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http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/07/romney_makes_his_vp_case.html Romney Makes His VP Case
Time ^ | July 16, 2008 | Michael Scherer

Posted on 07/16/2008 3:29:43 PM PDT by Plutarch

July 16, 2008 11:18

Romney Makes His VP Case

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On Monday night, at a fund-raiser in New Mexico, John McCain said this about his former mortal enemy, Mitt Romney: “I’m appreciative every time I see Mitt on television on my behalf. He does a better job for me than he did for himself as a matter of fact.” This may not have been a joke.

Yesterday, Romney sat down for an interview with CBS News. It is a striking interview, in part because Romney seems to be making the McCain argument better than McCain, or McCain's campaign. There is a clarity to the soundbites that McCain has mostly lacked, a clear line of attack against Obama's experience and McCain's plans. Add to that whatever fundraising burst Romney could provide as a VP candidate, as well as Romney's strength in key swing states like Michigan and Nevada, and it's not hard to see why McCain may end up with a running mate whose hand he didn't shake in the primaries.

[See video at link]

EXCEPT: Mitt says in the interview that McCain distinguishes himself from Obama on drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. This is wrong, according to the latest McCain statements. Both McCain and Obama oppose drilling in ANWR.

(Excerpt) Read more at time-blog.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008veep; mccain; romney
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This article is more evidence of the growing realization that Romney as Veep is exactly what is needed for what ails the floundering McCain campaign.

Romney as Veep is up more than 9 points today at Intrade.

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1 posted on 07/16/2008 3:29:43 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: Plutarch

Go Mitt Go!


2 posted on 07/16/2008 3:31:53 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.)
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To: Plutarch

I can support the selection of Mitt Romney as VP. He’s not my first choice ... but there are certainly worse.

Romney made some policy decisions that I disagree with while in Massachusetts, but I honestly get the feeling that he is more conservative than his record would indicate.

He was governor of a very liberal state — it stands to reason that he would have to moderate his positions in order to accomplish even the most modest of conservative goals. It also stands to reason that the liberal bent of the electorate would necessarily push him to the left in order to represent his state.

McCain/Romney 2008 — it certainly isn’t a perfect ticket, but I think I can get on board.

H


3 posted on 07/16/2008 3:35:08 PM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -- Davy Crockett)
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To: Plutarch
Romney is the total package!

Very impressive and it's a shame he's not on top of the ticket instead:-(

4 posted on 07/16/2008 3:37:01 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: ejonesie22

Only way that I can Vote for McQueeg is if Mitt is on the ticket.


5 posted on 07/16/2008 3:37:51 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: Plutarch

Groan.

A phony, baby-killing-supporting liberal,,,,,,,,,,


6 posted on 07/16/2008 3:38:16 PM PDT by fishtank (FIRST defeat Obama. ------------------ THEN resist McCain. ---------- A good plan.)
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To: Plutarch
Is this not the very week Romney and Massachusetts began asking Americans
to bail out Romney's socialized medicine?
and the very day that Massachusetts began to extend Romney's gay marriage order to the clerks to every state in the union?
7 posted on 07/16/2008 3:38:49 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Abbeville Conservative; adc; ajay_kumar; alpha-8-25-02; americanophile; angcat; Austin1; ...

Agreed. Romney would be a good shot in the arm to the McCain campaign, no doubt about it.


8 posted on 07/16/2008 3:39:11 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (The game is over "my friends" and has been for a long time.)
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To: moondoggie

Hear hear! Mitt was my first choice too. Should provide a well-needed booster to McCain on the economic front.


9 posted on 07/16/2008 3:42:53 PM PDT by farlander (Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
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To: moondoggie
California Rep. Duncan Hunter looks scared. Arizona Sen. John McCain gives the thumbs up. When former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson comes onstage, McCain shakes his hand. Then McCain shakes the hand of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Then former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney comes out. McCain does not extend his hand.
10 posted on 07/16/2008 3:44:20 PM PDT by Orange1998
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To: TAdams8591

Romney is energetic, articulate, smart and can debate rings around any prospective opponent. Too bad he’s not on the top of the ticket. Ah, such is life...


11 posted on 07/16/2008 3:44:28 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: ejonesie22

Looks like Mitt has got some new “lifelong principals that he has always held”. Not exactly sure what they are yet, but they’ll probably firm up as he determined what McCain wants.


12 posted on 07/16/2008 3:44:56 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Plutarch

I am applauding with my Mittens :)


13 posted on 07/16/2008 3:49:02 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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To: Diogenesis
The Truth about Mitt Romney and Gay Marriage (He opposed it!) from EVANGELICALS FOR MITT
14 posted on 07/16/2008 3:53:25 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (The game is over "my friends" and has been for a long time.)
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To: Bobkk47

Most agreed. Too bad so many realized all that, too late. : (


15 posted on 07/16/2008 3:55:26 PM PDT by TAdams8591 (The game is over "my friends" and has been for a long time.)
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To: TAdams8591; All

AGREED!


16 posted on 07/16/2008 3:57:37 PM PDT by alpha-8-25-02 ("SAVED BY GRACE AND GRACE ALONE")
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To: Plutarch

Romney should be seen as a potential cabinet appointee and if McCain is truly a ‘maverick’, he brings in someone who will generate some genuine excitement and interest in this campaign, Bobby Jindal.


17 posted on 07/16/2008 3:57:54 PM PDT by raptor29
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To: TAdams8591

A big part of him not winning were the open primaries. If the primaries had been strictly republican (which they should have been), Mitt probably wins in a landslide. Both the primaries & the general.


18 posted on 07/16/2008 4:00:25 PM PDT by Reno232
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To: Plutarch

Works for me.

Who else is McCain courting for VP? Hopefully not Lieberman or Grahamnesty...


19 posted on 07/16/2008 4:01:17 PM PDT by tips up
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To: TAdams8591
That url is self-serving by ... Romney, and is untruthful.
It ignores that Romney spit on, and overturned, the Mass Constitution
which states"The power of suspending the laws,
or (suspending) the execution of the laws,
ought never to be exercised but by the legislature..."
and it was ignored by Gov. Romney who issued an Order to the Justices of the Peace
that they must perform same-sex marriages when requested
or 'face personal liability' or be fired
".

It is obvious why the truth was left out, right?
And yesterday, Romney's gay marriage order was extended to all Americans.

20 posted on 07/16/2008 4:02:53 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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