“Some portion of the base dislikes Romney so much they will -— right or wrong — stay home.
You can insert other names here and have the same reaction. I absolutely detest Huckabee.”
I can’t stand the Huckster, either. And we are not alone.
Hence, the logical choice would be from someone who was NOT AN ALSO-RAN. In other words, NOT Romney, Huckster, Rudy.
I suppose Thompson would be OK (and I really like him), but his campaign sucked, IMHO, so I don’t know what help he would be.
I'm sure that this would just be wishing, but what would be the results of picking a Duncan Hunter or Tom Tancredo? No help because they're unknowns except to people like us?
This pick, I'm sure would NOT happen, BUT would knock the snot out of the whole 'race' thing: Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland. A self-described Lincoln Republican. Michael S. Steele.
I like this guy and would vote for him as Prez or Vice-Prez.
Whoever McCain picks needs to excite the base. Romney does that for many of us but obviously there are some people who are extremely anti-Romney. Whoever McCain picks will be better than either Obama or Biden. I just hope it is Romney so I can enthusiastically start promoting the GOP.
I'm with you on Fred Thompson. I agree with much of what Thompson says but he is definitely not an exciting candidate.
Thompson truly disappointed me. I was looking forward to learning more about him and possibly voting for him, but he didn’t really campaign. Thompson got in late, was wishy washy- didn’t seem to put much effort in, and got out early. I came to the conclusion he did not want to be President, someone must have convinced him to run.