Posted on 08/30/2011 6:24:02 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
In the postnomination chaos of the 1960 Democratic Convention, John F. Kennedy, a Massachusetts liberal (and a Catholic to boot), realized that Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, his erstwhile rival for the nomination, had something that he needed: entree to a then-Democratic South that was inherently suspicious of liberals and Catholics. Thus was born the Austin-Boston connection.
For JFK, that connection was a lifeline to the White House. These days, it is the GOP that may give serious consideration to a reconstituted Austin-Boston connection: A New England politician with a suspiciously moderate past (and a Mormon to boot) may come to realize that he needs what a certain Southern governor with tea party and evangelical bona fides has to offer. As in 1960, when JFK-LBJ tied together the frayed and disparate wings of the Democratic Party long enough to win the White House, Mitt Romney-Rick Perry could be just the ticket for the GOP to unite its increasingly disparate wings and make Barack Obama a one-term president.
"For a Republican Party torn between hard-money conservatives and social conservatives, it would be an intriguing way to balance the party," Texas Christian University political scientist James Riddlesperger said.
"Romney is clearly the front-runner, and depending on how (Perry) conducts his own campaign for the presidency, he's a viable vice-presidential pick," Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson said.
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lol!
Perry/Romney? No. Just No.
But something just as evil IS a real possibility.
Perry/Guiliani.
What a great idea.
Don’t be shy, tell me what you really think!/sarcasm
Good one. At least they could sing the national anthem.
Just leave it to political science university hacks to come up with these hair-balls that conservatives cannot swallow.
This idea is awful. Only Marxist democrats would think such madness. Mint needs to go back to work for the Olympics, they will need him in Londonistan next year.
I don’t know but the GOP has been moderated into a coma and the “moderates” don’t seem interested in moderating the out of control democrats.
ditto.
I could see this happening as well. Birds of a feather after all. I can just see RINOs around the nation, all Gollum-like, doing the Dance of Joy over the two preciousessssss.
Actually I didn’t notice at first: this was written back in the days when Romney was the frontrunner. Ancient history; days of yore.
This is some speculation. If it’s a trial balloon, Freepers have shot it to the ground already.
Here's one who praises pro-abortion, pro-gay and anti-gun creep Rudy Giuliani.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2771121/posts?page=121?page=23#23
I assume you don’t mean “Win The Future.” I agree.
Rootie would be a great mayor of a city I don’t live in.
Yes, but according to some, he would make a great VP for RINO Rick also.
Perry/Bachmann would pretty much end the primaries.
Yep. And that Austin-Boston link will probably give us another four years of the Chicago-Trenton link.
God save us.
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