John Gizzi McCain's Veepstakes: Michael Steele

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26413 ^ | 05/08/2008 | John Gizzi

[Tennessee Nana]

YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Michael Steele for VP..

:)

[South40]

Never happen.

[Abby4116]

Unfortunately, I'm afraid you are right in that it could never happen. Steele is much too conservative for McCain.

[Vision]

I've said this before.

My family has had business relationships with the Steele family. I've met him. Mr. Steele is nice; but it was strange that he supported a major RINO congressman over a conservative in the Maryland primary season.

Steele has never won an election on his own. Considering him as prime GOP talent is, to understate it, over reaching.

[bad company]

That would actually get me to vote for the republican ticket instead of just against the socialist one. Doubt if it'll happen though. Hope to see him in the senate soon though.

[ottbmare]

What happened to that man makes me ashamed to admit I’m from Maryland. The people of this state are irredeemably stupid for failing to elect him.

[SatinDoll]

But it ought to happen. Maryland will soon be predominately Hispanic. They won’t elect Michael Steele governor as he is no liberal.

[South40]

Steele is much too conservative for McCain.

Exactly. He'd never name a running mate who was more conservative than he.

I do think he's name a liberal so as to try and pull Hillary supporters away from Obama.

[South40]

It ought to happen but it won’t. McCain needs someone more liberal than him. His reasons are twofold; he needs to appear conservative to conservatives and he needs to pull as many Hillary supporters away from Obama as he can.

[Comparative Advantage]

He’s probably considering Lincoln Chafee or one of the Maine girls.

[RichardW]

I certainly like him. He is infinitely more qualified that that phony con man Obama. He speaks well. Knows the issues. He would certainly make my “A” team.

[South40]

The few Republicans consistently more liberal than McCain would be Chafee (formerly R-RI), Collins (R-ME), Snowe (R-ME) and Specter (R-PA).

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[estrogen]

I would love to see Mark Sandford as VP, he doesn’t take a lot of guff from anyone. Not afraid to veto, and sticks to his principles.

[higgmeister]

Bump!

[Senator Goldwater]

I already voted for him as my lieutenant governor and as my senator, so I would very much be proud to vote for Michael Steele as my vice president.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

My tagline is a plea for a conservative black VP. Doesn't need a tremendous resume - how great actually is Obama's resume? But he must model the sort of inclusive attitude which Thomas Sowell embodies - and which is direly lacking both in Barak and in Michelle Obama.

He doesn't need an outstanding resume, because he would be a frank affirmative action hire. It is perfectly legitimate to apply affirmative action criteria to that position, because the restriction against a VP nominee winning the electoral votes of his home state if his presidential running mate is from the same state is actually an affirmative action provision.

[AZLiberty]

But Steele would like to see an African-American on a national Republican ticket, "either now or down the road,” arguing that "we have an enormously important history when it comes to the social, civil, and political empowerment of African-Americans," and Republicans "don't have to jump up and down and wave our arms and say, 'Gee, see what we've done,'" The Maryland man nonetheless concedes that, "unfortunately, today, politics has denigrated to that extent.”

Interesting word choice.

[epow]

so I would very much be proud to vote for Michael Steele as my vice president.

I would be proud to vote for him as president in place of McCain. For that matter, at this point I would be proud to vote for almost anybody whose political philosophy is to the right of McCain and has good leadership qualities.