Posted on 08/27/2008 3:34:35 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan
Romney is so talented. But two very rich guy Republicans do present problems.
Lieberman is a dear man, but would be a disaster. His support for the war in Iraq and for a muscular defense makes him seem moderate. But on everything else he is an orthodox liberal. He has voted against all our good judges, for taxes, and even for partial-birth abortion. That puts him to the left of Joe Biden!
John Kyl would be a great pick – a hero to conservatives — except that he’s from Arizona.
Sarah Palin is appealing but too inexperienced. Vitiates the argument that Obama is unready.
Tim Pawlenty is nice but dull and lacks foreign policy knowledge and experience.
Jim DeMint, see above.
What to do?
Pick Eric Cantor. Very conservative Va congressman. Chief Deputy Whip. Smart. Articulate. Pro-life. Here’s the bio:
Eric Cantor is a fourth-term Congressman representing Virginia's seventh district including the Richmond-metro area. At the beginning of his second term in 2002, Eric was selected to serve as Chief Deputy Majority Whip, the highest appointed position in the House of Representatives.
In the 110th Congress, Eric continues to serve as Chief Deputy Republican Whip where he is an integral part of the House Republican leadership team. He also serves as Finance Chairman for the National Republican Congressional Committee where he leads the effort to raise money for House Republican in the 2008 election cycle.
In addition to his leadership responsibilities, Eric holds a seat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, which has direct jurisdiction over taxes, trade, Social Security, Medicare, prescription drugs for seniors, health care and welfare reform.
Eric also serves as Chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. The task force is a coalition of Members of Congress studying the threats international terrorism poses to the U.S. and developing policy proposals and legislative recommendations regarding the fight against terrorism.
Eric Cantor grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He attended George Washington University, and he got his political start interning for the Honorable Tom Bliley and served as his driver on his first re-election campaign. He received his law degree from The College of William and Mary and went on to get his Masters at Columbia University in New York.
While in New York, Eric met his wife Diana and brought her back to Virginia where they are raising their three children: Evan, Jenna and Michael.
08/27 12:17 PM
I’d prefer Cantor, but...ABM!
Tim or Asa ?
KB, of course. But, as I said, that was six hours ago.
Drudge has a headline up, "McCain has picked his VP..developing"..but that's just Drudge's way to get extra hits.
Normally I would agree...but the opportunity to split the dhimmcrats (female vote) for years to come is just too tempting to pass up.
“Domenici said Hutchison, a former newscaster, is especially good at television, and could be helpful to McCain on the stump. Obviously, she’s a woman, and generally supports abortion rights, which could possibly help lure some disenchanted former Hillary Clinton voters who refuse to vote for Barack Obama.”
I do have BIG problems with the abortion position.
I guess putting a Conservative on the ticket has never occured to McCain. :-\
Most of those Veep candidates leave the ticket with another stodgy old rich white guy brand. If McCain chooses someone young and/or female and/or minority who comes from a middle class background, he injects a vibrancy that will be appealing to the under 40 generation and may pick up the PUMAs. He could even beat Obama at his own game by selling a partner who enthusiastically celebrates the greatness of the United States because of the opportunity afforded them - one that attributes the success they have achieved to hard work, an equal playing field, a mobile class society and the ability of an individual to make their own destiny in our country. We might even get some energy behind the party pick.
The GOP nominee-in-waiting will move to immediately change the campaign conversation from Barack Obama’s football stadium acceptance speech Thursday to the new Republican ticket, to be revealed at a noontime Friday rally in a Dayton, Ohio, basketball arena. McCain and his running mate will then travel by bus to Pennsylvania, where they’ll hold an outdoor event at a minor league baseball stadium in Washington County, just southwest of Pittsburgh. On Sunday, the duo will head to suburban St. Louis for another event to be held at a minor league baseball stadium, this one in O’Fallon, Mo.I sincerely doubt that the Pittsburgh even will be on Friday before sundown.
The Missouri rally is being billed to local Republicans as something of a unity rally, since it will feature McCain, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee — the GOP presidential finalists who effectively divided the vote three ways in the Show Me State’s Super Tuesday primary. A McCain aide warned not to read too much into McCain’s planned guests, however.
(PS. If you google "Eric Cantor Sabbath" my last post come up first place. I win!
ABM ?????
Who is that ????
Over on the Dem Convention thread the MittNittWitts are planning to cry and drown their silly selves in bubble baths...
Well at least tomorrow they’ll be clean and have thumping headaches and may be too miserable to post for a while...
And the red eyes ....
Not good life choices...
Since my Baptist Congressman Zach Wamp started running for the House in 1992 he has never campaigned on a Sunday..
I think he still to this day teaches a men’s Sunday School class in his Church in Chattanooga...
People respect him for it...
Nobody has ever held it against him...
McCain isn’t seriuosly considering Lindsay Graham, is he? Please tell me he isn’t!
She’s a Hutchison not a Hutchinson.
Not frelly. McCain detests conservatives.
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