already endorsed Mitt, and Duncan Hunter, who has already endorsed Mike Huckabee, somewhere in a Romney administration as well as name some other people onto possible cabinet positions. Conservatives will truly get a better idea of what a President Romney will really be all about if Mitt would just name his idea cabinet. If Mitt seriously puts any of these people onto a Romney administration: John Bolton, Mark Sanford, J.C. Watts, Michael Steele, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Tom McClintock, Pat Toomey, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Jeff Bezos, and Janice Rogers Brown, among other possibilities, then Mitt would definitely go far in helping himself among the conservative base prior to November 4.
This doesn’t surprise me in the least. I think Romney is smart enough to want (and select) a solid conservative as his VP. I say amen Mitt! It shows that Romney is aware that the base wants to see conservatives in the White House.
I really like Bobby Jindal but he just got elected governor. I think he needs more time to establish a record of accomplishments, not just one of competency. They arent the same thing. I look forward to him making a splash in the 2016 election if the Republicans win this year, or the 2012 elections if they dont.
>>>>>>Mitt liberal credentials? What crap have you been reading?
FR is chock-a-block full of DNC propaganda and DNC opposition research these days. I’m not a big Guliani supporter and never was, but it was disgusting to see the anti-G materials directly reposted here from DNC and leftwing blogs ***without attribution***.
Same thing here with Mitt.
I do believe he’s made some rhetorical and image-tailoring tradeoffs to succeed as a conservative in the most liberal state in America. However I DO NOT believe these have been substantive, not truly reflective of the man, nor should they be held against him. This is politics, after all.
Personally I’m kind of astonished every time I see him on the tube giving any particular issue about as straight a shot as is possible, usually showing an essential humility but not without palpable integrity, and then to realize that he’s also a family man, an intensely bright guy, an immensely successful businessman, and worth nearly (if not more than) a billion dollars (and that’s after tithing 10 percent of his before-tax income year after year after year).
No, this is no liberal.
>>>>>That is Romney’s political M.O. He always says what he thinks people want to hear.
Then it’s all that much better that he actually *does* what conservatives want him to do.
You have to look past your requirement for absolute pristine perfection, and see what the man **actually has done and accomplished*** not what he says to play the political game.
I once lived in Mass.... and voted for him in the 1994 election. As a conservative without hyphens I have no qualms about his past political efforts or performance.
There is an essential Romney that I am certain will not betray conservative values, no matter how imperfect his political presentation may or may not be.
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