Romney Says He Would Consider Thompson As VP Pick

U.S. News & World Report ^ | Wednesday, January 23, 2008

[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."

[txhurl]

Hillary in a nursing home. I’d pay for a stream from that web cam.

[JaneNC]

Are you talking about McCrazy?
He is the flip flopper

Hello...tax cuts.....

McCrazy is Hillary lite

[Neenah]

Fred Thompson Tells Mitt Romney: 'You Can't Buy South Carolina'

[KarenMarie]

Help this unknowing gal out, please.

If Thompson has dropped out, how can he be the nominee? And what does being a brokered convention have to do with it?

Thanks in advance!
:)

[Carry_Okie]

As if we've learned NOTHING from the selection of Dick Cheney, Thompson would represent another VP choice both too old and too frail to serve for eight years as VP and then serve eight more years as President. Picking a VP candidate without sixteen years of future service in the offing is simply idiotic.

Whoever called Republicans "The Stupid Party^TM" wasn't just a-kidding.

[EGPWS]

I don't like to say this but, you are an idiot.

I appreciate the compliment my FRiend. /snicker

[PapaBear3625]

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."

Really, I don't see this as an offer to Fred. I see this as a very diplomatic answer by Mitt that he would not automatically exclude Fred. The same words could be used to imply that he would consider Obama as a running mate .

[NittanyLion]

Pawlenty the "global warming" governor. Yep, being that he's a Republican he's just got to be a true conservative flowing with conservative values. /s

I don't know a whole lot about Pawlenty. I'd definitely need to do my homework before claiming he's a good pick. But that's the general profile I'd like to see in a VP.

[big'ol_freeper]

You end up with a brokered convention when no candidate garners enough delegates during the primaries to win the nomination. Once the convention votes and nobody wins they begin to make deals etc.. Fred is the only candidate that is acceptable to all factions (security conservatives, immigration conservatives, pro-life conservatives, and economy conservatives) within the party. It is very likely they then would propose him as the nominee and he would gain a majority from those delegates who voted originally, but unsuccessfully, for the candidate they were a delegate for. In the old days (I'm dating myself!) that is almost always how you ended up with a nominee.

U.S. Army Retired

[freekitty]

You may be right in what you say. In the pragmatic world people feel they must back people that can win an election.
While American politics has always been built on the art of compromise; I feel that losing sight of our values and goals for the sake of compromise has led the American aim to be off the mark.

Also, we have backed candidates who can win over the years for so long that’s pretty much what all we do now. We have lost our foundation and issues.
For example: Immigration. This should have never happened

[EGPWS]

As if we've learned NOTHING from the selection of Dick Cheney, Thompson would represent another VP choice both too old and too frail to serve for eight years as VP and then serve eight more years as President. Picking a VP candidate without sixteen years of future service in the offing is simply idiotic.

The Republican party is in trouble BIG time and if given the opportunity it will destroy conservatism completely.

When it comes to conviction, the Republican party is more concerned about winning rather than doing what is best for the country.

They can't win that game against liberals.

Democrat's have that game down pat and with savvy.

[safisoft]

I’m afraid the best choice would have to be Condoliza Rice.

There are other qualified black and/or females. We don't need to resort to a Saudi-shilling anti-Semite like Dr. Rice.

[KarenMarie]

Thank you for the reply.

I thought that once he dropped out, he was done and gone for good.

Of course, he would have right of refusal, I guess.

I am a Fred supporter and will admit to grasping at straws, hoping there is a way to get him back in the race, so i am totally biased in his favor.

Again, thanks for the info.

[seekthetruth]

If you have not read this speech by Romney concerning Federalism, please do. Especially interesting is what he did concerning the gay marriage issue. That part starts on the bottom of page 16 and goes through to the bottom of page 27. Very clever thing he did, in my opinion. Think Fred would be pleased Romney did what he did with the circumstances he faced in his liberal state! After reading this entire speech, I feel much better about voting for Romney on Tuesday. Hope to read other Freeper comments about this speech.

Subject: Federalism
http://www2.nationalreview.com/corner/romneyaddress.pdf

[tanaka]

I agree. This was a normal, polite answer to a specific question. What he was supposed to say? “Nah, he is the last guy I would consider”?

Frankly, there is zero chance of Fred being a VP candidate for Romney. Romney’s campaign message is “Washington is broken” and he has been railing against A) Washington Senators, B) Lobbyists. Fred Thompson’s background as a Washington Senator and lobbyist would not fit too well to Romney’s campaign..

Besides, Fred didn’t want to campaign even for himself. Why would he want to campaign for somebody else? I think the nominee (whoever he is) wants to have energetic and young(ish) candidate who is available 24/7 (Obama and Hillary surely are) and has good media skills.

Probably Romney would pick a strong conservative with a proven executive record, or really a clear outsider choice (such as former MD Lt.Gov Steele who is a great communicator and african-american).

McCain cannot pick Thompson either. He would really need a young and energetic VP.

[EGPWS]

We have lost our foundation and issues.

It hasn't been lost, it has been set aside.

Sad but true.

[big'ol_freeper]

At a brokered convention they could put anyone up for vote including folks that never even ran (like VP Cheney or Jeb Bush). What they do is approach someone and if that person says they would accept it if nominated then some delegate (probably from that persons state) will propose that person and they will vote on it. Its actually makes for an interesting convention.

I still believe that none of these guys will get over that threshold so its a strong possibility.

U.S. Army Retired

[freekitty]

I agree.

[Peelod]

Michael Steele or Piyush “Bobby” Jindal

[fish hawk]

You’re forgetting one thing. It’s all political. For instance, it would not surprise me , even as they are at each other’s throats, to see Hillary pick Obama for VP. It’s , “what do we have to do to win”. Frankly I think that Romney would be smart to pick Thompson, someone to the right of himself. IMHO