We need a conservative with good financial chops; any other consideration is secondary. If McCain picks such a person, he’ll have chosen wisely.
I was a huge Chris Cox fan till I sat thru one of his speeches. Ugh! There’s part of my brain I still can’t wake up.
that would be a pretty good pick and helps with california.
I’ve always been a big fan of Cox—I had hoped that he would run for Senate v. Boxer, but I’m not sure what Cox adds to the ticket. California, his home state, looks hopeless and Cox doesn’t have much name recognition. I’d rather see Portman or Kasich (Ohio) or Romney (NH, Mich., Nevada) or Pawlenty (Minn., Wisc.), who might help deliver a key state.
Nothing McCain does is going to help him. He cannot find a person conservative enough to make up for his participation in McCain Feingold, mexican amnesty, and on and on. There isn’t a person that conservative on the planet, and if there were, he would not run with McCain.
Christopher Cox would be an excellent choice. Among his other gifts, he speaks fluent Russian.
Cox is a good man. But I’m not sure if a Californian will help. After the screwups of the past 20 years, California is a dead loss for Republicans.
If Hillary or Obama only won two states, which is highly unlikely, one of them would be California. And if it’s a close race, forget it.
Kick out the former conservatives. Elect some current conservatives.
/semiSarc
No freakin way. He has not stopped the illegal naked shorting by unscrupulous hedge funds and has shut down investigations in to same. (I’ll have to go look for a link to the story) but I wouldn’t trust this guy. The SEC has shown me nothing.
Why not Hunter?
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John Thune is better known, charismatic, great family, BIG conservative, strong economics = perfect balance to McC on military, young, energetic = shoe in after VP to CIC
also see
http://thune.senate.gov/public/
Try Lindsey Graham, or Martinez.
There are more illegals that need pandering to than there are conservatives.
Dumping John McCain is the answer.
If one thinks that if Chris Cox is selected as John McCain’s running mate that it will suddenly make a traditionally blue state like California competitive, then they have clearly missed out on a two word drama that polarized Orange County and the rest of Southern California for 10 plus years - El Toro! As a congressman, Chris Cox singlehandedly did more to negate aviation reuse at El Toro than any other human being on the planet!
Of course Cox will have the gratitude of a mere 13 of 34 (South) Orange County cities that voted to scuttle El Toro Airport in 2002, even though their “Great Park” today is nothing more than a grounded balloon and lots of pretty brochures. But outside 949 area code, Cox will find far less support and even a lot of resentment. For example, residents near outlying airports such as LAX, John Wayne, Burbank, and Long Beach are not exactly enamored to be burdened with expansion in order to offset the loss of El Toro.
Even within his hometown of Newport Beach, Cox cannot be incredibly popular for abandoning his very powerful congressional post (at number 5 in the nation no less) within a mere 20 days after Lennar assumed title to El Toro in 2005. Especially, when the long term future of John Wayne is unresolved.
Then there are thousands of pilots around California and elsewhere who cannot possibly take great joy in seeing El Toro set the record for being the largest military airfield ever to completely go to waste. We are talking 39,000 feet worth of runways! No other defunct facility in the nation is even close!
Even when it comes to non-aviation uses of El Toro Chris Cox has not exactly scored many brownie points. In 2003 some veterans approached him to use his immense congressional power to set aside the commissary and some sorely needed military housing for reuse.
Instead Cox who has never served, sided with developers who had far more lucrative ideas for the base. As a result, Camp Pendleton Marines continue to languish on a long waiting list for housing, and veterans must make further drives at $4 a gallon for shopping privileges that they earned.
Just imagine if word got out about Cox and El Toro to a military community like Pensacola, which just so happens to be located in the critical swing state of Florida. As one can see, Cox’s presence on the ballot, with will not only make McCain’s long odds in California even longer, it would also put some other states (with large military populations) into play for his Democrat opponent. Cox is an anchor that a former Navy officer like McCain should not set sail with, lest he sink his candidacy for President. Therefore, it would behoove John McCain to find another running mate without so much baggage.