Posted on 05/21/2008 2:22:52 PM PDT by cdchik123
Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, on Friday is scheduled to meet with two Republican governors who have been prominently mentioned as potential running mates, according to Republicans familiar with Mr. McCain’s plan.
Charlie Crist, the governor of Florida, and Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, have both accepted invitations to meet with Mr. McCain at his home in Arizona, according to Republican familiars with the decision. One Republican said that Mitt Romney, a former rival of Mr. McCain for the presidential nomination — is also expected to visit him this weekend. Mr. Romney’s advisers declined to comment.
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My only request is that he not nominate Huckabee.
Mike Ditka.
“I would vote for Bush before McCain!”
I held my nose for Bush. Twice. I would not do so a third time given the opportunity and I will not do so for Juan most likely.
Ya think maybe that's why I said:
... a far left "moderate" (aka a demonrat)...
There are, of course, no conservatives. And no liberals.
Okay, happy to see the entire lexicon is now being rewritten to accomodate the poe at the top of the ticket.
con·ser·va·tive (kən-sûr'və-tĭv)
adj.
4.
a. Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.
b. Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.
n.
One favoring traditional views and values.
conservatism
noun
1. the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.
2. the principles and practices of political conservatives.
lib·er·al (lĭb'ər-əl, lĭb'rəl)
d. Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
n.
A person with liberal ideas or opinions.
Crist is too inexperienced and too like a moderate Eastern guv. Jindal is great but really inexperienced and La. is Pub already. Palin is well 3 electoral votes and unknown. Romney would help in the MW but there it ends. A risky but valiant choice would be JC Watts. You can forget about Steele. He comes in a few years as does Jindal . An outside choice will be Rudy. Wait and see.
"Are there any men left in Washington? Or are they all cowards?" -- Moussad
Great post!
Not sure how the two compare in any way.
Praise God.
Here in Austin, liberals have been gunning for the FLDS group for more like two years, way longer than the MSM has covered it. The Chronicle has covered it monthly forever.
Austin is home to some of the most despicable but connected and conniving entrenched rats (Rather, McCauliffe, just scads of them). Likely they realized an ascendant Romney, and opportunized on the impending bust for that very reason, seeing Romney as the likely challenger.
Austin is also the second-biggest GLBT community outside San Francisco, which wields major power.
I think Romney was likely the pick until the FLDS situation went crazy. And it doesn’t seem it will die down in time for the public to not-associate him with this freak sect.
Actually, only one man tied Thompson to McCain, and that’s Freddie Dalton Thompson. :)
Jindahl might be very good...some day. He just became Louisiana’s Governor. He needs a chance to get some good experience in that office under his belt before he moves on to an office like this.
Crist — I don’t know much about him at all, except that he’s been sniping with our Governor (Sonny Perdue) over the amount of water Georgia has been releasing to Florida and Alabama during the drought. The people of Georgia are having to cut back, jobs are being lost...and Crist is worried about endangered mussels in Appalachiacola Bay, or wherever the heck they are.
Of the three, I prefer Romney. He has a solid management resume, and the fact that he is a Mormon really doesn’t bother me (after all, he would be commander-in-chief, not proselytizer-in-chief). I would be far more concerned if he were a Muslim, because I would always wonder if there were any hidden ties to extremists. I’m a bit concerned about his history of shifting positions, but given the choices here...
I would love to see McCain tap Michael Steele.
I have to admit that we here in Florida are waiting for his McGreevey moment.
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Well, if Ted Stevens is at all indicative of the Alaska GOP establishment, then anyone who bucks them is okay in my book.
I hope there are more!
I was not serious about Santorum. He and McCain hate each other.
That plus the fact that McCain is already well acquainted with Pawlenty, who is his national campaign cochair, means his absence is probably not significant, you’re right. These meetings are, in all likelihood, for the purpose of discussing the possibility of each as a running mate.
However, I don’t think the four mentioned in this article by any means constitute “the short list.” There are other likely candidates who, like Pawlenty, have been active in McCain’s national campaign and who probably don’t need a special meeting with him.
As liberals do, you can keep repeating that lie, but it’s still no more true as it was the first time it was said.
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